Champions Trophy - England and Wales 2013

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Jayawardene does bugger all but scratch around for 18 balls looking horribly out of form, then comes down the track and smacks the bowler straight over his head for a six. Class!

Ball again. Jesus umpires, get on with it

Anderson back.  The rain problem is just about out of the way then...

Now a wicket would be nice. A few dots will just about do though.

And now we have a batsman down...come on , retire hurt or get on with it. No hanging about urging on the rain now 

Should be another 2 minutes of stoppage time for this...oops, wrong sport.

Umpires have got to step in and say enough is enough now.

Oh look he's fine

Anderson setting off for a quick 2 easily

That was just the adrenaline!

Really hope they see this through now even if it rains.

Hopefully if we get a match at 20 overs England can bowl tidily because Williamson is playing to win this.

Well played him.

It appears to be raining.

Has Williamson got in his locker to drag NZ to victory

We have a game.

We've hit 20 overs!

#semifinaltime #topofthegroup

Its raining.

We can go off now

Oh , look he is hurt...but he has to play on now...fair enough , on we go...

Just singles. And a four.  So at twenty overs the equation is simple : NZ need to hit another fifty-six in four overs.

Good fifty for Williamson.

NOW RAIN!!!!!!!!!

That's a good 50 for Kane Williamson. Bit academic, nevertheless a good effort from the youngster who happens to be a senior in the lineup.

Its torrential out there. Surely we can't go on

Don't expect England to russh the last 4

6 and more smug cheers from the guy on sky.  He seems pretty confident.

But they are more than capable of batting us out of this now so fair enough.

You gotta say Bresnan really isn't very good at the death

Bres is trying to lose this on his own.  What a poor performance from him. This over will turn it for NZ.

Pathetic.

This is pretty crap from Bresnan

Williamson hammering Bresnan !  Could he bring off a miracle ?

Poor bowling from Bres there ...come on man , back on the off stump...

PUT IT IN THE Frak BLOCKHOLE YOU DUMBASS

Williamson hasn't stood still for a delivery in the last half hour or so.

Just stick it right on the offstump base.

Ffs bres.

What is wrong with straight bowling

And NZ are about to be ahead on dl.

Loose and appalling over from a very very poor Bresnan.

Horrible over from Bresnan !

NZ still need twelve per over , but any more like that...

Finn has to play the next game, he just has to.

Its still 12 an over, but England will need to bowl slightly better than that dross from Bresnan.

So 19 of that Tim Bresnan over. Great reason to continue to play him a head of Steven Finn!.

God, we have so little bowling in our locker now.

What the hell do we do when Anderson retires?

Back to the doldrums.

I think you bowl Anderson next over and hope he can prise one out.

Broad will sort this out!

This partnership has been brilliant.

Match winning stuff.

And he does

Williamson skies one and Anderson takes one from orbit.

Well done Broad.

England don't like winning easy , do they ?

Can they even trust Bresnan with another over ?  It is him or Tredwell , I guess.

Anderson safe hands , catches Williamson !  Or is it a no ball ?!

Broad no balls it by the looks of it.

:(It's a no ball:(

I think there might be a mm in that.

Oh lucky, that was poor from broad.

OH BROAD YOU TART

Hey hey it's out..

Williamson gone now, that surely ends the NZ challenge? Vettori and the younger McCullum can bat though. And even Mills is a very effective slogger. England have to stay focused.

Out.

I think thats just right. A tiny bit of rubber.

Williamson set it up. Now the sluggers can win it.  Perfect for them.

Well that's a BS call imo, I thought that was a no ball

NZ can feel unlucky, both Taylor and Williamson out by mm.

Phew !  A millimeter behind the line...or at least the TV umpire thinks so 

Can the Kiwi tail slog successfully ?  Wouldn't they love to have Southee to come in now...

Rain would be fine now.

Top over so far from broad.. Well timed..