Jonny Bairstow’s second successive hundred laid the foundation for England’s 119-run thrashing of New Zealand that saw the tournament hosts secure their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup on Wednesday.
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It is the first time England have reached this stage since 1992, when they made the last of their three losing appearances in the final.
England, yet to win the World Cup, were set for a huge score at 194-1 off 30 overs before managing just 111 in the last 20 against a New Zealand attack missing injured fast bowler Lockie Ferguson.
But, with Bairstow making 106, a total of 305-8 proved more than enough at Chester-le-Street.
New Zealand could only manage 186 in reply as they suffered a third successive defeat of the tournament following losses to Pakistan and champions Australia — the team that beat them in the 2015 final.
One consolation for the Black Caps is that they should still join Australia, India and England in the last four as it will take a colossal change in net run-rate for Pakistan to overtake them even if Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side beat Bangladesh at Lord’s on Friday.
“I am really pleased,” said man-of-the-match Bairstow. “We knew these two games were must-win to give ourselves the best opportunity of reaching the semi-final.
“We knew the performances in the last couple of games weren’t up to scratch. To play the way we have and hopefully keep it going into the semis is pleasing.”
England are now guaranteed to finish third in the standings and so will play in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on July 11.
As things stand, they are in line to face India, currently second, but it is still possible for Virat Kohli’s men to leapfrog Australia at the top of the standings.
India fend off Bangladesh to seal semi-final seat
If England do play India it will be a repeat of Sunday’s match at the Birmingham ground when, following back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia, they inflicted a first reverse upon Kohli’s side.
The opening semi-final between the first and fourth-placed sides is scheduled for Old Trafford next Tuesday.
– New Zealand stumble –
New Zealand, who would have reached the semi-finals had they won this match, saw their chase start badly when Henry Nicholls was lbw for a golden duck to Chris Woakes and decided against a review that would have reprieved him.
Martin Guptill, the leading run-scorer at the 2015 World Cup, then fell cheaply but worse followed for New Zealand when senior batsmen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were dismissed by contrasting run-outs.
Black Caps skipper Williamson, who came into this match with a tournament average of 113.50, fell for 27 in unlucky fashion when fast bowler Mark Wood got his fingertips to a Taylor drive and deflected the ball onto the non-striker’s stumps with Williamson out of his ground.
Taylor was far more responsible for his own exit when, deciding to go for a risky second run on 28, he failed to beat Adil Rashid’s throw from fine leg to Buttler.
After a brief stoppage when a streaker ran onto the field, the Black Caps lost Tom Latham, caught behind for 57, to leave them all but beaten at 164-7.
Earlier, Bairstow and Jason Roy (60) got England off to a flyer with an opening partnership of 123 — their third century stand in a row.
Bairstow reached his ninth one-day international hundred off 95 balls, including 14 fours and a six.
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Roy | c Mitchell Santner b Jimmy Neesham | 60 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 98.36 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b Henry Nicholls | 106 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 107.07 |
| Joe Root | c Tom Latham b Trent Boult | 24 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 96.00 |
| Jos Buttler | c Kane Williamson b Trent Boult | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 91.67 |
| Eoin Morgan | c Mitchell Santner b Matt Henry | 42 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 105.00 |
| Ben Stokes | c Matt Henry b Mitchell Santner | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 40.74 |
| Chris Woakes | c Kane Williamson b Jimmy Neesham | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Liam Plunkett | not out | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Adil Rashid | b Tim Southee | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Jofra Archer | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 15 (b 4 , lb 4 , nb 0, w 7, pen 0) |
| Total | 305/8 (50 Overs, RR: 6.1) |
| Did not bat | Mark Wood, |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-123 (18.4) Jason Roy, 2-194 (30.1) Joe Root, 3-206 (31.4) Jonny Bairstow, 4-214 (34.2) Jos Buttler, 5-248 (41.6) Ben Stokes, 6-259 (44.5) Chris Woakes, 7-272 (46.1) Eoin Morgan, 8-301 (49.3) Adil Rashid, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Santner | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 6.50 | |
| Trent Boult | 10 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.60 | |
| Tim Southee | 9 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 7.78 | |
| Matt Henry | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 5.40 | |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | |
| Jimmy Neesham | 10 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 4.10 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Guptill | c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Henry Nicholls | lbw b Chris Woakes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kane Williamson | run out (Mark Wood) | 27 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 67.50 |
| Ross Taylor | run out (Adil Rashid) | 28 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Tom Latham | c Jos Buttler b Liam Plunkett | 57 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 87.69 |
| Jimmy Neesham | b Mark Wood | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 70.37 |
| Colin de Grandhomme | c Joe Root b Ben Stokes | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 |
| Mitchell Santner | lbw b Mark Wood | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Tim Southee | not out | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.75 |
| Matt Henry | b Mark Wood | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 53.85 |
| Trent Boult | not out | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Extras | 14 (b 2 , lb 6 , nb 0, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 186/9 (45 Overs, RR: 4.13) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-2 (0.5) Henry Nicholls, 2-14 (5.2) Martin Guptill, 3-61 (15.1) Kane Williamson, 4-69 (16.4) Ross Taylor, 5-123 (25.1) Jimmy Neesham, 6-128 (28.1) Colin de Grandhomme, 7-164 (38.3) Tom Latham, 8-166 (39.2) Mitchell Santner, 9-181 (43.4) Matt Henry, 10-186 (44.6) Trent Boult, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 8 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 5.50 | |
| Jofra Archer | 7 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2.43 | |
| Liam Plunkett | 8 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Mark Wood | 9 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3.78 | |
| Joe Root | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Adil Rashid | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6.00 | |
| Ben Stokes | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.00 | |
