Eoin Morgan’s T20
World Cup semi-final plans have been hit by Jason Roy’s injury but he plans to keep the opposition guessing
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Like the main characters in Four Weddings and a Funeral, the
Cricket teams of
England and
New Zealand don’t seem to be able to go to a party without running into each other. There have been five meetings at major international tournaments since the start of 2015, and so far as England are concerned four have been raucous celebrations, and one very much a wake.
England’s humiliating thrashing in Wellington at the 2015 ODI World Cup was instrumental in propelling them towards their current state of white-ball excellence, with both of the sides that will meet in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday impacted in different ways by the team led then by Brendon McCullum. Since then their stars have seemed aligned, and now they are set for yet another sequel.