CWC - Black Caps v England

[Duluth]

20 overs left in the England innings. What do you think they’ll set? 320? More?

[Dodge]

i actually think they'll be all out (only 10 overs left now), i'd guess 280 / 290

[canefan]

Bowlers are putting us into a winning position. It's up to the batsmen now

[Bones]

@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:

Bowlers are putting us into a winning position. It's up to the batsmen now

Absolute road according to the chick earlier.

[Dodge]

I think this will happen to a lot of teams batting first early in the tournament, they'll be a series of low scores as teams lose too many wickets. They're just not used to batting for as long in white ball cricket and forget how much time they have

[DaGrubster]

Pretty decent effort in the field seeing we have only selected 3 bowlers😂

[DaGrubster]

This tournament is so long that you have time to play yourself into form, then play yourself out of form only to get back in form by the time the tournament finishes….

[Bones]

In the slot. Neesham gifting England a lifeline.

[canefan]

@Bones said in CWC - Black Caps v England:

In the slot. Neesham gifting England a lifeline.

Annoying final wicket partnership there

[Dodge]

@Dodge said in CWC - Black Caps v England:

i actually think they'll be all out (only 10 overs left now), i'd guess 280 / 290

Pretty close…

[Dodge]

This could be all over quite quickly at this rate

[Crazy Horse]

Ravindra 39 off 26 so far. First chance I have had to watch him bat. Looks a useful young talent.

[Dodge]

Pleased to see some fans come in, maybe I was too negative

[Daffy Jaffy]

Magnificent partnership. What a talent Ravindra is, and an absolute masterclass from Conway. One of the best one day innings I have seen. He Had the ball on a string.

[Cyclops]

Neat little bit of trivia. England's innings in the first time in an ODI every player has made double figures.

Meanwhile no NZ batter finished in double figures.

Nice start to the tournament and a great boost to nrr. Comp format looks decent this time, everyone plays everyone then top 4 into semis. Nrr could be important here.

[Dodge]

#battered

[Catogrande]

Well that was a thrashing.

[Daffy Jaffy]

The partnership of 273 between Conway and Ravindra is the fourth highest in the history of the Men's World Cup. Highest for any wicket for New Zealand, highest by any team against England.

[pakman]

Italy put up more resistance.

[DaGrubster]

@Dodge

It’s a shame it didn’t happen in the last World Cup match these two played against each other😉

This was an absolute munting. Not far off the 2015WC where Nz beat England so quickly in a day/night match that the stadium didn’t even have to turn the lights on.

Smithy and Botham were scrambling to see if they can bring their dinner reservation forward 😂