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1st ODI: Zakary Foulkes rattles England with four-wicket haul
26 Oct 2025

Harry Brook's stunning innings of 135 runs headlined the first innings of the opening ODI between England and New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.

His innings helped England recover from an early collapse. However, despite his efforts, the visitors were all out for 223.

While most of the NZ pacers made the ball talk, Zakary Foulkes stood out with a four-wicket haul.

Here we look at his stats.

A stunning spell from Foulkes
Match update

The match started with New Zealand winning the toss and opting to bowl first.

England suffered an early collapse, losing four wickets for just 10 runs.

Three of the first four wickets went to Foulkes as the left-arm seamer trapped Ben Duckett, Joe Root, and Jacob Bethell.

Sam Curran, who was dismissed in the 12th over, was his final victim.

Brook's 135 was instrumental in taking England to a respectable total (223/10).

Four-fer in second ODI for Foulkes
Stats

Foulkes finished his spell with 4/41 from seven overs, as he also bowled a maiden.

This was his second ODI as his debut game got washed out due to rain. Hence, he did not get to bowl in that affair.

Meanwhile, this was also his maiden four-fer in List A cricket as he has now raced to 43 wickets from 31 games at 27-plus.

Three-fer for Duffy
Fact

Three of the final four England wickets were taken by Jacob Duffy, who finished with 3/55 from six overs. He has now raced to 29 wickets from 15 ODIs at an average of 24.20. This was his maiden outing against the Brits.