Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
95(78) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 7 21 5 24 3 12 18
DJ Mitchell
57(52) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 17 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
8 1 4 0 2 6 7 29

Best performances - Bowlers

RJW Topley
RJW Topley
O7
M0
R27
W3
Eco3.85
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
DJ Willey
DJ Willey
O5.5
M0
R34
W3
Eco5.82
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Andrew Miller

7.26pm So, that's a wrap. Another fascinating contest has just played out. And as with the first ODI and the 2-2 squared series in the T20Is, it wasn't remotely close in the final analysis, but it dripped with intrigue! From Miller, Himanshu, Thilak and Matt, goodnight!

Time for some presentations. The player of the match, unsurprisingly, is Liam Livingstone.

"It wasn't quite a rescue mission, we pride ourselves on our depth, when I went in I got used to the conditions with Mo then Sammy played well. It's been a frustrating year for me, hard role when you have time off then have to smack it from ball one. Lean couple of months, but the other day in Cardiff did me the world of good. I just needed one innings. It's a frustrating game, sometimes it's hard to get time in the middle when you come in with 20 balls left in a T20 innings. But my hard work paid off."

Tom Latham: "Key partnerships took it deep in a shortened format, and with four out you can make it count. Full credit to Liam for a fantastic innings. The job up top with the new ball was fantastic, Boulty doing his thing was great. We're focussing on the job at hand not too far ahead. Playing roles as best as we can. We got behind the rate but if we'd had wickets in hand it might have been different."

Jos Buttler: "Delighted, from the position we found ourselves in, it's a credit to the way we want to play. It was a fantastic partnership. I want us to go harder, to push back, get the seamers off those lengths. It's been a hallmark of the team to fall on the positive side. Defining roles will come but everyone's clear on the options they have in the team. Livingstone and Curran at 7 and 8 are within their rights to want to bat higher up. Great start for us with the ball and we carried that on throughout the whole bowling innings."

John : "Not very often I come in from the pub, and see 5 red squares all on one scroll downwards... Well done England...I didn't give you a prayer after being 8 for 3."

7.10pm Well, it may be a rain-shortened game, but that is a statement win from England. Proof of their depth of quality with bat and ball, and of their fighting qualities after getting ransacked by Trent Boult in a rain-delayed powerplay. Not many teams recover from 8 for 3 to win so handsomely, but Liam Livingstone's longest innings in an England shirt put a proper score on the board, and their seamers in particular defended that with vigour. Willey, Topley and Atkinson were especially effective, before Moeen chipped in with the key wicket of Daryl Mitchell.

Doosra : "Not wishing to be a "party pooper" Mr M but I'm not sure our top 4 batters can be included in your assesment of "all round"!" Well yes, but had they not failed, we might not have witnessed the allround strengths of that line-up... Livingstone and Curran produced the knocks that were needed at the critical moment.

26.5
W
Willey to Boult, OUT, swings across the line once more, and that's that! Willey ends what he began in his first over, as England seal an emphatic and improbable win. Cramped on the heave to leg, a skimming catch to mid-on. Quite the performance all round

TA Boult c Curran b Willey 1 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

26.4
1
Willey to Henry, 1 run, goes for the heave to leg, but off the splice of the bat as midwicket tidies up
26.3
1
Willey to Boult, 1 run, on the back foot, nudged off the hips to the on-side
26.2
W
Willey to Southee, OUT, Southee has a wipe, but doesn't get hold of it! We're almost done here, hard length from Willey, inviting the hard swing to leg, but these big boundaries are too big even for Southee's proven six-hitting abilities. Bairstow swoops round to leave New Zealand nine-down

TG Southee c Bairstow b Willey 4 (3m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

26.1
1
Willey to Henry, 1 run, back of a length, across the right-hander, swivel-pull to the deep midwicket

Snehil : "Time for Sixer Southee??" Six or bust now

END OF OVER:
26 | 11 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 144/8 (84 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.53, RRR: 10.50)

  • Tim Southee4 (2b)
  • Matt Henry1 (1b)
  • Moeen Ali5-0-30-2
  • David Willey5-0-31-1
25.6
4
Ali to Southee, FOUR, aggression from Southee, stepping to the pitch to meet the ball with his long levers, lumped over wide long-off

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0DP ConwayFH Allen
2nd49DP ConwayWA Young
3rd6DJ MitchellWA Young
4th56DJ MitchellTWM Latham
5th8DJ MitchellGD Phillips
6th4DJ MitchellR Ravindra
7th16DJ MitchellMJ Santner
8th1MJ SantnerMJ Henry
9th5TG SoutheeMJ Henry
10th2TA BoultMJ Henry