England already secures their semi-final spot by beating New Zealand with an emphatic 119 runs victory over them. The match was held in Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. This was such a stunning win for England after beating hot favorite India in their last game.

England secure their semi-final spot finally after much speculation

The good luck of England is going on after a mini-collapse in last week. They come back stronger and beat two of World Cup favorites India and New Zealand in spectacular fashion. Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy were mesmerizing against the Black Caps.

Let’s take a look at the summary of the match.

England Innings(305-8-50)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Jason Roy c Santner b Neesham 60 61  8  8 98.36
Jonny Bairstow b Matt Henry 106 99 15  1 107.07
Joe Root c Latham b Boult 24 25  1  0 96.00
Jos Butler c Williamson b Boult 11 12  1  0 91.67
Eoin Morgan c Santner b Matt Henry 42 40  5  0 105.00
Ben Stokes c Matt Henry b Santner 11 27  0  0 40.74
Chris Woakes c Williamson b Neesham 4 11  0  0 36.36
Liam Plunkett not out 15 12  1  0 125.00
Adil Rashid b Southee 16 12  1  0 133.33
Jofra Archer not out 1 1  0  0 100.00

Extras: 15(b 4, lb 4, w 7, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 305(8 wkts, 50 Ov)

Did not Bat: Mark Wood

Fall of Wickets: 123-1 (Jason Roy, 18.4), 194-2 (Joe Root, 30.1), 206-3 (Jonny Bairstow, 31.4), 214-4 (Jos Buttler, 34.2), 248-5 (Ben Stokes, 41.6), 259-6 (Chris Woakes, 44.5), 272-7 (Eoin Morgan, 46.1), 301-8 (Adil Rashid, 49.3)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Mitchell Santner 10 0 65  1  0  2  6.50
Trent Boult 10 0 56  2  0  1  5.60
Tim Southee 9 0 70  1  0  0  7.78
Matt Henry 10 0 54  2  0  2  5.40
Colin de Grandhomme 1 0 11  0  0  0  11.00
James Neesham 10 1 41  2  0  2  4.10
POWERPLAY      Overs       Runs
Mandatory     0.1-10        67

England Squad: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Butler, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince

Playing XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Butler, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

Bench: Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince

 

New Zealand Innings (186-10-45)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Martin Guptill c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer  8 16  1  0 50.00
Henry Nicholls lbw b Chris Woakes  0 1  0  0  0.00
Kane Williamson (c) run out (Mark Wood)  27 40  3  0 67.50
Ross Taylor run out (Adil Rashid/Jos Buttler)  28 42  2  0 66.67
Tom Latham (wk) c Jos Buttler b Plunkett 57 65  5  0 87.69
James Neesham b Mark Wood 19 27  1  0 70.37
Colin de Grandhomme c Root b Stokes  3 13  0  0 23.08
Mitchell Santner lbw b Mark Wood 12 30  1  0 40.00
Tim Southee not out  7 16  0  0 43.75
Matt Henry b Mark Wood  7 13  0  0 53.85
Trent Boult st Jos Buttler b Adil Rashid  4 7  1  0 57.14

Extras: 14(b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 186(10 wkts, 45 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 2-1 (Henry Nicholls, 0.5), 14-2 (Martin Guptill, 5.2), 61-3 (Kane Williamson, 15.1), 69-4 (Ross Taylor, 16.4), 123-5 (James Neesham, 25.1), 128-6 (Colin de Grandhomme, 28.1), 164-7 (Tom Latham, 38.3), 166-8 (Mitchell Santner, 39.2), 181-9 (Matt Henry, 43.4), 186-10 (Trent Boult, 44.6)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Chris Woakes   8   0  44   1  0   1 5.50
Jofra Archer   7   1  17   1  0   1 2.43
Liam Plunkett   8   0  28   1  0   1 3.50
Mark Wood   9   0  34   3  0   2 3.78
Joe Root   3   0  15   0  0   0 5.00
Adil Rashid   5   0  30   1  0   0 6.00
Ben Stokes   5   0  10   1  0   1 2.00
POWERPLAY    Overs     Runs
Mandatory    0.1-10       37

New Zealand Squad: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Tom Blundell, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson

Playing XI: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult

Bench: Colin Munro, Tom Blundell, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson

New Zealand was an unbeaten team just a week ago. Now, they lost three games consecutively. It just portrays their weaknesses and says the story that they’re not in the elite list and they’re still not capable to win in big games. Although they’re already in semi-finals, it’ll be interesting to watch how far they can go with their substandard squad.