ICC World Cup 2019, Liam Plunkett, England vs New Zealand
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In the finale of the ICC World Cup 2019 at Lord’s on Sunday (July 14), New Zealand had a slow start before failing to deliver goods at the fag end of their innings. In fifty allotted overs, the Black Caps posted 241 for eight, as England bowlers had bowled remarkably well.

Mitchell Santner remained not out on five off eight balls, whereas Trent Boul faced two balls for a run.

Earlier, the Black Caps skipper Williamson won the toss and opted to bat first.

Anyway, it wasn’t either easy for the Kiwis while considering the overcast conditions at the ‘Home of Cricket’.

Martin Guptill
Guptill had failed to play a big knock. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Batting first, Kiwis openers started off slowly; however, out-of-form Martin Guptill was trapped in front of the wickets by Chris Woakes when the Black Caps posted 29 in 6.1 overs.

Explosive opener Guptill faced 18 balls for 19 runs. Also, he has two fours and a six to his name.

However, Henry Nicholls and Williamson had added crucial 74 runs for the second wicket.
Plunkett had removed dangerous Williamson 30 (53) after the former went for upstairs. The Ultra Edge suggested that ball had brushed with the bat before settling into the gloves of Jos Buttler.

On the other hand, on his way to a patient knock of 55 off 77 deliveries, Nicholls managed to find a fence on four occasions.

After adding 15 runs for the third wicket with Ross Taylor, Nicholls was cleaned up by Plunkett, who mostly preferred to bowl cross-seam deliveries.

With no review left, Taylor 15 (31) was pretty unlucky who was adjudged lbw by Marais Erasmus on the bowling of Mark Wood.

Earlier, Guptill had wasted a review when the replays revealed the ball would have gone on to hit the middle stump.

In between, Neesham has tried his best by playing a couple of delightful strokes before handing a dolly to Joe Root on the bowling of Plunkett.

Colin de Grandhomme couldn’t do much with the bat. He faced 28 deliveries for his 16 before handing a simple catch to substitute James Vince on the bowling of Chris Woakes.

For England, Woakes was the pick of the bowlers with three for 37 in nine overs. Plunkett had also bagged as many wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs.

The wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Latham had failed to score a fifty. The 27-year-old southpaw had handed a simple catch to mid-off fielder Vince. He faced 56 balls for his 47.

Jofra Archer bowled Matt Henry after latter scored four off two balls.

Here’s how the Twitter world has reacted following Kiwis innings:

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