by Alviro Patterson » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:05 pm
Frustrating for England to losw when they measured the run chase well.
Kane Williamson was fortunate to have got that 72, aside from Wood missing a glaring run out there was a fumble through cover that got Kane his 1st boundary when under the cosh. Even afterwards he looked unconvincing and it wasnt until reaching 50 Kane played shots with panache.
Buttler was incredibly unlucky to be caught, it was six all the way until a gust of wind pushed the ball up and blew right. Santner did well to get under the ball when it deviated quite a few yards.
Dumb cricket in the last 3 overs, New Zealand nailed their yorkers then Plunkett decided to charge down the wicket with the last ball of the 18th over, when even a dot ball would have sent the required run rate from 12.6 to 14. Then Rashid taking a risky single in the last ball of the 19th over, maybe it was better to turn it down and get Willey on strike to knock off 25 runs on his own.
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