Jacks & Ahmed stun New Zealand in Colombo
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How did England secure their victory over New Zealand in Colombo?
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Well he's got a fair bit on that, he's going to run away for four and England have won the game. Short and pulled round the corner and England have won by four wickets with three balls to spare. New Zealand are not yet through to the semi-finals and England will top the group and I don't know how that's happened, it's come from nowhere.
England have won an extraordinary game here at the Arb Premadasa Stadium to clinch top spot in their group. They were already through to the semi-finals, but now they have won three out of three by defeating New Zealand by four wickets in dramatic and thrilling fashion. I'm Daniel Norcross. Alongside me is World Cup winner Alex Hartley. As we reflect on what was an absorbing, fascinating game of cricket on a very unusual surface, the first thing that everybody needs to understand here is that These pitches are nothing like the ones we get in India. And this one particularly today turned so extravagantly. England ended up bowling 16 overs of spin. Actually, New Zealand ended up just bowling 4.3 overs of spin themselves.
They bowled 15 overs of spin. We've seen 31 overs of spin out of 39.3 overs. And the spinners on top throughout. England in all sorts of trouble having set them 160 to win when there were six down for 117 with three and a half overs to go needing 43 at that time they looked absolutely dead and buried but somehow Rehan Ahmed and Will Jacks in a blistering display have taken down Glen Phillips they've taken down Mitchell Santner and they finished it off off Matt Henry to ensure that New Zealand will have a little nail-biting 24 hours uncertain of their future progress in this tournament for England Again, it's a tale Alex Hartley of winning a game and somehow without anybody really dominating you look at their scorecard today the top scorer was Tom Bantam with 33 out of a total of 161 no one went on the other day Harry Brooke did he got his hundred but it's about contributions throughout and England have done that they did that with the ball that used plenty of plenty of spinners five of them I think in the end
everybody chipped in to a certain degree and for New Zealand it'll be well not heartbreaking because they are still in the box seat they know that Pakistan need to win handsomely against Sri Lanka in Kandy in the last game of this group but they had that game and they've let it slip and that must be a bit galling yeah you'd be so frustrated as a New Zealand player when it just looked like they were going to walk it looked like it was going to be one of those games that just peters out and it is a bit of a
dead end to the game but brilliant I mean obviously Ray and Ahmed hasn't played a single game in this World Cup until today where they're on a used surface they knew it was going to turn so they tactically changed their team Jamie Overton who's played most of the games or he's played every game since the first one where Luke Wood played they swapped him out and ends up winning the game for them in the end
Yeah, we'll take you back to the beginning when New Zealand won the toss, elected to bat, put pressure on England on a pitch that we already expected would turn and would only get worse was the expectation. And the inning started very untypically for the rest of the match. Joffre Archer opened the bowling for England and bowled a maiden. He nearly had a wicket in the first over, one that was overturned on review. And we thought then, or at least watching it, you were thinking, oh, there's a bit of nibble in here. The Pacers could have a bit of fun. But that was a bit of a false dawn for the Seamans because thereafter, Liam Dawson opened at the other end. Not Will Jacks, another sign of Harry Brook's flexibility in his captaincy.
What role did Will Jacks play in England's win?
We've seen Will Jacks open the bowling before, as he did against Pakistan, wasn't it? Up at Candy or Sri Lanka. So flexibility there but once Liam Dawson came on and it started to become clear that the ball was going to turn you then thought well Harry Brook he's got this balance of spinners he's added to it as you said with Rayan Ahmed who is playing in place of Jamie Overton.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did England secure their victory over New Zealand in Colombo?
0:00–4:53
2
What role did Will Jacks play in England's win?
4:53–7:08
3
How did Rehan Ahmed impact the match in his debut?
7:08–9:37
4
What were the key strategies used by England on the spin-friendly pitch?
9:37–11:59
5
What challenges did New Zealand face during their innings?
11:59–14:38
6
How did the match conditions affect player performances?
14:38–17:20
7
What insights did the players share about their mindset during the game?
17:20–19:25
8
What are the implications of this match for England's World Cup journey?
19:25–32:50
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