England head into their final World Cup group game against New Zealand knowing victory would secure a semi-final place.
If they beat the Black Caps at Chester-le-Street, Eoin Morgan’s men will advance regardless of results elsewhere affecting Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
England will hope for a better showing than when they faced New Zealand in the 2015 tournament and were skittled for just 123 before the Black Caps knocked off the runs in just 12.2 overs.
In Tuesday’s game, India returned to winning ways as a 28-run victory over Bangladesh confirmed their place in the semi-finals and eliminated their Asian neighbours.
Opening batsman Rohit Sharma took centre stage again as he became only the second player in World Cup history to score four hundreds in the same tournament.
Tweet of the day
Our last visit to Durham…More of this tomorrow @JasonRoy20? ??#ExpressYourself #CWC19 #WeAreEngland pic.twitter.com/uy5oJ5SoWv
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 2, 2019
Jason Roy struck a magnificent hundred on England’s last visit to Chester-le-Street. Can he repeat the trick?
Do not drop Rohit
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69/0 – that’s India’s highest score in the opening Powerplay at #CWC19#TeamIndia | #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/vTShOggRvk
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2019
Rohit set out his stall with a pulled six in the very first over of the game and produced plenty of contenders for shot of the day. But his maximum off Mohammad Saiffudin over extra cover was worth the admission price alone.
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July 3: England v New Zealand at Chester-le-Street
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