END OF OVER:50 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 305/8 | RR: 6.10
- Liam Plunkett15 (12b)
- Jofra Archer1 (1b)
- Tim Southee9-0-70-1
- Matt Henry10-0-54-2
Innings break 2.22pm What a fightback from New Zealand. England finish with 305. They managed just 111 for the loss of seven wickets in the last 20 overs. It certainly appeared as if the surface slowed up with the amount of mistimed balls and the effectiveness of the slower balls. But having said that, batting looked a breeze early when Bairstow and Roy were flying. Bairstow made his second successive century in this World Cup.
Jonny Bairstow: "I'm really pleased obviously. There's been a couple of low scores in the competition as well. I felt like I needed to contribute with some runs. I'm disappointed not to go on with a big one but pleased to have got a hundred. You want to fire against the best teams in the world. We'll be looking to implement some of the things we saw in our bowling innings. We'll have to adjust like they did and hopefully implement our skills. It was a little slow I think. They obviously bowled a lot of cutters into the wicket, cross seam balls were standing up so hopefully we can take some early wickets and put some pressure on."
simonr: "SL WI got 338 and 315 last match at Durham so plenty of runs if you know where to find them. Going to be tight I reckon"
ashley: "think nz will be reasonably happy with the score they ended up chasing given that england were 190/1 by the 30th over. will be interesting to see how england's bowlers go on this pitch"
Ashish: "Any words on over rate. When was the innings supposed to end considering all breaks and root bleeding. Kane Williamson possibly to be unavailable for next match." We will update as soon as we know. He is on a warning.
Andrew Miller will be back shortly to take you through the start of New Zealand's chase.
Alber Soomro: "Southee ... Where were these kind of deliveries earlier?"
AU Rashid b Southee 16 (17m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
300 up and the home fans are pleased
Tim Southee to finish. He's had a tough day.
END OF OVER:49 | 13 Runs | ENG: 299/7 | RR: 6.10
- Adil Rashid15 (10b)
- Liam Plunkett11 (9b)
- Matt Henry10-0-54-2
- Trent Boult10-0-56-2
Tushar J: "These are valuable runs! Crossing the 300 mark will work phycological well for Eng! "