Today on 3rd July England is going to play the match against New Zealand on Riverside cricket ground. The last match of England was against India and England won the match. The batsman of England really performed well, with the help of Bairstow’s finest century, England made a huge score of 338 runs, apart from batting, bowler also performed well and India score was 306 on 5 wickets in 50 overs.
Currently, England is on the 4th place in the points table, England has won 5 matches out of 8 matches, today’s match is the last league match, this match is going to decide whether England will play Semi-Finals or not. England can only secure the place in semifinals by winning today’s match against New Zealand.
England Vs New Zealand match is also going to be very important for Pakistan and Bangladesh. If England lost today’s match against New Zealand and Pakistan won the match against Bangladesh on 5th July then Pakistan will secure place in semi-finals.
New Zealand is on the 3rd position in the points table with 11 points. New Zealand has won 5 matches and lost 2 matches out of 8 matches, one match with India was cancelled due to rains and both teams got 1 point.
In the last two matches, New Zealand has not performed well. New Zealand has lost the last two matches against Australia and Pakistan. On 26 June New Zealand played aga inst Pakistan and lost the match by 6 wickets while playing against Australia on 29th June, New Zealand lost the match by 86 runs.
New Zealand has been facing criticism due to the bad performances in the last two matches, captain Ken Williamson will try to win this match against England, the batting line of Newzealand was very weak in last few matches but in todays match New Zealand will expect from Martin Guptill and Henry Nicolas to make a high score.
However, the bowling of New Zealand team is quite good, Trent Bolt Has taken hattrick against Australia, he has taken 13 wickets in 7 matches. Jimmy Neesham has been also performing well in this world cup, he has taken 9 wickets in this world cup, Matt Henry has also taken 8 wickets and performing well in this world cup.
England in the last match against India has shown strong batting strength, Jhony Bairstow hit the century and Jason Roy scored 66 runs for the team. As we know this match is going to do or die match for the England team then batsman will also have to perform very well.
Captain Eoin Morgan, Joe Root and Jos Buttler are also the good batsmen that can make runs for the England Team.
Jofra Archer is a great bowler of England team, he is the 3rd highest wicket taking bowler in the world cup 2019, he has taken 16 wickets in 8 matches and performed really well for his team. Aadil Rashid and Moin Ali is also a good spinner and we hope they will also take wickets for their team.
England Vs New Zealand match will start today on 3rd July at 3 PM Indian Standard Time. After England Vs, Newzealand people will get to know whether Pakistan has the chance for semi-finals or not.