*Official* Opening Match- England v New Zealand- October 5th, Ahmedabad

[Andyhere]

That's a fair assessment, so many wickets were gifted. Having said that, we could've scored 350 and it wouldn't have been nearly enough.

Are you surprised? Reckless style of play will result in gifting wickets. That is not how ODIs are played, especially in subcontinent

 

[slippy888]

There was no score board pressure they needed around 330 total

 

[GIMH]

Yeah dumb to right off England completely.

Concerns about the attack are obviously valid but a nine game group stage gives plenty of time to turn things around. If we lose to Bangladesh then I’ll start to worry

 

[chris.hinton]

England got thrashed in the first match of the recent series with NZ and bounced back well. Could well be the kick up the backside they needed.

But that was a glorified warm up match

 

[Andyhere]

England got thrashed in the first match of the recent series with NZ and bounced back well. Could well be the kick up the backside they needed.

You have to settle with that consolation for now.

 

[ashley bach]

Never will there be another game of cricket where an entire team gets double figures opposed to the other team getting none.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

And this was a depleted NZ side. Serious contenders

 

[Nintendo]

Are you surprised? Reckless style of play will result in gifting wickets. That is not how ODIs are played, especially in subcontinent

I love how with England it's "reckless cricket" but no mention of NZ breezing 282 in 36 overs. Is scoring that fast not "reckless"?

 

[Andyhere]

People can point to Ben Stokes missing as a factor....It's not a factor hasn't a 1 day player for 2 years before he changed his mind

NZ were missing 3 from their full strength team. Still thrashed England

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Mental you've deployed Ravindra as a lower order batsman so far in his career, in all 3 formats too.

Crazy... like a fox!

 

[mackembhoy]

Concerns about the attack are obviously valid but a nine game group stage gives plenty of time to turn things around. If we lose to Bangladesh then I’ll start to worry

You don't get top 4 if you can't beat more than one of Australia, India ,New Zealand ,Pakistan and South Africa. Be worried at our chances based off that

I may be devaluing Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan mind.

 

[veganbob]

Wow

 

[Kirkut]

Wow, just checked the scorecard and will watch the highlights!

What was this? A reverse bazball?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I think it's just normal Bazball.

 

[BeeGee]

For the record, NZ scored more boundaries than England.

 

[Moss]

That's a fair assessment, so many wickets were gifted. Having said that, we could've scored 350 and it wouldn't have been nearly enough.

Probably yes. But psychologically it should make a major difference chasing 280 vs 350?

 

[Shri]

hope latham remains captain when williamson comes back

 

[ashley bach]

For the record, NZ scored more boundaries than England.

The new rule is now wides. England won that 3-6.

 

[Andyhere]

I love how with England it's "reckless cricket" but no mention of NZ breezing 282 in 36 overs. Is scoring that fast not "reckless"?

There is difference between positive and reckless. NZ didn't come out all guns blazing from ball 1. They played normal cricket, got set and then capitalized.
They also got benefit of mediocre England bowling.
England didn't know how to respect good NZ attack

 

[mackembhoy]

Have England ever lost an ODI with that many overs remaining. After batting 50 themselves before?