New Zealand’s Tom Latham celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Suryakumar Yadav run out off the bowling of Trent Boult.— Reuters/File
New Zealand’s “street-smart” cricketers can discover a solution to beat England and assure their semi-final place on the T20 World Cup, coach Rob Walters stated on Thursday.
A win for New Zealand in Friday’s evening’s Tremendous Eights conflict in Colombo will see them prime Group 2 and be a part of the already-qualified England within the closing 4.
A defeat would go away the door ajar for Pakistan to beat eradicated Sri Lanka on Saturday with the second semi-final berth then being selected internet run price.
Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand have been in bother at 84-6 towards Sri Lanka on Wednesday earlier than the captain steered them to 168-7 and a thumping 61-run win which knocked out the co-hosts.
“I think if you look historically at the Black Caps, you would probably say that they’re a team that have been great problem solvers,” Walters instructed reporters.
“They are street smart, they find a way to understand the conditions quickly.
“It’s definitely one thing that we pleasure ourselves on. We will adapt to situations shortly and discover a methodology.”
England are the only team to secure a place in the semi-finals so far after skipper Harry Brook’s match-winning century against Pakistan.
New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra is aware of England’s threat.
“You’re at all times assured going into these fixtures, particularly after we know what the floor goes to be like,” said Ravindra, who took four wickets against Sri Lanka.
“However I believe it’d be foolish to underestimate England at any level.
“They’re obviously such a quality unit and they’ve shown this in how well they’ve been bowling.
“They’ve acquired world-class batters all through their order.”
