Birmingham, United Kingdom--New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has challenged his bowlers to up their game after the World Cup finalists' colossal 210-run defeat by England in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
It was England's biggest victory, in terms of runs, in all one-day internationals, beating their 202-run margin against India during the inaugural 1975 World Cup -- when India batting great Sunil Gavaskar bizarrely blocked his way to 36 not out off 174 balls at Lord's.
Superb centuries by Joe Root (104) and Jos Buttler (129) helped England to 408 for nine, the first time they had made 400 in an ODI.
Their total also owed much to a partnership of 177 between Buttler and Adil Rashid (69) -- a new ODI world record for the seventh wicket.
With the exception of left-arm paceman Trent Boult, who took four for 55 in his maximum 10 overs, the rest of New Zealand's attack suffered heavy punishment on Tuesday.
Fast bowler Matt Henry's 10 wicketless overs went for 73 runs, while Mitchell McClenaghan's two wickets cost 93 runs.
Hesson, ahead of the second in a five-match series at The Oval on Friday, was clear on where New Zealand needed to improve.
AFP
