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England earned a 20-run win over New Zealand to reignite their hopes in the T20 World Cup in Australia. England survived under intense pressure to successfully defend 179 at the Gabba. After being reduced to 28-2, the Black Caps looked to have swung the game in their favour when Glenn Phillips and captain Kane Williamson combined for a stand of 91 from 59 balls. But, Ben Stokes provided the crucial breakthrough by dismissing Williamson and when Phillips fell soon after all hope was lost. The Gulf News cricket experts discuss the match and look ahead to India’s match against Bangladesh tomorrow.
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00:00Hello again and welcome to Golf News Straight Back.
00:10Today England looked to get their campaign back on track after that shock defeat against
00:15Ireland and also because they had their game against Australia washed off last Friday.
00:22Skipper Jos Buttler knew that a loss today against New Zealand would mean that their
00:26fate wouldn't be in their own hands.
00:29But today they scored a healthy 179 and they won by 20 runs.
00:33Shyam and Satish are here to talk about the match.
00:36Starting with Shyam first, what did you make of that match, Shyam?
00:39I think it was a very interesting match, a very good match.
00:42In fact, until the 15 overs of the New Zealand innings, we didn't know which way it was going.
00:49Actually, pretty much New Zealand had the chase pretty much under control.
00:54And since Williamson left, I think they were a bit rudderless and Phillips couldn't get
00:59going and the rest of the batsmen just fell in a heap, actually.
01:03And England actually, I thought they underperformed given the start, because they had an excellent
01:08start with Hales and Buttler just getting off the blocks quite quickly.
01:13They could have actually scored around 200 or more, but New Zealand put it back in the
01:18slog there.
01:19They had an excellent slog over there, they conceded only 25 runs, actually.
01:22They couldn't actually pull them back, otherwise England could have easily topped 200.
01:27So, both the sides did well and even England also bowled exceedingly well in the slog,
01:33with Curran being the pick of the bowlers, really.
01:37Satish, no team has ever chased 180 in a T20 international at the Gabba.
01:45It was a tall order, we knew that.
01:46But for a little while, New Zealand were probably fancying their chances, weren't they?
01:50Of course.
01:51I think that's because of, thanks to England.
01:55England became sloppy somewhere closer to the 10-over mark just after it, when Moinelli
02:01dropped that sitter.
02:02After that, they were really running ragged at that point of time, because they were sloppy,
02:08they left a couple of boundaries, there were a lot of 1s into 2s, the fielding was literally
02:13not up to the mark what it was.
02:16Thanks to Kane, Williams and Wicket, they actually regrouped and then they came back
02:20into the game.
02:21But for that wicket, maybe England would have lost it, maybe because they knew that Phillips
02:27can take the match away and it was a very big drop.
02:30But these things happen.
02:32So that was one of the reasons why New Zealand came into the contest, because it was not
02:38an easy wicket.
02:39Gabba is not a place where you can chase those runs so easily.
02:45But Phillips is a big hitter, you can really hit big sixes and you can take the match away
02:52from the team.
02:54And that's precisely the point where, if you look at Kane Williams and Phillips had a 91-run
03:01partnership of which, Williams was a runnable knock, 40 of 40 balls, whereas Phillips was
03:07almost 200% close to, 200 was the strike rate at one point of time, when he got his 50.
03:13So, that says a lot about that one particular knock, Imran.
03:18That helped New Zealand stay in the chase.
03:21So Sharm England, they won the toss and they decided to bat.
03:25That was a change of plan, as we know, they usually like to chase.
03:29But after 10 overs, they got themselves into a very strong position.
03:33They had 10 wickets in hand.
03:34It was an excellent platform to build on, wasn't it?
03:38Very true.
03:40Actually, regarding the toss, I was listening to both the captains.
03:45Even Kane Williamson also said that if he had won the toss, he would have opted to bat first.
03:50So actually, the butler actually did a good thing by batting first.
03:55I am sure they also had the Brisbane record also in their minds, probably that could be
04:01one of the reasons, really.
04:03But having said that, I think Hales was the one who set England on something like, what was it, 80 runs, 81 runs, 77 for no loss at the end of 10 overs, that's really.
04:19That is thanks to Hales who got the block stick shot.
04:23Actually, Butler was left in the pale, partly because of Hales' big hitting, really.
04:28And also, Butler was lucky to survive a grass catch by Kane Williamson, really.
04:33But given 77 for no loss in 10 overs, I expected England to top 200, like I said earlier.
04:38But Houston Bulldogs came back strongly in the last 4 overs, really.
04:44Yeah. Satish?
04:47Just to talk about the toss, it's going to be very tricky.
04:51Because already they played the first match on the same wicket.
04:54And it's been a rain-affected condition.
04:57So, obviously, it was quite easy, I think, for Butler to make the decision, probably Kane also would have done the same thing.
05:05Because the 4th innings is going to be really difficult on this wicket, which we saw what's happening.
05:11Yeah. And we were lucky. This game was supposed to be washed out.
05:15We were expecting some rain, but we got the full game.
05:18But it was a good game.
05:19Yeah. But it was slightly, I think the conditions were slightly overcast.
05:23And Trent Boult was getting, as we know, some swing on the ball.
05:26We know how dangerous he is.
05:27Once the ball starts to swing.
05:28But he didn't have a great day, Satish, did he?
05:30He finished his 4 overs, he got no wickets for 40 runs.
05:34And he will be disappointed with the way he played today.
05:37Absolutely. Imran, this is exactly where Butler read the wicket better than England.
05:43Because if you look at, it was a spinner, Moeen Ali, who started the proceedings for England, not a fast bowler.
05:49Where they have two tear-away fast bowlers.
05:52And if you look at both the innings, the spinners were doing well.
05:56It was Sodhi and Santner who kept the scores contained.
06:00Because they bowled quite early in the 10 overs.
06:04And almost by the 12th over, they both had completed their 8-over spell.
06:11And when the ball became old, that's where the pacers got some purchase.
06:15Because the ball was stopping and coming.
06:17And with the ball being old, the ball was not coming quickly onto the bat.
06:22This is exactly what happened to England innings as well.
06:25England bowled Moeen Ali initially and tried to bowl Adil Rashid.
06:29But then, somewhere down the line, Butler brought in the pacers.
06:33And that played into the hands of Phillips, who likes the ball to come onto the bat nicely.
06:37So he went after the fast bowlers.
06:41And it was not a fast bowler's wicket for sure.
06:44Sam Curran got those wickets because of his slow pace, variations.
06:49The ball was not moving around.
06:51Though it was an overcast condition, the ball was not moving around.
06:55You have to play with your length, with your skills, with your variations.
07:00So that was the difference between Sam Curran and Trent Boult.
07:05Both were left-arm pacers.
07:07Yeah.
07:08And Satish, Shyam already mentioned a great knock from Alex Hales.
07:12He got his 50, his half century.
07:14But the very next ball, he was out.
07:16How important was it for New Zealand to break that early partnership?
07:19Because they were going really well, weren't they?
07:21No, I think by the time Hales got out, the match was already out of New Zealand's grasp.
07:26Because you have almost another 10 batters who could come and do the same thing from the other end.
07:31And at that point of time, Butler also got his runs.
07:35And I think the drop catch of Butler by Daryl Mitchell, a straightforward chance, though it was hit hard.
07:41I think that got another 20-30 runs extra for England.
07:45Otherwise, they might have struggled a bit.
07:47Because this is not a wicket where you can come and hit the ball straightaway.
07:50You need to spend time.
07:52And that's exactly what Butler did in the initial phase.
07:55And he was allowed to do that when Hales was going hammer and tongs with the bowling.
08:00So that helped him to settle down.
08:03If you look at the New Zealand inning, Kane Williamson was trying to do the same thing
08:08when Phillips was going after the bowling.
08:10But the sad part is, against the run of the play, Williams got out.
08:15That's when they didn't know how to go about the task.
08:18Because after that, it becomes difficult.
08:20But Hales' wicket didn't have much of a bearing.
08:23Because he has done his part at that point of time.
08:26Which actually should have been called a wide.
08:28I don't know why it was not called a wide.
08:31And Shyam, what did you think of Butler today?
08:34He did really well.
08:35He got 73.
08:36He's become England's highest scorer in T20 cricket.
08:39He's passed Morgan now.
08:42How good was that knock from the captain today?
08:45Actually, in practice, it's not a typical Butler innings.
08:51Because since Hales was going good, I think he actually allowed Hales to have more of
08:59the strike.
08:59And he just played more like a sheet-angle role, really.
09:03Once Hales got out, I think he really, really stepped on the gas.
09:07Or halfway through, he stepped on the gas, really.
09:11Till then.
09:12But the thing is, to me, Butler is perhaps the best T20 batsman in the world.
09:20Because in T20s, he's the guy who consistently scores centuries in T20 matches.
09:28And also, he can pace the innings very well.
09:31I've seen Butler score a century in Sharjah.
09:34Because the real Sharjah wicket was slow.
09:37And he scored a century against South Africa.
09:40And he reached the century of the very last ball of that inning.
09:45And I clearly saw, despite struggling, how he managed to farm the strike.
09:51And not just that.
09:52And he stepped on the gas as soon after the last five overs.
09:56So he really took the match away from South Africa in that particular game as well.
10:00So this is exactly what Butler does to all the teams.
10:03And this is a typical Butler in that sense that he started off slowly.
10:08Because Hales was doing very well.
10:10And he stepped up the scoring when it was required.
10:15So, that is Butler for you.
10:17And then Shyam…
10:18He can do the same thing with a copybook style of play.
10:21He doesn't hit the ball harder.
10:22He can come and play the shots where once it hits the bat, it races to the boundary like…
10:28As if it's hit by something else.
10:31That's the timing. Beautiful.
10:32Yes, you said about the timing.
10:36He doesn't bludgeon the ball.
10:38It's not brutal.
10:40It's just sheer timing, really.
10:43And then to follow that up from that fantastic innings with the bat…
10:48It took a superb catch when England were bowling.
10:51They got the danger man Conway out for just three.
10:54How big a wicket was that, Shyam, at that stage?
10:57Conway is pretty dangerous.
11:00Because Conway can anchor the innings like we saw against Australia.
11:06Australia, he held the innings together with the innings of 92, I think, if I remember right.
11:11Not just that.
11:12He can be…
11:14He uses his feet very well against spinners.
11:16So, maybe Adil Rashid and Livingston may not be able to have the same kind of impact on the game
11:23if Conway had got the innings underway.
11:25But that is exactly one of the reasons why Moeen Ali came early on.
11:32Because Conway being a left-hander, I think, Butler chose to open with Moeen Ali
11:37because he takes the ball away from the left-hander.
11:40But although that one over, Conway didn't make…
11:44Actually, he struggled a bit, really.
11:46But I think that was a very vital wicket because he could have given New Zealand a good…
11:52Not just a good start.
11:53He could have anchored the innings, actually.
11:55And then, Satish, another big wicket came soon after when Finn Allen, after five overs…
12:01And at that stage, it looked like New Zealand were going nowhere, didn't they?
12:04Yeah, yeah.
12:05At five overs, almost, I think, around the halfway mark, I think New Zealand were something like
12:1270 for two or something like that.
12:15That was the situation at that time.
12:17I think the fast bowlers came back again and suddenly the run rate started going up.
12:23And after the drop catch, the fielding went completely quiet.
12:28They were giving away a lot of fumbles, extra runs.
12:32And that's a phase in which they utilized it well.
12:36But the final five overs, as expected, the fast bowlers came and did the job for England,
12:42which sealed the match.
12:43And Shan, just to take another point from the Conway innings, it was very well used
12:48because both Conway and Moeen Ali, they play for Chennai Super Kings.
12:51They must be knowing each other well.
12:53And the way Moeen Ali kept the ball and troubled him, clearly shows that Moeen Ali knew a few
12:59things of Conway's soft spot, which he targeted in the first over.
13:06And Satish, speaking of Moeen Ali, I think the game really started to change after that
13:12drop catch from Moeen.
13:13I mean, it was a simple catch.
13:15He should have really taken that.
13:17Phillips was on 15 at the time and he went on to get his half century.
13:22What do you think was going on in his mind, Satish, after he let that one slip?
13:25Oh, he must be really relieved, number one.
13:27And that's the sad part with Moeen Ali.
13:29I don't understand him.
13:30At times, he can be somewhere at a different level.
13:34And sometimes, he can be very pedestrian.
13:38Whether it was batting, bowling, dribbling, I don't know how this variation happened to
13:44him almost in the same game.
13:46He bowled a brilliant first over.
13:48And a few overs down the line, he drops a simple catch.
13:50Even probably, a club cricketer would have taken it or even a novice would have taken it.
13:56Maybe, maybe.
13:57One of the reasons they were saying is, he could have lost the ball against the lights.
14:02But Sham, as an experienced player, you should be positioning yourself in a different position.
14:10It was not a difficult catch.
14:13Yeah.
14:13But we've been seeing so many dollies being dropped.
14:15Even Phillips dropped one earlier today.
14:19So, we've been seeing a lot of simple catches today.
14:22Yeah.
14:24So then, Sham, Stokes got the big breakthrough when Williamson, who was looking very set
14:30at the crease, that partnership with Phillips was finally broken.
14:34And so, how key was that for England at that stage?
14:37Actually, on the face of it, if you look at Williamson's innings, it is 40 runs of 40
14:42balls.
14:42Actually, which means he soaked up quite a lot of balls.
14:46Which means there are a lot of missed opportunities.
14:48But it needed a Williamson at one end for Phillips to fire the way he did.
14:55Because otherwise, it's going to be difficult.
14:58It's not easy for both batsmen to fire from both ends.
15:02Because one of them is definitely going to get out.
15:04So, when a batsman is chancing the arm, you need somebody to drop anger at the other end.
15:09That is exactly what Williamson did.
15:11Not just that.
15:12Williamson knows his strengths very well.
15:14He knows his limitations as a player in white-ball cricket.
15:18And plays accordingly.
15:19And remember, he is one of the shrewdest captains around.
15:23And so, he knows exactly how to play the situation as well.
15:27So, from the New Zealand's perspective, that was a very invaluable innings.
15:32What did you think, Satish?
15:33Agree with that?
15:34Yes, of course.
15:37Williamson takes up a lot of deliveries.
15:39But if you look at it, the ploy must have been either bring in Phillips or probably
15:44Nesham or Daryl Mitchell, Santner.
15:47They will be attacking from the other end.
15:48And again, you have to understand one more thing.
15:51The wicket, one side of the ground is bigger.
15:53The other side is smaller.
15:55So, to capitalise all that, he must be playing all this.
15:58And off it, two of them are left-handers.
16:00Santner and Phillips are left-handers.
16:06Sorry, Nesham are left-handers.
16:07Phillips and Mitchell are right-handers.
16:09So, he must be trying to play according to the situation.
16:12But I think the crucial point that they missed was the openers not firing.
16:17The openers should have got a little better start to go with.
16:21I think instead of Conway trying to scoop the bouncer behind Butler, he could have actually
16:27tried to play a good shot.
16:29Probably, he would have connected better.
16:31So, and Prince Allen also, I think it was a sad wicket.
16:35So, if they had not lost those two wickets, and if the openers had put in a decent partnership,
16:41probably, New Zealand would have come in much closer.
16:43Or probably, they would have won with Williamson anchoring the innings like this.
16:48But again, the 100 strike rate is not the best of the best innings.
16:52But it was very important in New Zealand's perspective.
16:55Because at least now, the run rate is quite high right now.
16:59They have not lost the run rate.
17:00Because that could play a bigger role in the final scheme of things when the league games
17:05are over.
17:07Okay, so well done to England.
17:08They go second in the group.
17:10New Zealand have lost today.
17:12But they stay first.
17:13Earlier today, Sri Lanka played against Afghanistan.
17:17And they won that match by six wickets.
17:20The Silver scored an unbeaten 66, which is a very good innings from him.
17:26Shyam, what did you make of that performance from Sri Lanka?
17:30This is Sri Lanka playing to potential, really.
17:34See, 144 is a subpar score in Brisbane.
17:38But still, given the travails of Sri Lanka, they could have easily skewed this.
17:48Basically, they could have torpedoed themselves.
17:50But it didn't happen simply because of Dhananjay D'Silva.
17:53He did the bulk of the scoring.
17:55He strung together three partnerships.
17:56One with Kusal Mendes, which was a very integral one, really.
18:00And then, he also had another partnership with another 50-plus partnership with Sri Lanka.
18:08And another 40-plus partnership with Rajat Bakshi.
18:11So, he was involved in three crucial partnerships.
18:14And that saw them home.
18:16But the problem with that match from Afghanistan's perspective is,
18:20quite a few batsmen got a good start.
18:22I see quite a few 20s scored by the batsmen.
18:25But nobody carried along.
18:27And nobody really batted along.
18:29I mean, either tried to take the match away from the Sri Lankans, nor did they bat.
18:35So, which is why they had an undercooked total, really.
18:39And I think the 1.44 was not the kind of total that Afghanistan would have had to pin down Sri Lanka, despite the spinners.
18:50I think they had a good start with Mujeeb getting a wicket of the first ball, or the first over.
18:54It turned. The new ball turned almost from middle and leg.
18:58It hit the outside of the off-stump.
19:00Yeah. Mujeeb Rahman is known to do that, actually.
19:04He generally opens the bowling for them.
19:05And Brisbane, with a little bit of help from the pitch, I think that was very good from him.
19:11And you remember, he's a class bowler, actually.
19:13And he's one of the most wanted spinners in the franchise cricket, actually.
19:20And he showed them why.
19:22But that was not enough to take back Sri Lanka.
19:25Satish, do you think the Asia Cup champions can make it to the semi-finals?
19:30Very difficult.
19:31Because already three teams on five points.
19:33I think they have to win their final game, which means that they will then go to seven.
19:40I think that they are playing one of the biggies in the final game, if I remember right.
19:44I think it is Australia, if I remember right.
19:47That's the game they are playing, maybe.
19:51So one of them will be certainly out of the equation.
19:53Either it is Australia or Sri Lanka will be out of the equation, I think.
19:58One second. Let me check.
20:00No, it's Australia versus Afghanistan.
20:02England are playing Sri Lanka.
20:04Yeah.
20:04So that game, obviously, it will be one between England and Sri Lanka.
20:10One of them will be out of the race.
20:12And at the same time, Ireland are playing New Zealand.
20:16In that sense, I think it's going to be very tricky on this Friday.
20:21Both of them are playing New Zealand and Australia are playing on Friday.
20:25But the advantage England has is, they are playing on Saturday.
20:28Both England and Sri Lanka, they are playing on Saturday, which means they know exactly
20:32the situation where we are.
20:34And based on that, either they can get the run rate or they can get the points.
20:39And then based on that, they will determine the semifinal slot.
20:44But anyway, it was a pretty good performance from Sri Lanka.
20:47And the biggest difference today between the other games was, they fielded quite well today.
20:52They took some good catches.
20:54I think Hasaranga bowled up to his expectations.
20:57For the first time, he got some purchase.
20:59He got some wickets.
21:00So, all together, all three combined, they could play to their potential, I shan't say.
21:08Okay.
21:08And just quickly, guys.
21:09Tomorrow, India is playing Bangladesh.
21:12Who's going to win?
21:14I think India will win.
21:16That's exactly what even Shaktimaan Hassan is saying.
21:20We have not come here to win.
21:21Maybe it's a sarcastic comment.
21:24But India should win.
21:25Mind games.
21:26He's playing the mind game, Satish.
21:28Sorry?
21:29He's playing the mind game.
21:30Very true.
21:35We can't take Bangladesh lightly.
21:36Though it's a young team, very young team.
21:39But they have some decent players.
21:40But I still think India should go through, given the strength of the Indian team and
21:46the way they fought against South Africa on a very difficult circumstances.
21:52The difference is, Bangladesh and India are almost similar teams.
21:56Both rely on the spinners.
21:58Whereas, against South Africa, the pacers were coming at them.
22:02And still, India managed to do something better than what Bangladesh did.
22:07So, that should give them the confidence.
22:09And this Indian team has got everything going towards them.
22:13So, I will go with India tomorrow.
22:16And, Shyam, what do you think?
22:17India, Bangladesh?
22:19India should win.
22:20But I think it's not going to be a cakewalk for them.
22:23They will have to struggle a bit.
22:25Because Tuscan, the Bangladeshi pacer, he's been having a very good tournament, actually.
22:32And he's been picking up wickets, quite a few wickets.
22:36So, I think India has to be very careful of that.
22:38And not just that.
22:40One guy who has been flying under the radar is Mustafa Rehman.
22:43And he's quite a handy bowler.
22:46He's, again, one of the left-arm seam bowlers who can really bring the ball back to the batsman.
22:51He's not been getting too many wickets.
22:52But he's been keeping things quiet against most batsmen.
22:56So, these are two bowlers I would think they should be careful about.
23:00Of course, then Shakib Olason, as usual, should be around there.
23:05But these two pacers, I would be careful.
23:08So, India's not going to have it easy.
23:10But if they play to potential, they should win, actually.
23:21Yeah.
23:21At the same time, I would also like to see a couple of changes in the Indian side.
23:24I mean, if you can stick my neck out and say…
23:28Okay, last time we discussed Kehil Rahul's position.
23:33Now, after the three matches, I'm convinced Kehil Rahul should make way for somebody.
23:37Whether it is Rishabh Pant or somebody else.
23:40I would like to see, actually, Rishabh Pant in there.
23:44Not just that.
23:45When Rishabh Pant is coming in, then it makes the position of Dinesh Karthik precarious.
23:53Simply because I have not been very impressed with Dinesh Karthik's batting.
23:57And I also think that to pick Dinesh Karthik for a tournament in Australia,
24:04I thought that was not up my street.
24:08I mean, I am not in full agreement for selecting him.
24:11And the two performances I have seen him play, he was not up to scratch, really.
24:18So, in fact, these are the two changes I would like to see for tomorrow's game.
24:23I would like to add one more, Shyam.
24:25Probably, my pick would be…
24:28I will try to keep Rahul.
24:30But I will change Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda and Ashwin.
24:34Bring in Pant, Aksar.
24:36Aksar didn't do badly in his game.
24:38But yeah, he can be a good left-arm spinner as well.
24:42And bringing in Pant will also give you the option of the only left-arm handler in the team, Shyam.
24:48All others are right-handers.
24:49So that will also be there.
24:50And the third is, I think Chahal should come in.
24:52Yashwinder Chahal should come in.
24:54Because the big Australian grounds, it will be very difficult for them to hit.
24:58Whereas Ashwin's quick pace is helping them to score runs.
25:02So probably, Chahal for Ashwin.
25:04I think three changes India probably will be doing or should be doing.
25:08That's my pick as well.
25:11Okay, guys.
25:12And the other game is Zimbabwe against Netherlands.
25:14We'll see how all the teams get on tomorrow.
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