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.
England posted 282-9 in 50 overs against New Zealand. Joe Root out in 77 by 86 balls and Jos Buttler is out 43 runs in 42 balls and with the support from the tail-enders, England reached a decent total. New Zealand need 283 to win the opening match. NewZealand have successfully limited the reigning champions to a modest 300. M. Henry took 3 wickets 3-48-10 and M. Santner also picked 2 wickets his bowling figure is 2-37-10. I think NewZealand have strong chance to win this match.
With a target of 283 runs, New Zealand came into bat in the second innings where they managed to score 67 runs at the end of 8 overs after losing one wicket. England bettors today might be tensed right now as England's first innings collection is not at all strong. England scored only 282 runs on a batting friendly wicket. The way New Zealand are batting, if they don't lose wickets too quickly, they will reach their target in forty overs. Even if England can't do well in batting, they must do well in bowling.
New Zealand beat England by nine wickets in the first match Chased down the target 283/1 in 43.1 overs in the World Cup 23. Devon Conway Scored 152* in 121 balls and completes 1000 ODI runs, the fastest Kiwi batter to do in just 22 innings. Ravindra started attack on English Bowling line up and just finished their hope to win the match. Rachin Ravindra has been named as the Player of the match' for his outstanding knock of 123* in 96 balls. England bowling is very disappointed, i think New Zealand waited 4 years to take their previous World cup Final's frustration out and everyone thought they were the nice guys
Before the start of the World Cup, England played ODI series against Ireland and New Zealand. And they won both series. This team performed very well. So I expected something better from England in the World Cup. But the way they performed in the first match is really sad.
England's batsmen cannot do well. But it was not at all expected that their bowlers would do so badly. They managed to pick up only 1 wicket. Conway and Ravindra destroyed England's bowlers. New Zealand collected 273 runs from this pair. The way New Zealand have started their World Cup journey is admirable. If this team can continue this performance, it will not be difficult for them to qualify for the semi-finals.