New Zealand lost their first wicket. Devon Conway returned to the dressing room with 32 off 40 balls.
Will Young failed to collect any runs in the first match. But he is batting responsibly in today's match. He is unbeaten after collecting 40 runs off 48 balls. Ravindra collects 6 runs. New Zealand scored 87 runs in 16 overs. Now their run rate is below 6. The pitch is batting friendly. If the team does not lose wickets quickly, then they can give a big target. But I don't think New Zealand can give more than 400 target. The highest score on this pitch was 350, probably the 350 Australia scored. I think New Zealand can give a target of 360-380 if they bat very well. But that is less likely.
The New Zealand team is right in their target as the wicket-keeping game is the principle of ODI matches, the run rate is all right. But if New Zealand can continue to play like this, maybe Netherlands can give the team a target of 250-300 plus runs. Netherlands team's bowling performance looks very good but failing to destroy wickets shows the failure. Because so far the New Zealand team's run rate is 5.28, but I can see that from the bowling point of view, the Netherlands have put the New Zealand players under a lot of pressure. But today's match will be full of competition as the current batting pair of Young and Ravindra are showing very good performance in the field of batting.Will Young failed to collect any runs in the first match. But he is batting responsibly in today's match. He is unbeaten after collecting 40 runs off 48 balls. Ravindra collects 6 runs. New Zealand scored 87 runs in 16 overs. Now their run rate is below 6. The pitch is batting friendly. If the team does not lose wickets quickly, then they can give a big target. But I don't think New Zealand can give more than 400 target. The highest score on this pitch was 350, probably the 350 Australia scored. I think New Zealand can give a target of 360-380 if they bat very well. But that is less likely.
New Zealand's run rate is gradually increasing. At the end of 32 overs, the drinks break is going on. New Zealand collected 183 runs in 32 overs. But they lost only two wickets. Today Rachin Ravindra is batting very responsibly like in the first match. He is unbeaten with 49 runs from 49 balls. Young got out after collecting 70 runs. So far the New Zealand batsmen are trying to bat descent. They are not playing too aggressively. Perhaps after 35 overs, New Zealand's batsmen will bat aggressively. In 18 overs I expect at least 150 runs from the New Zealand batsmen. Let's see if they are able to deliver the target of 330 runs.
