Sam Perry

Does this translate to the semifinals?

I guess we'll see.

In this first innings, New Zealand have played a really good game of cricket and have lost relatively comfortably in the end.

Three balls to spare, a couple of wickets in hand for England.

And England just hung in there, I guess, the entire game.

That was sort of the story of their match.

But, you know, even the opening partnership with Seifert and Allen, they put on 64 in seven overs to open up.

I guess, you know, from there, there was no big scores.

You know, Seifert 35, Finn Allen 29.

Then Glenn Phillips batting at four had 39 off 28, which was the highest score of the innings of the match, actually.

Actually, did anyone score more runs than that?

No, no one scored more runs than that.

Banton got 33 and Will Jacks 32.

So Glenn Phillips had the telling hands really in the game.

New Zealand never really in trouble.

I guess maybe when Daryl Mitchell, who's missed out the last couple of times when he's played for NZ in this tournament, they were 133 for five with three and a bit overs left.

So I guess there was a little blip there, but they still make 159.

on a tacky service on a big ground.

And it looked like, I mean, I thought that was a pretty good score, to be honest.

And then I think it proved to be with the start of England's innings as well.