CWC 19 : England V New Zealand CWC Final

It was good to see England buck the trend for the winning team batting first against the Aussies, which takes some of the pressure off the toss. We need to have belief in being better in every department and making the most of whatever situation we find ourselves in.

Archer and Woakes can do early damage, and Plunkett has been strong in the middle overs. We just need to ensure that Woods, Stokes and Rashid don't leak too many runs and keep the pressure on.

Taylor, Guptill and Wilkinson are all dangerous, but early wickets and tight lines will put them under pressure.

Our batting should scare every team in the world, and Roy and Bairstow have been killing teams off in the first 15 overs. But the problem will come if we lose early wickets. We are at our best when we take it too the opposition but have plenty from the top 6 or 7 to score heavily without taking unnecessary risks. Scores around 320 are often more than enough, we don't have to throw wickets away looking for 400 or bust.

Think we'll have enough, and will handle the pressure to win at a bit of a canter. But this is England and we never do things the easy way so who knows!!
 
Good toss to lose. Now let’s skittle em out for less than 250 ?
My first thoughts too!

Because of the trend for the team batting first winning, it would have been a huge call to put the opposition in. But the first hour should be great conditions, particularly for Woakes and Wood. Reckon 30/2 after 10 will be a decent start.
 
We need to keep these middle overs tight. New Zealand will know that they're a little below par so restrict them to around 5 an over for the next 20 and they'll have to massively up the tempo and hopefully make mistakes. Wickets are great but we can't afford to gift them runs by going all out.
 
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