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Brilliant Brook hits fastest 200 in ODI history as England pile up 429-4

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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special

Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable to get 200. England barely got past 200 in the first ODI and Harry Brook has done it himself today.

It's just remarkable watching him. He's an unbelievable player. The way he was able to go through the gears to bat with Joe Root and weather the storm and as soon as that 30th over hit he flipped that switch and he went jalapeno.

Over in Christchurch, India have beaten New Zealand by four wickets in the first T20.

New Zealand reached 225-4 after being put into bat, with Glenn Phillips making an unbeaten 82 from 40 balls.

Sanju Samson scored 67 from 33 deliveries as India put on a 93-run opening partnership in their reply, before captain Shreyas Iyer (42) staged stands of 45 and 43 with Axar Patel (24) and Naman Dhir for the fifth and sixth wickets.

Dhir (42 from 15) saw the tourists home with a six off Matt Henry, ending the match with two balls to spare.

The next game in the five-match series is to be played on Saturday in Hamilton.

It's genuinely difficult to keep up with all the boundaries here. It's a stinking over from Eshan Malinga, though.

Harry Brook races into the 90s, driving down the ground for four before Eshan Malinga offers a full toss on leg stump, which I wouldn't advise.

Brook wallops it for six, and Malinga ends the over with two wides and one of the extra deliveries is pulled to the ropes as well.

Brutal.

Kusal Mendis is in a pickle here, and it's looking like Sri Lanka have got the balance of their side all wrong today.

They only have four frontline seamers and with England cruising, he might have to risk bowling the bulk of their overs at this pair, leaving them even more vulnerable at the death.

Spinner Dunith Wellalage, who removed both openers, has already got through seven of his.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

There's plenty of batters left for England but these two won't want to leave it up to anyone else. They will want a big defendable total here.

And because Sri Lanka are only using four frontline bowlers, England have the chance to punish their fifth bowler and take on Janith Liyanage.

One more single off Dunith Wellalage's over, with Ben Duckett chipping a single to backward square.

I was going to give you all of Duckett's ODI opening partners, wasn't I?

Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Rehan Ahmed, Zak Crawley, Jamie Smith, Phil Salt.

Sri Lanka: Kamindu Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (c, wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka, Dunith Wellalage, Eshan Malinga, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

England: Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jordan Cox, (wk), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Liam Dawson, Josh Tongue

Sri Lanka make one change, with Dunith Wellalage replacing Sachindu Colombage.

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