New Zealand speedster Trent Boult surpassed legendary Kiwis all-rounder Richard Hadlee to register the most five-wicket hauls for his country in ODIs. Now, Boult has a total of six five-wicket hauls for Kiwis in ODIs. He has surpassed Hadlee, who had five five-wicket hauls in his ODI career. Boult accomplished this record during NZ’s third ODI against England at The Oval. In the match, Boult was at his vintage best. He gave England two quick power-play jolts and then did some damage in middle-order/lower-order as well. He ended with figures of 5/51 in 9.1 overs, getting scalps of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Sam Curran and Gus Atkinson. Boult has been on fire since his return to international cricket, after giving up his central contract in favour of franchise T20 leagues last year. With eight wickets in two matches of the series, he is the leading wicket-taker.
New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips reached the milestone of completing two thousand runs in international cricket in the third ODI match against New Zealand. Phillips played a brilliant knock of 72 off 76 balls in the match at the Oval, however NZ failed to win and lost by 181 runs. The Kiwi player has featured in 83 games so far and has 2,036 runs at an average of 32.31 and a strike rate of 122.87. He has two tons and 12 half-centuries in his career so far.
