Eoin Morgan: If this happens consistently, we will have to do something about it
Eoin Morgan admits that the collapse of the English batting order was a rare occurrence as he called for a sense of calm amidst fears of a repetition of the same display in the future. Morgan added that losing four wickets for just 20 runs ultimately made the difference in the outcome of the game.
New Zealand managed to pull off a stunning chase after they were set a target of 336 by the English batsmen courtesy of a stunning partnership of 190 between English batsmen Johnny Bairstow and Joe Root, who scored 138 and 102 respectively.
England lost 6 wickets for a total of just 21 runs after the 38th over. This meant that their initial target-in-mind i.e a 400+ plus, would be far from possible. A late effort from Tom Curran helped them to post a competitive score of 335 which the Kiwi’s eventually chased down.
"Normally one of us comes off. It is a first so we won't look into it too much but if it does happen consistently, we will have to do something about it. We played a lot of good cricket today against a really good side and it was really competitive," skipper Eoin Morgan said to Sky Sport after the match.
England had reached 267 for 1 in the 38th over before things took a turn for the worse for the visitors. England's middle order scores read like a telephone number: Buttler 0, Morgan 5, Ben Stokes 1, Moeen Ali 3, Chris Woakes 3.
"We lost 4 for 20 [6 for 21], which you can't really do. When you're in a commanding position like that, you really want to drive it home. That hurt us a little bit but 330 is still a reasonably competitive score but certainly we would have liked more," added Morgan.
England started well with the ball, as they dismissed both Kiwi openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill inside the first three overs. NZ skipper Kane Williamson and centurion Ross Taylor put on an 84-run partnership and then Taylor and Tom Latham added another 187 for the fourth wicket. Taylor suffered a few injuries during his innings but managed to stay not out, as he posted a career-best score of 181* to lead the Kiwis to victory.
"When somebody can't run, it normally means that they have to take the attack to us a little bit more and more often than not they give you a chance. Ross didn't and it meant he pulled the trigger a little bit earlier and actually took the game away from us a little bit so full credit to him. He played extremely well," Morgan concluded.
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