Joe Root says England will continue to be aggressive in the second Royal London One-Day International against New Zealand as the scoreboards are zeroed following the host nation’s record breaking victory on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old scored 104 off 78 balls at Edgbaston, projecting England towards their record total of 408-9 and – although Root admits scores of 400 plus are a rarity – he insists the ultra-aggressive approach will not change when the second match of the series gets underway at the Kia Oval on Friday.

“Obviously the way we played there was pretty much the perfect performance,” he said.

“We got off to a great start and, although through the middle we lost a few wickets more than we’d have liked, the way the guys played at the back end was absolutely spectacular.

“I suppose our challenge now is to try and do that more consistently.

“We’ve shown we can do it, and it’s certainly something we’ll look to replicate on Friday. We’ll go out there with a similar frame of mind to take on New Zealand.

“We’ve now done that, we know we can do it – can we go and do it again on Friday? It’s about taking the same mindset, same approach and hope we can do the same thing.

“We’re not naive enough to think they won’t come back hard at us, because they’re a great side. They’ve proved that now for the last couple of years in one-day cricket, and we’re going to have to play extremely well to get another win under our belts.

“Obviously it’s not very likely [that we'll score 400 in each game]. The other day it was a very, very good wicket.

“The key thing is giving ourselves the best chance of making a big score – to make sure we read the situation of the games well and keep looking for the positive option without getting too carried away.

“We’re committed to being very aggressive and we’ll take that approach into every match and then see where we’re at.”

Root, who has now scored five ODI hundreds in 55 appearances, admitted everything went right for him with the bat on the day of the first ODI, but he was quick to deflect the attention away from himself and onto Jos Buttler, the Lancashire wicketkeeper who faced just 77 balls in his remarkable innings of 129.

“It was one of those days where everything fell into place for me,” Root said. “I didn’t find the fielders too much early on and it was a fantastic wicket.

“We built some good partnerships along the way then got to watch one of the best innings I’ve ever seen from Jos, so it was a fantastic day all round and something I’ll treasure for a long time.

“You see him practice and it’s almost effortless when he’s clearing the ropes, which is quite annoying sometimes from a fellow player’s point of view.

“It was very exciting, obviously a phenomenal partnership between Adil (Rashid) and Jos, and an absolute pleasure to watch from the dressing room.

“It was great fun and I’m sure all the crowd were just as excited as we were really.

“It was spectacular to watch. Jos almost made you feel like every ball was going out of the park.

“He’s one hell of a player and he’ll be desperate to be consistent as well during the rest of the series.”