World Cup 2019: England vs New Zealand-three reasons why England won the match

Jofra Archer has been in stupendous form.

#2 Excellent opening bowling

England started off excellently with the ball with their pacers. Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes built up the pressure with their accurate bowling. This led to two early wickets for the hosts.

Five balls into the innings, Henry Nicholls was adjudged leg before wicket; but the ball’s trajectory meant it would have missed the stumps. Strangely Nicholls decided not to use a review. The Kiwis were struggling at 2/1 at this stage.

Nicholls' wicket compounded New Zealand’s opening woes. The team had scored 220 runs in their last eight matches for the first wicket. Martin Guptill, one of New Zealand’s premier batsmen, was dismissed 12 runs later. Guptill got a faint nick on the way through to the wicket-keeper, who took a safe catch.

New Zealand were in disarray on 14/2 after five overs and they never really recovered from this position.