The 41st match of ICC cricket World Cup took place between england and new zealand at Chester-Le-Street and it was a Do or Die match for england as they have to win this match in order to get chances in Semi-finals. new zealand can enter if pakistan loses to bangladesh in their last match.
england won the toss and opted to bat first. Once again Jason Roy and Bairstow gave a blazing start to england as they struck balls everywhere. But Roy fell for 60 and the score reads 123 in just 18.4 overs. Bairstow scored yet another century with more than 100 strike rate and he fell to Matt Henry's pace.
Then, england just crumbled as they couldn't carry on the momentum. At one stage, england looked to score more than 350, but as the middle order and lower order crumbled they ended the innings for 305/8. new zealand who came to chase 306 started losing wickets in quick intervals. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson's run out chances hurt them even more. In the end, england won the match comfortably by a decent margin.
england won the toss and opted to bat first. Once again Jason Roy and Bairstow gave a blazing start to england as they struck balls everywhere. But Roy fell for 60 and the score reads 123 in just 18.4 overs. Bairstow scored yet another century with more than 100 strike rate and he fell to Matt Henry's pace.
Then, england just crumbled as they couldn't carry on the momentum. At one stage, england looked to score more than 350, but as the middle order and lower order crumbled they ended the innings for 305/8. new zealand who came to chase 306 started losing wickets in quick intervals. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson's run out chances hurt them even more. In the end, england won the match comfortably by a decent margin.
