New Zealand beat England by five wickets in the fourth ODI and levelled the series thanks to a brilliant unbeaten 181 by Ross Taylor.
Batting first, England scored 335-9 in their 50 overs and when New Zealand lost both their openers for 0, it looked like they might have had the match in the bag.
But then Taylor decided to go ballistic. He got to his hundred off 98 balls but an injury severely restricted movement thereafter. So he decided that the next best course of action would be to slam everything out of the park. He scored 72 off 49 balls after he got injured to took NZ to a remarkable win.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the innings:
Ross " THE BOSS" Taylor!#NZVENG
— Arjun (@ArjuunAbhijith) March 7, 2018
Ross Taylor's 181* is the highest score for a New Zealand batsman batting second in an ODI.
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) March 7, 2018
3rd highest chase in ODIs for New Zealand, 9th on the all-time list.
Beastly innings from Rossco.#NZvENG
Virat Kohli would have been proud had he played this Ross Taylor type innings, it was just too good. One of the greatest ever ODI wins. What a series. Hopefully NZ will win on Saturday
— Ricky Jana (@rickyjana) March 7, 2018
Ross Taylor could walk on water if Ross Taylor was still capable of walking. #KingRossco #NZvENG
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) March 7, 2018
Injured Ross Taylor is AWESOME!! What an exciting innings #NZvENG
— Dominic Harvey (@DomHarvey) March 7, 2018
Most 100s in ODIs at each position:
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 7, 2018
#1: Chris Gayle (18)
#2: Sachin Tendulkar (43)
#3: Ricky Ponting (29)
#4: ROSS TAYLOR (17)
#5: Yuvraj Singh(7)
#6: Two each by seven players
#7: MS Dhoni (2)#NZvENG
Fewest inns to reach 19th ODI 100
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 7, 2018
104 H Amla
124 V Kohli
171 AV deV
189 C Gayle
190 Ross Taylor
201 S Tendulkar
203 S Ganguly#NZvEng
Highest individual ODI score by Kiwi
— Merin Kumar (@merin_kumar) March 7, 2018
237* Martin Guptill
189* Martin Guptill
181* ROSS TAYLOR
180* Martin Guptill
Ross Taylor last 8 ODI innings v. England
— Raghava (@Raghava4mahesh) March 7, 2018
181*, 113, 39, 47, 42, 110, 119*, 57
total - 708 runs avg : 118.00 #NZvENG
This is an epic innings by Ross Taylor. The only part of him not cramping is his bank account #NZvENG
— Rumple Spilskind (@justus_beets) March 7, 2018
Ross Taylor pic.twitter.com/p8P8raXfun
— Londi (@mrlondz) March 7, 2018
Ross Taylor is playing 'the greatest ODI inning ever played'
— Abhishek Singh (@SinghtheIndian) March 7, 2018
Commentator said- if Taylor wins this, the Kiwis should carry him of the field#NZvENG
Hip, quad, arm - Ross Taylor is breaking himself and the England bowling. #NZvENG
— Akhil Nair (@akhiln) March 7, 2018
Have a feeling that Ross Taylor will dissemble in pieces once the innings is over. #NZvENG pic.twitter.com/h0Uoy73fsW
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) March 7, 2018
Based on recent numbers, it would seem that Ross Taylor is the Kiwi Kohli, and not Kane Williamson. #NZvENG
— Bhaskar Chawla (@BhaskarSirius) March 7, 2018
Well done Ross Taylor. This innings will seal a spot for him in the @IPL
— Pradeep Mehra (@PradeepMehra) March 7, 2018
NZ chase down a target of 336 in the last over despite losing both their openers for 0(they were 2/2 at one stage) thanks to Ross Taylor who he played a wonderful knock of 181 runs off 147 balls(not out).
— Saad Khan (@realsaadkhan) March 7, 2018
