England in search of one-day revival against New Zealand

London England not for the first time will try to relaunch themselves as a oneday international cricket side when they face World Cup finalists New Zealand in the first of a fivematch series at Edgbaston on TuesdayAlastair CookSince they made the third of three losing World Cup final appearances back in 1992 England have struggled to keep up with changes in the 50over game But this years World Cup represented a new low with England failing to beat a single Test nation in a tournament where they suffered a firstround exit after a defeat byBangladeshAn antiquated approach where 300 was regarded as a par score was damned as prehistoric by Paul Collingwood still the only Englishman to skipper the side to a global limited overs trophy the 2010 World Twenty20 in the Caribbean It also played a key role in Peter Moores being sacked as England coach by incoming director of cricket Andrew Strauss and replaced by Australian Trevor Bayliss For years now England have tended to regard whiteball cricket as a necessary moneyspinning evil with results in fiveday Test matches all that mattersBut in omitting the likes of senior pacemen James Anderson and Stuart Broad as well as experienced batsman Ian Bell for the New Zealand oneday series and including the hardhitting Alex Hales Jos Buttler and Jason Roy as well as legspinner Adil Rashid Englands squad still led by World Cup skipper Eoin Morgan has something of a fresh look about itThe 2019 World Cup will be staged in England where pitch and overhead conditions sometimes mean that the huge scores achieved in the southern hemisphere are not always within reach But Buttler Englands wicketkeeper at the World Cup and one of a new breed of fastscoring batsmen accepted the teams approach to 50over cricket had to changeYou have to be brutally honest and say we were getting it wrong the 24yearold told the Mail on Sunday We have to be looking at scores of 350 and upwardsadded the Lancashire gloveman who announced himself on the international stage with a thrilling 74ball 121 against Sri Lanka in a onedayer at Lords last yearThats the way the game is going In a few years well look back at the 2015 World Cup and say it was a turning point in 50over cricketDuring their run to the World Cup final where they lost to fellow cohosts Australia the Black Caps hammered England by eight wickets in Wellington Tim Southee took a stunning seven for three as England were skittled out for just 123 New Zealand then pulverised Englands attack skipper Brendon McCullum striking 77 off just 25 balls a they raced to victory in a mere 122 oversWe certainly played well that day Thats the way we want to play said New Zealand coach Mike Hesson who last week saw his side square a twoTest series with England at 11 after a dynamic 199run win at Headingley Hopefully conditions allow that but if not weve got to try to skin the cat a little differentlyNew Zealand certainly played in familiar fashion when thrashing Leicestershire by 198 runs in a oneday warmup match on Saturday Both Grant Elliott who hit Dale Steyn for six to seal New Zealands dramatic World Cup semifinal win over South Africa and wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi made 106 not out against the Midlands countyMitchell McClenaghan then took four for 31 and the leftarm seamer fresh from winning the Twenty20 Indian Premier League with the Mumbai Indians was eager for morelimited overs success in England Winning the title in my first year playing the IPL was awesome he told the Blackcaps website I learnt a huge amount and loved my time in India But its also great to be back with the boys Im looking forward to the challenge over here its a massive series