Published: Feb 20, 2015, 12:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 20, 2015, 12:17 PM (IST)
New Zealand thrashed England by eight wickets with 226 balls to spare during their Pool A match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Friday. ‘Man of the Match’ Tim Southee ran amok on the England batsmen, recording figures of seven for 33 to help dismiss England for a paltry total of 123. The New Zealand reply was a quickfire one, with Brendon McCullum smashing 77 runs off 25 balls to help finishe the match in the 13th over itself. Read: Match Report
Following are some of the most interesting responses to the one-sided encounter on microblogging website Twitter:
“Love the way (Brendon) McCullum goes about it! Attack first, putting all bowlers under huge pressure. Always looking for boundaries not survive. #gun.”
– England international Luke Wright on Twitter
“England can’t get any worse,”
– Former Australia captain Allan Border on TV commentary.
“Kiwis beat Poms with 226 balls to spare by eight wickets. A day-night game that ends with nightfall a long way off.”
– Australia’s FOXCricketLive on Twitter
“Scratching my head, but reckon this must be the most one sided international cricket match I’ve seen .”
– Ex-England fast bowler, now BBC broadcaster, Jonathan Agnew on Twitter.
“New Zealand a “dark horse” everyone’s been saying, I’d say one of the front runners more like it!! #NZvENG#WorldCup2015.”
– Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody on Twitter.
“Batting wise, this was worse than against Australia. We had three batsmen getting out to yorkers to a medium-fast bowler and they were playing the wrong line. (Eoin) Morgan lobs one to the outfield with plenty of overs to go. We’re yet to see if the death bowling has improved as the game didn’t get that far.”
– Ex-England opener Geoffrey Boycott on the BBC.
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