England, who had been inserted to bat at Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens, amassed a complete of 291-6, propelled by half-centuries from Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Liam Livingstone.
New Zealand’s pursuit of the goal started strongly, with Will Younger and Henry Nicholls making vital contributions. Subsequently, Conway (111 off 121 balls) and Mitchell (118 off 91) mixed to create a exceptional partnership of 180 runs.
As soon as each batsmen notched up their centuries, they accelerated their scoring, and Conway in the end sealed the victory emphatically with a robust six straight down the bottom.
“Fairly proud of manner issues went, good to spend time within the center and get the win,” Conway stated.
“The communication within the partnerships had been nice. I all the time take pleasure in batting with Daryl, we complement one another effectively. It made my job straightforward, simply getting him on strike. Lengthy could it proceed.”
England had began effectively as Harry Brook (25) and Malan (54) stitched collectively a gap partnership of 80.
After the openers departed within the span of simply 5 balls, Stokes, who reversed his retirement from ODI cricket forward of England’s title defence on the 50-overs World Cup in India, stepped in to attain 52 and preserve the momentum going.
Captain Buttler (72) and Livingstone (52) then mixed for 77, however after the 2 had been dismissed by Tim Southee in the identical over, England’s tail was unable to take them previous 300.
“Disappointing. Thought we had a reasonably good rating at midway… Credit score to them, it was a unbelievable partnership and we could not discover a strategy to break it,” Buttler stated.
“We tried most issues, for somewhat interval we constructed stress and pushed the speed to only beneath seven, however Daryl Mitchell performed some massive pictures and took it away from us. Good partnership.”
Although the hosts had some sturdy batting performances, they misplaced wickets at common intervals.
Rachin Ravindra was the decide of New Zealand’s bowlers, selecting up three wickets for 48, his greatest figures up to now in his fledgling ODI profession.
The second match of the four-game collection can be performed on the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Sunday.
(With inputs from Reuters)