The England team is most likely to score 500 runs in this match, because the England team is performing quite well in this match. The two players who have formed a partnership now, Stokes and Gus Atkinson, these two players are quite skilled, but among them, Captain Stokes is quite experienced. If he can survive, then I think it is natural for 500 runs to be scored in this match.
Because in the end, the England team players have performed well, but the New Zealand team players are not performing well in terms of bowling. However, I think that if England can give a high target of runs in this first innings, it will be a huge advantage for the England team in the last match.
I expected England to score more than 450. England's innings ended at 499. Despite stumbling at the beginning of the innings, England managed to score big. England was able to take a big lead of 151 runs.
The team was able to score big because of the responsible batting of the three batsmen of England's middle order. Harry Brook scored the highest for England. Harry Brook scored 171 runs. Ollie Pope's score was 77 runs. And Ben Stokes played a crucial innings of 80 runs. Also, Atkinson scored 48 runs in just 36 balls.
New Zealand could not start their second innings well either. New Zealand lost two wickets for 23 runs and the team lost the third wicket for 64 runs. However, at the moment, New Zealand's score is 132 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Williamson is at the crease with 61 runs.