Nottinghamshire all-rounder Will Gidman believes 50 over scores will continue going through the roof following England's record breaking performance on Tuesday.

Eoin Morgan's men, led by a rapid century from Jos Buttler, posted 408 against New Zealand at Edgbaston en route to a 210 run victory.

Gidman expects to see more of the same during the remainder of the Royal London One-Day Series, and is also bracing himself for a 50-over run fest in domestic cricket later in the season.

"England have to be congratulated on their performance in the opening one-day international of the series against New Zealand on Tuesday - it was a wonderful occasion," he said.

"I read an interview with captain Eoin Morgan is which he said it was a brand of cricket they had talked about playing for some time, but now they had finally hit the levels.

"There is so much talent in this country but what we must not do is get ahead of ourselves. 

"It's all about consistency now and backing that outstanding victory up. You're not going to score 400 every match but you must look to win each one. 

"At Edgbaston you saw glimpses of what we've been seeing on the county circuit for the past two three years from the likes of Alex Hales, Jason Roy and Sam Billings.

"After what we saw at the start of the year in the World Cup, I'm now not surprised to see teams scoring 400. 

"It's still an extraordinary effort but the bar has been raised so much that 350 has almost become the norm. 

"I'm sure we are going to see a lot more runs scored in our domestic Royal London 50-over Cup this season because teams will want to mirror the internationals and, as I've already said, we have some outstanding talent around the country."

Gidman is aware that his career economy rate in the List A arena, currently a very respectable 4.85, could take a battering - but he's already looking forward to the challenge.

"You will see scores of 300 plus and it will make life even more difficult for us bowlers," he said.

"I was chatting to Darren Sammy about this and I think the fielding restrictions which now mean you have to put an extra fielder inside the ring are adding maybe an extra 30 or 40 runs per innings. 

"But as a bowler you have to see it as a challenge and make sure you are able to bowl yorkers and slower balls. If an acceptable economy rate goes from 4.5 to six then you have to accept it as the game is moving on."

 

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