At Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday, England is all set to clash with New Zealand. In the match, the impressive performance is shown by batters and pace bowlers. This led to England’s victory over New Zealand by 20 runs.
After today’s match, England rescued their nerve to see off New Zealand by 20 runs in the Gabba on Tuesday. England is facing elimination chances, moved up to the top two in group one along with their opponents with one round of matches to go. From the group, only two teams will reach the semi-finals. It puts enormous pressure on the defending champions and hosts Australia, who must now win their last match against Afghanistan and hope England and New Zealand stumble.
Captain josh buttler show a fabulous performance in the match. He smashed 73 runs off 47 balls as England 179-6 and finally started to show why they were one of the pre-tournament favourites. Today’s match was the thewasorst for the Kiwis when Finn Allen pulled a slower ball from Sam Curran to Ben Stokes at deep mid-wicket, leaving New Zealand 28-2 after five overs.
New Zealand faced difficulties against the England bowling attack. But the favour was returned by Moen Ali after he missed the Phillips catch when he was on 15 and New Zealand was 64-2. Phillips scored a half-a-century off 25 balls against the pace of mighty England.
Meanwhile, the Buttler was ringing the changes with his attack as he tried seven bowlers to try and make the breakthrough. His seven choice finally paid off when Kane Williamson (40) squeezed a stokes delivery to Adil Rashid at short third.
New Zealand and Australia were on points after four games in the group 1 points table. New Zealand is at the top of the table.