England’s defence of the World Cup got off to the worst possible start as New Zealand beat them by nine wickets in Ahmedabad
England 282; New Zealand 283-1. NZ win by nine wicketsboundaries. For the record England hit 27 and New Zealand 38, but there was no need for spurious tiebreakers as, after restricting their opponents to 282, the Black Caps savaged the reigning 50- and 20-over champions during a response in which practically every over was super.
He was imperious, reeling off a succession of stylish and sweetly timed strikes that rendered England’s fielders irrelevant. At the other end, Conway was better still. The 32-year-old had set the tone in the opening over, hitting a brace of boundaries off Chris Woakes. Woakes, England’s opening-overs specialist, was hit out of the attack after delivering just three and leaking 27 runs. Mark Wood replaced him, and his first three overs went for 38.
They started sweetly enough, Jonny Bairstow lifting the second ball of the day over backward square leg for six, but far from being the precursor to an all-out batting assault there would be only half a dozen more maximums to come, and only one in the last 20 overs.
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