England set New Zealand 306 to win: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

Live updates from the crunch game at Chester-le-StreetCounty cricket live: all the action from around the groundsThe Women’s Ashes and Steve Smith’s neck – The Spin podcastYou can email Tom here or tweet him here with any thoughts 3.02pm BST 2nd over: New Zealand 4-1 (Guptill 3, Williamson 0), target 306. Ooh, TV replays suggest Nicholls’ dismissal was wrong. It was too high – that’s a really poor failure to review, and not great umpiring. Meanwhile, Archer works up enough pace to whistle some chin music past Guptill, who’s watchful. He gets two off the last ball of the over, which is its only scoring stroke.“Afternoon, Tom.” Afternoon David Lombard. “As the only cricket lover in my house (I’m working on my 5-year old grandson but am not that hopeful – he seems infinitely more interested in Lightning McQueen), can anyone offer me advice on how to answer the question that I’m often asked by other members of my family “Who’s winning the cricket match?” Or the variation I regularly get from my son “Whose winning the cricket? Answer in no more than one sentence please. “Do I lie and randomly name one of the protagonists, knowing that the questioner is merely being polite and has no interest in the answer? Or, being in possession of a teaching gene, do I attempt to educate the questioner as to the intricacies and permutations of the situation, knowing that none of it will stick and I’ll be asked the same question tomorrow?” 2.58pm BST 1st over: New Zealand 2-1 (Guptill 1, Williamson 0), target 306. Woakes began with three maidens on Sunday, so unsurprisingly gets first use here and though there’s no introductory maiden this time though – a wide down Guptill’s legside and a well-run single putting paid to that – there is a wicket, Nicholls lbw first ball. The bad news for England is that Williamson is in, and not out yet. Continue reading…
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