ICC Champions Trophy 2017: England vs New Zealand, 5 things that went wrong for the Kiwis

#3 Over-reliance on Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson has been a lone warrior for the Black Caps at times

With the pitch looking like a batting paradise, New Zealand would have fancied their chances of chasing down the total. However, their over-dependency on their captain Williamson again came to the fore as, besides him, no New Zealand batsman managed to score significant runs.

Guptill had a good start and so too did Ross Taylor but both failed to capitalise on it. Williamson meanwhile looked in supreme touch as he continued from where he left off against Australia. He missed out on a second consecutive century but the biggest concern for his side in the coming matches would be the failure of the middle order.