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T20 World Cup Super 12s: England v New Zealand – live | T20 World Cup 2022


Unchanged for England from their Ireland loss.

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England
Jos Buttler * +
Alex Hales
Dawid Malan
Ben Stokes
Harry Brook
Moeen Ali
Liam Livingstone
Sam Curran
Chris Woakes
Adil Rashid
Mark Wood

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New Zealand
Finn Allen
Devon Conway +
Kane Williamson *
Glenn Phillips
Daryl Mitchell
James Neesham
Mitchell Santner
Tim Southee
Ish Sodhi
Trent Boult
Lockie Ferguson

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That is an interesting call from Jos Buttler. England are often so good chasing, knowing what is ahead of them and mowing it down. But he says that with a used surface, they want to set a total. It may also have to do with avoiding Boult and Southee under lights, when swing may be more pronounced. So it will be Buttler and Hales to the middle in half an hour.

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Hello around the world from a very pleasant evening at the Gabba, as England’s T20 World Cup hopes hang in the balance. Heavy rain this morning had some people worried, but in Brisbane the rain tends to pass through quickly, and the skies were clear and sunny by the afternoon. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have just played out their match without trouble, and the two teams for the evening fixture are warming up in the late daylight.

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New Zealand can lock in top spot with a win tonight, and the way they have been going, who would argue against them? If it isn’t Finn Allen and Devon Conway making runs at the top of the order, it’s Tim Southee and Trent Boult wrecking teams with the new ball.

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England, meanwhile, staggered to a win over Afghanistan and lost to Ireland, while evading Australia thanks to a washout. They’re an excellent team on paper while looking less convincing on grass in the last couple of weeks. Tonight is when they need to turn all that around. With a spot of paraphrasing, fearless cricket has been the mantra of the modern England white-ball team. They’ll need some.

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3rd over: England 21-0 (Buttler 5, Hales 16) That’s what England needs! Some audacity from Hales. The ball isn’t exactly overpitched from Boult, it’s just slightly on the fuller side, but Hales stands still, gets under it, and lifts it over mid off for four. It flips an otherwise excellent over that has only granted one from the first five balls.

2nd over: England 16-0 (Butler 4, Hales 12) That’s two obstacles negotiated: the opening over from each of the New Zealand quicks. Southee does n’t produce his very best from him, giving Hales a shorter ball to shovel away via a pragmatic pull shot for four. Then he taps two more to the other side of the pitch.

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1st over: England 9-0 (Butler 3, Hales 6) Trent Boult to start off, the left-armer swinging the ball into the right-handed Buttler., who misses the first ball but clips the next for three along the ground to midwicket, saved by a sliding Mitchell. “Best start by an England opener at the Gabba in the last 12 months,” comes the dry aside from next to me. Hales gets some luck with an inside edge to fine leg for four. He follows up by using the full face, two runs through cover.

The anthems roll around the Gabba, still daylight over the ground as the teams line up in front of their flags. Feel free to drop me a line anytime tonight: email is [email protected] or @GeoffLemonSport on Twitter.

A fan takes a picture of the England team as they embrace for their national anthem ahead of their Men’s T20 World Cup match against New Zealand. Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

teams

Unchanged for England from their Ireland loss.

England
Josh Butler * +
alex hales
David Malan
ben stokes
Harry Brook
Moeen Ali
Liam Livingstone
Sam Curran
Chris Woakes
Adil Rashid
Mark Wood

new zealand
Finn Allen
Devon Conway +
Kane-Williamson*
glenn phillips
Daryl Mitchell
James Neesham
Mitchell Santner
Tim Southee
Ish Sodi
Trent Boult
Lockie Ferguson

England win the toss and bat

That is an interesting call from Jos Buttler. England are often so good chasing, knowing what is ahead of them and mowing it down. But he says that with a used surface, they want to set a total. It may also have to do with avoiding Boult and Southee under lights, when swing may be more pronounced. So it will be Buttler and Hales to the middle in half an hour.

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Jos Buttler of England and Kane Williamson of New Zealand take part in the coin toss.
Jos Buttler of England and Kane Williamson of New Zealand take part in the coin toss. Photograph: Chris Hyde/ICC/Getty Images

Preamble

Geoff Lemon

Geoff Lemon

Hello around the world from a very pleasant evening at the Gabba, as England’s T20 World Cup hopes to hang in the balance. Heavy rain this morning had some people worried, but in Brisbane the rain tends to pass through quickly, and the skies were clear and sunny by the afternoon. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have just played out their match without trouble, and the two teams for the evening fixture are warming up in the late daylight.

New Zealand can lock in top spot with a win tonight, and the way they have been going, who would argue against them? If it isn’t Finn Allen and Devon Conway making runs at the top of the order, it’s Tim Southee and Trent Boult wrecking teams with the new ball.

England, meanwhile, staggered to a win over Afghanistan and lost to Ireland, while evading Australia thanks to a washout. They’re an excellent team on paper while looking less convincing on grass in the last couple of weeks. Tonight is when they need to turn all that around. With a spot of paraphrasing, fearless cricket has been the mantra of the modern England white-ball team. They’ll need some.




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