It is very likely that today's match will be very tough for England as England have lost four batsmen in their top order but none of the three batsmen could score a half century/century. England will need a long partnership to make a good target but it is easy to guess that England's batsmen are under pressure from New Zealand's bowling department. England fell by 4 wickets for 119 runs which is an indication of how well England's next batsmen will do. However, in today's match, if England cannot give a target of more than 250 runs, then there will be a possibility of defeat by New Zealand.
Their run rate after 40 overs was pretty much decent. They could have easily scored a hundred more runs in the last ten overs. But the only problem is they lost wickets on several occasions. Joe Root was doing very well. He needed to finish the innings to build a respectable score on this pitch. Now I feel like they won't be able to score 300 runs from there because they already lost seven wickets. They have seven overs in hand as well. I won't be surprised if their tail-enders start hitting boundaries as they are not a team like Bangladesh who will collapse in two overs. I don't know why I am criticizing Bangladesh here. LOL