New Zealand [339/5] defeat England [335/9] by 5 wickets in 4th ODI to level the 5-match series (2-2)

[Abdullah719]

New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bowl.

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Colin Munro, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ish Sodhi/Lockie Ferguson, 11 Trent Boult

England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Tom Curran, 11 Mark Wood

 

[Justcrazy]

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

 

[Justcrazy]

5 for no loss after 1 over

 

[Justcrazy]

Roy gets that away

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms motoring along

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms intention is clear , they will be targeting at least 330 here

 

[Justcrazy]

29 after 4 overs

 

[KingKhanWC]

England set for a big score here.

This is usually a good ground for Boult and NZ.

 

[Justcrazy]

46 after 6 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

54 after 7 overs

Kiwis need couple of wickets here , to slow things down

 

[Justcrazy]

70 for no loss

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis strike through spin

 

[Justcrazy]

77 / 1

11 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

89 . 1

14 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

96 . 1

15 overs

Spin will be key.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bairstow smacks that one.

 

[Justcrazy]

bairstow

 

[Aman]

Series over.

Probably would have helped if we didn't choke last game.

 

[babajee]

Series over.

Probably would have helped if we didn't choke last game.

Unlucky mate. A reality check was always looming after that fluke victory against Pakistan

 

[Justcrazy]

148 / 1

23 overs

Poms should be coasting to 320 plus here

 

[Justcrazy]

159 / 1

26 overs

Poms laying base for the final assault.

 

[Justcrazy]

Munro smacked

 

[Justcrazy]

182 / 2

30 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

199 . 1

32 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis may have to chase a really big total here.

 

[Justcrazy]

220 / 1

34 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

250 / 1

14 overs left , Poms will look to get another 100 runs here

 

[KingKhanWC]

Everything is coming off the middle of the bat, Kiwi's clueless.

NZ need to slow the game down, change fields every other ball to break the momentum.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bairstow brilliant innings comes to end.

 

[giri26]

England can easily get to 360-370. Will be difficult for NZ to chase this down.

 

[Big Mac]

I think I cursed England. I turned it on right after Bairstow hit that six and now three wickets have fallen in 10 minutes

 

[Big Mac]

Make that four wickets

 

[Big Mac]

I think I've got the quickest five-fer ever now

 

[Abdullah719]

267/1 to 280/6, England getting the Qalandars bug.

 

[Justcrazy]

308 / 8

great comeback by Kiwis here

 

[Justcrazy]

England can easily get to 360-370. Will be difficult for NZ to chase this down.

Does not look like they will get to 330 here

 

[Justcrazy]

nine down

 

[Justcrazy]

8 balls to go , Poms would look for another 15 runs here

 

[Justcrazy]

Curran gives Poms the thrust

 

[Justcrazy]

18 from the final over

 

[Justcrazy]

336 is the Target

 

[badsha001]

is it just the top 10 or whole England team knows how to bat?

 

[Sadevdesai]

The last over may have cost NZ the ODI !!!!!!!!!

 

[Aman]

That last over may be costly...

Southee really is fortunate to still be in the side...

 

[giri26]

Poor by England in the end but still a big target to chase down.

 

[Rayyman]

That last over may be costly...

Southee really is fortunate to still be in the side...

His performance against Pakistani batsmen kept him in the team. Just like Hafeez and Malik stay in the team by bashing Lankan and Windies trundlers.

 

[MMHS]

Might be a very close game - I might watch tonight.

 

[Aman]

That was such a bad review.

 

[MMHS]

Not sure when last Kiwis lost ODI series at home - probably vs SAF just before 2015 WC, that too just a 3 game series.

 

[giri26]

Poor by NZ, they are now 2/2, struggling to score runs here.

 

[Aman]

This NZ side would be lucky to make it out of the group stages next year.

So much for greatest NZ side ever

 

[Aman]

Struggling against Woakes and Woods, shudder to think what good pace attacks would do...

 

[James]

Already looks like an uphill battle for NZ here. Unless someone performs extraordinarily well then England will already be putting the champagne on ice.

 

[James]

Struggling against Woakes and Woods, shudder to think what good pace attacks would do...

Wood is pretty decent. Just has fitness issues, but when he turns up (particularly in the 50 over games) he usually makes an impact.

 

[Justcrazy]

This is a good pitch , these two need to stay there for 15 overs and play the ball on merit

 

[Aman]

Wood is pretty decent. Just has fitness issues, but when he turns up (particularly in the 50 over games) he usually makes an impact.

Neither are top class bowlers.

If we're struggling against them, I fear what Aus, India or SA would do.

 

[Syed1]

How did we lose to this gully mohallah side.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate is over 7.3 , a couple of good overs required to bring it down.

 

[Justcrazy]

If this two can stay here till 30 th over , match will be spiced up

 

[Justcrazy]

Taylor looking good.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rashid smacked

 

[Justcrazy]

Some boundaries coming now.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate is 7.37

 

[Justcrazy]

81 / 2

15 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Crucial phase in the game , next 15 overs. Kiwis need to keep wickets in hand.

 

[Justcrazy]

three down , big blow

 

[Aman]

Of course Kane didn't hit it

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Bairstow showing why he's superior to the one-dimensional Root.

 

[Ab Fan]

It is unfortunate but even NZ best batsmen, Martin Guptill, is highly inconsistent. In contrast, Rohit Sharma and David Warner have elevated themselves.

 

[Ab Fan]

NZ 122/3.

NZ's game to lose . England need to make something happen or it will be too late.

 

[Ab Fan]

Not sure when last Kiwis lost ODI series at home - probably vs SAF just before 2015 WC, that too just a 3 game series.

They lost to Saf 3-2 at home in 2017 only.

 

[Aman]

It is unfortunate but even NZ best batsmen, Martin Guptill, is highly inconsistent. In contrast, Rohit Sharma and David Warner have elevated themselves.

On his day he can win a match on his own.

 

[dravidthewall]

Common newzealand...its possible

 

[dravidthewall]

Ross taylor is better than kane

 

[Aman]

Our lower order are going to have to fire.

Quickfire 20s and 30s is what we need from them.

 

[Aman]

Ross taylor is better than kane

Of course he is, but it's Kane who ends up being talked up...

Guptill is as well but he's not talked up either.

 

[Justcrazy]

192 / 3

34 overs

 

[dravidthewall]

Our lower order are going to have to fire.

Quickfire 20s and 30s is what we need from them.

Newzealand shuld not loose any wicket till score 250..then its chance

 

[Justcrazy]

This match can go down to the wire

 

[Aman]

Superb century from Rosco