Absolute nightmare of an innings from Bairstow, used up half the power play balls for just 13 runs and then out straight after. Disaster of a knock.
Looks a difficult track to time the ball on. Malan nailed the six then ought to have knocked a single.
Looked a pretty ugly innings, where nobody really looked 'in', even Ali was struggling with his timing either side of his boundaries. But a reasonable enough score. Will need wickets early, because I'm not convinced we have the death bowling to defend a game that goes deep.
We are in the driving seat here. Moeen has took his UAE form in recently winning the IPL for CSK to this World Cup. Over eight a over we would have took before batting with our bowling line up. Pressure on New Zealand to get to the final and hopefully we can turn the screw and get the run rate up early on. We had a knack for hitting a boundary off the last ball of an over.
I may look a fool in 90 minutes time but I think that’s a very good score on this pitch/ground. The pitch looks two-paced and even them that got runs struggled to time the ball even when in. We’ll win by 30 runs.
I think Williamson will be an important wicket. It looks two paced, but a big outfield. Williamson could keep them up with the rate in 2's without going for too many big shots.