Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature 14th over: England 110-2 (Buttler 50, Livingston 1) It’s Livingston who comes in next… and he pushes for three balls to hit Sodhi. Buttler drives a single to bring up his fifty, but only two runs from taking the wicket. The New Zealand spinners took 48 off 48 balls and took two wickets along the way.
WIRELESS! Moeen Ali c Boult b Sodhi 5 (6 balls), England 108-2
Well, Moeen was there to hit the leg-spinner, so he hits the leg-spinner. A long way to go, to be fair. High into the night. But the deep middle-order pocket at the Gabba gives Trent Boult plenty of room to move around the rope and keep his system just inside the boundary, in front of a pocket of New Zealand fans. 13th over: England 108-1 (Buttler 49, Moen 5) Big moment: Ferguson comes back, quick and short and clipped by Buttler, flat to deep mid-wicket, where Daryl Mitchell bowls! He was tripping, but he was right on top of him, flapping his arms so hard he bounces. The crowd groans and cheers in equal measure. And Buttler cashes in: a flat smack on middle for four, then a tennis forehand against a slower player, reading it and waiting for it to be turned to mid-on. Add that to the limit he started with from the top, another from the bottom to the middle, and he gets 14 from the lucky one. 12th over: England 94-1 (Buttler 36, Moen 4) To Buttler, a copy of the previous over: both pitched, four reverse. This time the limit is more above average. Once Moeen goes on strike, he doesn’t try anything huge, just sinks a couple into the big gap there. He cannot defeat the point by attempting to cut it. 11th over: England 85-1 (Buttler 29, Moeen 2) Moeen sent to the crease instead of Livingstone, probably given there are spinners working. This is despite Livingston spending the drinks break running down the boundary like Rocky, swinging his bat furiously to warm up. Four singles from the over after the early boundary. And the wicket ball was not called a wide in the end, which seems… wrong, to say the least. Also great to spend the drinks break watching some characters on the video screen showing us how to use the bottle recycling machines brought to us by Aramco – from memory, the oil company responsible for 4.4% of all human carbon emissions since 1965.
WIRELESS! Hales st Conway b Santner 52 (40 balls), England 81-1
A ball after bringing up his fifty with a single to the boundary, Hales can’t survive the next mistake. Quick and very wide from Sandner, outside off the tramlines, and the charging Hales can’t quite get the leg of the bat. Conway beats him at home, and the ball is called out, but you can still get out on one of those… 10th over: England 77-0 (Buttler 27, Hales 48) More initiative from Buttler against Sodhi this time, walking on him to hit two runs down the leg, then flipping back four points. Now, when they push the singles, they do so on the basis of the over score. Ten of that. Drinks break, because of course they do. And Liam Livingstone is full. 9th over: England 67-0 (Buttler 19, Hales 46) Sudner has a change of ends with Stanley Street at his back, twinning with Sodhi, and bowls very well at the start. A quick one to beat Hales in progress, then one that turns over the edge as Hales falls behind. A couple of singles, then Hales drives two into deep cover. Another great one to support Sodhi’s. 8th over: England 61-0 (Buttler 18, Hales 41) More spin, with Ish Sodhi’s leg breaks from the Vulture Street End. Caution from Hales to start, putting a sharp single where a direct hit might have had Buttler struggling. Three runs from the over, two from the bat. 7th over: England 58-0 (Buttler 18, Hales 39) This is good England today. Lockie Ferguson comes in, bowls right-arm and Buttler knows how to deal with it. Gets into position, plays the ramp shot and sends it for a six! A few singles complete the over. 6th over: England 48-0 (Buttler 8, Hales 37) Almost a blinker from Williamson! Buttler steps back and cuts Sandner to the off side. Williamson runs back the toss and dives full length. He takes it in both hands, spills into the air and hits the ground as it lands before bouncing back into his hands while sliding forward. He gets up and signals to the referee that it might be a catch but he’s not sure. They check the replay and confirm the bobble from the grass. The most surprising thing is that England did not even make a run. Butler was just starting to leave. The over ends up costing eight runs, with a Hales pull for four. End of the Powerplay, Hales has done it brilliantly for England. 5th over: England 40-0 (Buttler 8, Hales 31) Whomp! Hales decides to hit the switch. Skips a bit to create space and Southee bats flat down the ground for a six. He misses the next ball and then cracks two in a row over cover for four! The second one is flatter and faster than the first one, jumping right over his hands. Hales drops back to make room, that’s some serious hand-eye skill as he swings through the line of these balls. Southee manages to defuse the situation from the last two balls and avoid a really huge over. 4th over: England 25-0 (Buttler 8, Hales 16) Time to tempt and test England with spin… and Mitchell Sudner is doing a great job! The left-armer drives the ball through the spear, going over it before Hales can blink. After a Buttler single, it takes four balls for Hales to get away with a leg bye. Buttler follows up with a two down the leg side. Jos Butler (right) and Alex Hales are added to the England squad. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP Updated at 08:27 GMT 3rd over: England 21-0 (Buttler 5, Hales 16) This is what England need! A bit of audacity from Hales. The ball isn’t exactly over Boult, it’s just slightly on the fuller side, but Hales stays still, gets under it and lifts it up mid-on for four. He overturns an otherwise excellent over that has conceded just one off the first five balls. 2nd over: England 16-0 (Buttler 4, Hales 12) These are two hurdles negotiated: the opening over from each of New Zealand’s quicks. Southee is not at his best, giving Hales a shorter ball to pull away with a realistic pull shot for four. Then hit two more on the other side of the field. 1st over: England 9-0 (Buttler 3, Hales 6) Trent Boult to start, the left-hander swings the ball to the right-handed Buttler., who misses the first ball but cuts the next for three along the ground to midwicket, saved by a sliding Mitchell. “The best start to an England opener at the Gabba in the last 12 months,” comes the dry from beside me. Hales has a bit of luck with an inside edge to fine leg for four. Followed by using the full face, two runs through the cover. New Zealand’s Trent Boult unleashes a tradition. Photo: Albert Perez/Getty Images Updated at 08:24 GMT Anthems roll around the Gabba, still daylight above 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 photo of the England team as they hug for their national anthem ahead of their Men’s T20 World Cup match against New Zealand. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Updated at 08:10 GMT
Team’s
Unchanged for England since defeat in Ireland. EnglandJos Buttler * +Alex HalesDawid MalanBen StokesHarry BrookMoeen AliLiam LivingstoneSam CurranChris WoakesAdil RashidMark Wood New ZealandFinn AllenDevon Conway +Kane Williamson *Glenn PhillipsDaryl MitchellJames NeeshamMitchell SantnerTim SoutheeIsh SodhiTrent BoultLockie Ferguson Updated at 07:48 GMT
England win the toss and bat
This is an interesting call from Jos Buttler. England often hunt so well, knowing what’s in front of them and mowing it down. But he says that by used surface they want to define a set. It may also be about avoiding Boult and Southee under lights, when the swing might be at its sharpest. That will be Butler and Hales in the middle in half an hour. England’s Jos Buttler and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson take part in the coin toss. Photo: Chris Hyde/ICC/Getty Images Updated at 08.07 GMT
Preamble
Geoff Lemon Hello everyone from a very enjoyable night 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 quickly and skies were clear and sunny by the afternoon. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have just played their match without any problems and both teams for the evening game are warming up in late daylight. New Zealand can lock up top spot with a win tonight, and with the way they’ve been going, who would they be up against? If it’s not Finn Allen and Devon Conway making runs at the top of the order, it’s Tim Southee and Trent Boult destroying teams with the new ball. England, meanwhile, beat Afghanistan and lost to Ireland while avoiding Australia thanks to a “washout”. They’re a great team on paper, but they’ve looked less convincing on grass the past couple of weeks. Tonight is when they have to turn it all around. To paraphrase, fearless cricket has been the mantra of England’s modern white-ball team. It will take a few.
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Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature 12th over: New Zealand 86-2 (Williamson 34, Phillips 30) Mark Wood returns, off that long drive from the Stanley Street End. A clip from Phillips, who smartly runs back for two. So Wood sends a fake that Phillips avoids. That might be the length, because when Wood goes again, Phillips drives him for a six! What shot is this? North of 90 mph coming in, and about as fast coming out, through a simple swing of the bat that sinks it into the crowd for long. Only four runs from the other five balls though. 94 runs required in 48 overs. Glenn Phillips hits one on the boundary. Photo: Albert Perez/Getty Images Updated at 10:43 GMT 11th over: New Zealand 76-2 (Williamson 34, Phillips 21) There’s a token one for you. Livingstone bowls a fat, dripping full toss, and Williamson flicks it through mid-off for two. I just didn’t have the foot down as required tonight, New Zealand. Phillips takes another and drives it down the ground for one. He has more luck than his random shots: an outside edge that beats the keeper and a short third for four, then a topside sweep that gets him two. Ten from over is better, but luck can claim most of them. 10th over: New Zealand 66-2 (Williamson 29, Phillips 16) Rashid’s routine continues, stifling the score by landing at a good length, and finally the pressure tells. Phillips gallops in, has a swing, slices it to cover… and Moeen drops the plate. Another simple one down at the Gabba. There’s a low ring of lights here, below ceiling level, and they can be angled to get into the players’ eyes. We’ve seen some just fall from good players. However, just four from the over, and New Zealand have been hit in a hole. Williamson 29 off 29, and need almost 12 an over, 114 off 60 balls. 9th over: New Zealand 62-2 (Williamson 27, Phillips 14) Set and forget Liam Livingstone: he just keeps bowling fast and in length and Williamson and Phillips keep getting on the front foot for a run or two outward side. Until the last ball, that is, when Williamson takes a step in and throws his hands through the ball. Great fielding, hitting the deep extra cover sweeper on the square side for four. Nine from the over, still below the required percentage. 118 to 66 are needed. 8th over: New Zealand 53-2 (Williamson 20, Phillips 12) Another good over of spin, Adil Rashid on the money and the Kiwis work just one run. They have to move. 127 runs needed from 12 overs, or 72 balls. 7th over: New Zealand 47-2 (Williamson 17, Phillips 9) Stokes is back on the field after a check. Livingston twirls his various kinds of licorice, looks like leg-breaks on right-handers tonight. Quick and slippery and tight on the stumps, and mostly a bit short, taking a lot of cut shots. Nobody gets into the middle of one until Phillips off the last ball of the over, behind point for four, but that’s after Buttler misses a catch off Phillips that hits the keeper on his body. 6th over: New Zealand 40-2 (Williamson 15, Phillips 4) Such is Williamson’s ability. Mark Wood bowls, very quick, full and straight and Williamson cuts it off his toes, square enough to hit deep fine leg on the fence. Phillips is much less convincing, getting on the other side of that good football via an inside edge. Radar tracks Mark Wood at 155 kilometers per hour. Readings have been slightly on the generous side in this tournament, we’ve had half a dozen bowlers over 150 supposedly, which stretches credulity. But he bowls fast by any measure. 5th over: New Zealand 28-2 (Williamson 8) Again the wicket falls off the last ball of an over, and he concedes just two runs. It’s almost out of it already, New Zealand. Wickets may happen, but it has been an awful start in terms of run-rate.
WIRELESS! Allen c Stokes b Curran 16 (11 balls), New Zealand 28-2
That’s the big one. Allen is the player who can carve out a huge chunk of the chase in quick time, and he’s gone for relatively few. Swings across the line to Curran, set up for Stokes who comes in from deep mid off, although Stokes looks like he may have hurt his index finger taking the catch. He leaves the court and is replaced by Chris Jordan. Ben Stokes takes the catch but injures his finger in the process. Photo: Tertius Pickard/AP Updated at 10.23 GMT 4th over: New Zealand 26-1 (Allen 15, Williamson 7) Well, I was wondering where the Finn Allen was who tore Australia apart to start the tournament. We saw him here, with a huge shot over midwicket that eludes Harry Brook for a six. That’s the power, then Williamson has the smart touch, waiting for a short ball and pulling it nicely behind square for four. A dozen from Woakes. 3rd over: New Zealand 14-1 (Allen 8, Williamson 2) More spin in the Powerplay, with Adil Rashid in early. This works, too: Allen’s back-swing for three is the only high-performance shot in the over, with a six over all. 2nd over: New Zealand 8-1 (Allen 4) So this is another win for England in the first two overs, with Kane Williamson heading to mid-on to start the third.
WIRELESS! Conway c Buttler b Woakes 3 (9 balls), New Zealand 8-1
Here’s the early one they needed! Chris Woakes bowls a poor ball, half-tracker on leg stump. Conway for reasons best known to himself decides to pitch it instead of baseballing it off the ground. He does it very well and Buttler dives across and makes good ground to catch. Or is he? The referee is checked before Conway leaves the ground. In the replay you can’t see if the ball hits the ground as Butler lands because his gloves were in the way. But he pretty much just gets up and throws the ball back to the referee instead of celebrating. There is no visual image of the ball hitting the ground, so the catch stands. Something seems a little odd about all of this. The players are waiting for the Third Referee’s decision… Photo: PAO is out! Devon Conway left for 3. Photo: Tertius Pickard/AP Updated at 10.13 GMT 1st over: New Zealand 4-0 (Allen 3, Conway 1) Here’s a surprise from Buttler: Moeen Ali opens the bowling. And foxes New Zealand. They don’t expect this. He bowls an excellent one too, Conway almost caught wide, then punching one off the inside edge on the pad, could have been caught or dropped back onto the stumps. Only four runs from it! Early advantage England. Tom van der Gucht writes. “It’s interesting what you said about England looking better on paper than in the flesh at the moment. It got me thinking about how quickly form can change within this format: two weeks ago, England were on an effervescence after dismantling Pakistan at home and destroying the Aussies in their own backyard only for the wheels to come off since then. “My general theory about cricket is that whatever hasn’t happened or hasn’t happened for a while will happen at some point, especially in T20. This vaguely formed and nebulous philosophy of cricket became more firmly established in my mind during the summer of the Test match, when England kept beating the odds. According to my theory, NZ is due to lose and England due to a big win. Today, I hope, will be the day it happens.” I think I’m with you. Form is greatly overrated, especially in this form, and confused with what is merely effect. Good and bad form exist, but any run of good or bad results is classified as form. “Good morning from a rainy Manchester, Geoff,” writes Matt Hobbs. Great city, send my best. “An element of irony in this run, in my opinion. England were criticized for maintaining their batting order against Ireland and still going down a wicket or two in the dying moments after Ali and Livingstone were dismissed. “Stokes will have to work his socks off if the gamble to bring him back into the T20 squad isn’t going to look more redundant than it already is. Is it time for Adil Rashid to shake off his lackluster form and shine? Let’s hope!” Ladka is emailing. “G’day Geoff. Has Australia really fallen out of love with cricket? I know the AFL is big but these crowds were quite shocking. It looked like the English county. Hopefully Butler and Hales can take the game away from the Blues.” Well, they kind of did. And looking out the window at the Gabba tonight, sure, I can see a lot of those seats in their distinctive vomitorium color scheme, but it’s a huge ground and a very solid crowd tonight. I’ll see if we get the official numbers later. Attracting a huge home crowd to a neutral team has never been much of a possibility, unless the likes of Sri Lanka or India are playing large diaspora fans. So no worries from me about this crowd. Some of the other games were much shorter, but then again, a Bangladesh-Zimbabwe match isn’t going to be the biggest draw in town. So a good score for England, but they didn’t take advantage of the start that Butler and Hales gave them. They lost 4 for 23 in those last overs, and the pace of the innings dropped even though Buttler did his best to maintain it. His run to the non-striker’s goal was more than a little symbolic. Yet! A 180 is a 180, it’s a big task and it will take a big performance from New Zealand to continue to be the only unbeaten team in the group. Updated at 09:47 GMT 20th over: England 179-6 (Curran 6, Malan 3) Enough of the over. A two and a one as Stokes swings and can’t get much from either. Curran catches one! With Ferguson’s pace, the shot over half-off beats a diving Sandner on the ropes and parries away. He was going the distance anyway. But Curran doesn’t get another swing, because he takes a post and almost avoids it, and then they call him a bye. But Stokes…
