Quote from: TakeItEasy on Today at 12:37:05 PM

England didn't play their best even though that was their first match of the World Cup, despite the fact they have some best batsmen. Only Joe Root and Jos Buttler show their best by scoring 77(86) and 43(42) consecutively. Except for them, no batsman I have seen who had some good scores on the board.

New Zealand bowling attack was at their best today, in which Matt Henry took 3 wickets, Glenn Philips and Mitchel Santner took 2 wickets each, also Trent Boult And Rachit Ravindra took 1 wicket each. Thumbs Up for their batting side, we all want to see good cricket!

If we compare these teams in the Cricket World Cup Matches, head to head. Both the Teams have played 10 matches in which each team won 5,5 matches. There will be something better today, as we have to see who will win the 6th time first.

New Zealand bowlers did a good job by not allowing English batsmen to score runs freely. Only Joe Root and Jos Buttler were able to play big innings today. 282 is still a decent target and England still have a chance to win this game.
Not a good start from New Zealand, Will Young was out first ball. New Zealand need to be careful as they are up against a good bowling attack. Required run rate is not high, all they need is keep rotating strike and not loose wicket.