Highlights, England vs New Zealand, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match, Full Cricket Score: England win by 119 runs, qualify for semis

Kane Williamson, New Zealand captain:

It’s not ideal, but from our perspective, the recipe is simple but not easy. We have to go out and play a brand of cricket that’s more competitive than the one we’ve played in the last few games. There are a lot of variables in these games, and the margins have gotten bigger, but we can still learns from it.

They got the best of the conditions, but they were also the better team. They outplayed us in every facet of the game, they deserved the win without a doubt, the conditions didn’t decide the result. But yeah, I think the conditions did change and the pitch slowed down a lot after the first few overs of the innings. 

Obviously, it was nice to be able to pull it back a little with our bowling, but we knew going into the second half that we needed to build partnerships and take the game deeper, but we weren’t able to do that. We haven’t quite had a lot of flow with our batting. We’re just trying to be smart with our cricket. Whether it’s a surface that’s free-flowing or not, you still have to do your best.

With a couple of run outs and a wicket down the leg side, it’s not the best way to start such a chase.

There’s been so much to learn from what has happened. We need to look at where we can improve and where we need to be as a group. How can I or anyone else add value to our side? The guys have been working really hard, so going ahead, touch wood I hope it works out. We’re practically in the semi-final. In some ways we start all over again, and it’s good, because anything can happen. We haven’t played our best cricket yet, so we could pull it off.

Lockie Ferguson should be fit in a few days time hopefully, so we should be back to full fitness.

Player of the match, Jonny Bairstow:

I’m really pleased. We knew that these games were two must-win games if we wanted to get into the semi-finals. We knew that the performances we put in before that were not quite up to scratch.

You’ve got to do it whichever way you can. On a different day, we could have been bowling first and taken a couple of wickets early on, so you never know.
For me and Jason Roy, batting together for a while has really helped. You understand each other’s games, and each other’s moods. You get a feel for certain balls and pitches. The most important thing is the communication out in the middle.

New Zealand have put in some serious performances in the tournament, and they’re a class side. We needed to put in a performance and we got over the line. We’re really happy with that, especially after a tough few weeks.

We’ve got a few days off, it’s going to be a really important time for us. We need to get away, refresh, rest up. People are going to be sore after a couple of really gruelling games, with people throwing themselves around in the field, the bowlers too. 

There’ll be a lot of smiles this evening, knowing we set out to give ourselves an opportunity in these last two games. Hopefully we can go on and put in a couple of performances that are up to the mark, and win this thing.

After 45 overs, New Zealand 186/10 ( Tim Southee 7 , )

Trent Boult whacks a boundary, but he’s miles off when he tries to repeat the feat and Jos Buttler whips the bails off without hesitation to end New Zealand’s chase. England are into the semi-finals! A difficult spell in the middle of their campaign meant that qualification for the knockouts was far from a surety, but England have done extremely well to pick themselves up and fight back.

That’s that. 

England do what they need to go through, and New Zealand do also. 

The equation is realistically too difficult for Pakistan now. They need to win by 316 runs. That would be a new world record victory, and to get it against Bangladesh, who are roughly the same ability as Pakistan makes that extremely unlikely. 

A strong performance from England, but there’s still a few worries for them, particularly their middle order collapse. 

New Zealand will need a huge improvement.

OUT!

Trent Boult is a goner! He takes a wild swing at yet another delivery from Adil Rashid, but misses it completely, and the quick hands of Jos Buttler stump him before his trailing foot can find the safety of the crease.

Four!

Trent Boult looks ready to go down in a blaze of glory, taking wild swings at everything that comes his way. He comes out aggressively and smacks it over cow corner.

After 44 overs,New Zealand 181/9 ( Tim Southee 6 , Trent Boult 0)

Mark Wood comes on to bowl his ninth over. He cleans up Matt Henry with a pacy delivery to claim his third victim of the day. Trent Boult with his own number 11 technique has kept out two deliveries. It is almost here for England.

OUT! BOWLED’EM! Matt Henry misses, Mark Wood hits! Straight delivery, which is just way too quick for the tailender, exposes his stumps and misses. England now need 1 wicket to win

Matt Henry b Mark Wood 7(13)

After 43 overs, New Zealand 180/8 ( Tim Southee 5 , Matt Henry 9)

Adil Rashid concedes four runs off his over. A couple of singles are rounded off by a delivery that gets an enormous amount of spin and eludes Jos Buttler’s grasp. Two leg-byes from it. 126 runs required from 42 balls.

After 42 overs, New Zealand 176/8 ( Tim Southee 4 , Matt Henry 6)

Mark Wood has been having a great day at the office, and he continues his excellent form with another tidy over. Matt Henry gets a single off a vicious bouncer that leaps up at him out of the blue, the only run of the over. 130 runs required from 48 balls.

After 41 overs, New Zealand 175/8 ( Tim Southee 4 , Matt Henry 5)

Adil Rashid is back in the attack, despite being quite costly in his first few overs. He provides the Kiwis with a bit of respite, allowing them to take some singles and keep rotating strike between themselves. Four runs from the over. 131 runs required from 54 balls.

After 40 overs, New Zealand 171/8 ( Tim Southee 2 , Matt Henry 3)

Mitchell Santner follows Tom Latham back to the pavilion as New Zealand’s innings crumbles. A gorgeous delivery from Mark Wood nails Santner on the pads, and he’s given LBW. Santner gives Matt Henry a little time to get ready though, by appealing, but it was quite obvious. He departs on 12. Henry goes hammer and tongs from the first ball, whacking it through the covers, but yet again, it’s Joe Root who chases it down and prevents the boundary. A wide and a single make it five from the over. 135 runs required from 60 balls.

OUT!

Mitchell Santner departs on 12! The tail-ender is given LBW after being caught plumb low on the pads. He’s given out, but they decide to review. It’s a bit of a no-brainer, and he walks soon enough.

After 39 overs, New Zealand 166/7 ( Mitchell Santner 12 , Tim Southee 1)

A bit of a bummer for New Zealand, as Tom Latham departs on 57 after being caught behind on a Liam Plunkett delivery. Latham is replaced by Tim Southee, who’s shown that he can come up with blazes of glory from time to time. 2 runs come from the over. 140 runs required from 11 overs.

OUT!

Tom Latham is done for the day! The batsman tries to pull a short-ish delivery from Liam Plunkett, misses it, and sends it the way of Jos Buttler thanks to a glancing edge.

After 38 overs, New Zealand 164/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 57 , Mitchell Santner 11)

Well, that over was a bit of refreshing change of pace! A boundary apiece from Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner, along with a single and a double makes it 11 conceded from the over. That’ll do the batsmen a world of good. 142 runs required from 12 overs.

Four!

Mitchell Santner chips in with a boundary through extra cover! It’s a bit of a heavy-handed plonk, but anything will do I suppose.

Four!

Tom Latham celebrates his fifty with a boundary! The New Zealand batsman belts it past midwicket, and it races unopposed to the boundary ropes.

After 37 overs, New Zealand 153/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 50 , Mitchell Santner 7)

Tom Latham brings up his half century. It’s been a valiant, and slightly tedious, effort from him, which has gone a long way towards cementing New Zealand’s spot in the semi-finals. Just a couple of runs conceded in the over. 153 runs required from 13 overs.

Tom Latham gets his half-century!

The Kiwi wicketkeeper has done well to bat his team out of trouble, making sure to play a sensible innings that has effectively put the final semis spot out of Pakistan’s reach.

After 36 overs, New Zealand 151/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 49 , Mitchell Santner 6)

Chris Woakes conceded 4 runs off the over. A single from the third delivery is followed by three runs in the final ball. Santner flicks a ball off his hip, and it rolls ever so slowly towards the boundary. It’s a long sprint for Mark Wood, but he perseveres and prevents it from going out for a four.

After 35 overs, New Zealand 147/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 48 , Mitchell Santner 3)

It seems like last over’s boundary was an exception, a blip in the matrix of this match, as Ben Stokes finishes yet another tidy over. Just one single comes off it, and we continue our ponderous crawl to the finish line. 159 runs required from 15 overs.

After 34 overs, New Zealand 146/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 47 , Mitchell Santner 3)

Chris Woakes followed up Stokes’ over, and starts off with an in-swinger that hits Latham’s pad. There’s a speculative appeal, but nothing comes of it. A couple of singles follow, after which Stokes takes an almighty tumble while fielding. He’ll live. Latham then smacks a straight drive down the line which speeds away to the boundary rope. There’s a brief delay in play as a streaker decides to liven up this dreary affair with a sprint across the field, naked as the day he was born. Latham steals a single off the last ball after resumption of play, to make it 7 from the over.

Four!

A straight drive from Tom Latham gives New Zealand their first boundary in a while. The shot is as straight as straight gets, squeezing between the umpire and the non-striker to run away for four.

Ross Taylor was a team mate of Jofra Archer in county cricket and obviously got used to playing him. 

Taylor faced 11 balls from Archer and scored 10 runs.

In the other 32 balls that Archer has bowled, he’s only conceded seven more runs, with only six of them off the bat.

After 33 overs, New Zealand 139/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 41 , Mitchell Santner 2)

Ben Stokes resumes the attack after the drinks break. A leg bye in the first ball of the over is followed up by two singles. Three dot balls follow, as Mitchell Santner directs a forlorn shrug towards Tom Latham. 167 runs required from 17 overs.

If Bangladesh win the toss and bat first, Pakistan will be knocked without even a ball being bowled

Assuming New Zealand lose today say by 150 runs. Their NRR will then be 0.085.
Pakistan currently on NRR -0.792 has an impossible task of winning their final game by 270+ runs, even if they manage 300 runs.
Batting 2nd they have no chance!#CWC19 #CWC2019#EngvNZ #NZvEng

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 3, 2019

After 32 overs, New Zealand 136/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 40 , Mitchell Santner 1)

Just the one run then, as Jofra Archer bowls a splendid over. It’s slow going here, and it looks unlikely to pick up in the imminent future for New Zealand. But the longer they hang on, the more difficult they make it for Pakistan, whose fans surely have an eye on this match right now. The players break for drinks.

After 31 overs, New Zealand 135/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 39 , Mitchell Santner 1)

The required run rate has hit 9, but the partnership of Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner continues to labor for every single. Ben Stokes concedes just three runs from the over, and almost gets a wicket when Latham takes a wild swing at the ball which catches a heavy top edge and sails into the air. It lands well clear of a sprinting Jos Buttler though.

Tom Latham is looking in fantastic touch, but he isn’t getting the strike. He’s only faced 9 of the last 29 balls. 

England have been doing a good job of keeping him off strike.

After 30 overs, New Zealand 132/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 37 , Mitchell Santner 0)

Jofra Archer’s back and New Zealand’s nightmare continues. It seems like there’s just no respite for the floundering Kiwis, who could really do with a break right now. A wide and a leg bye are the only runs that come their way in this over.

After 29 overs, New Zealand 131/6 ( Tom Latham (W) 37 , Mitchell Santner 0)

What a way to announce yourself! Ben Stokes has been conspicuously absent from England’s bowling attack all afternoon, but he strikes with his very first ball to remove Colin de Grandhomme on 3. A slightly shorter delivery is pulled towards square leg by the Kiwi batsman, but he completely underestimates the amount of force required, and it sails into the safe hands of Joe Root. Mitchell Santner replaces CDG. The rest of the over passes by without incident, with a single and a wide the only two runs conceded.

OUT!

Ben Stokes strikes with his first ball of the evening! Stokes bowls a slightly shorter delivery to the recently-arrived Colin de Grandhomme, who miscues his attempted pull and whacks it straight down Joe Root’s ever-so-grateful gullet.

After 28 overs, New Zealand 128/5 ( Tom Latham (W) 36 , Colin de Grandhomme 3)

Another economical over from Mark Wood goes by, and the Kiwis sink further into their quagmire of hopelessness. Tom Latham is the only one who looks like he’s ready to pull off a miracle, and even he’s unable to find an inch of space in the face of this relentless pressure. 2 runs off the over.

After 27 overs, New Zealand 126/5 ( Tom Latham (W) 35 , Colin de Grandhomme 2)

The combination of Liam Plunkett and Mark Wood has really changed the narrative of the game, taking the optimism out of even the most ardent of New Zealand supporters. Plunkett bowls yet another squeaky clean over which adds just the two runs to the Kiwi total.

In this World Cup so far,

Batting first team won – 23 matches
Chasing team won – 13 matches

After 26 overs, New Zealand 124/5 ( Tom Latham (W) 35 , Colin de Grandhomme 1)

What an over from Mark Wood! The English pacer gets the wicket of Jimmy Neesham in his very first ball with a gorgeous delivery that swerves into the Kiwi batsman, who gets a heavy inside edge on it and diverts it into the wickets. The incoming Colin de Grandhomme then faces a couple of dot balls before taking a quick single and getting off the mark. Latham is unable to add any more runs to the board in the over.