T20 Semi - The injuries were the key in the end.

Losing Bairstow to come in in the middle stopped up ramping up the rate at the end, and getting to 180.
That's without any difference Roy opening would have made.

Wood did fine with the ball, but with Jordan and Woakes to a lesser extent struggling he was never quite the threat or control that Mills has been.

All in all England did "fine" in that game, and its a performance that probably would have won each of their group games, but in a Semi "fine" wasn't quite enough.

In Hindsight Mo may have been the better option to open (and get an over in in the middle of the NZ innings) but promoting Bairstow to a role he'd done before made sense.

Posted By: megson on November 11th 2021 at 09:16:17

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T20 Semi - The injuries were the key in the end. (Other Sports) - megson, Nov 11, 09:16:17
- It felt like our tournament momentum was going in the wrong direction! (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 11, 10:25:23
- Real shame. The injuries certainly didn't help but I thought we made... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 11, 09:36:11
  - I think the killer was not quite getting enough runs (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 11, 09:53:35
    - Yeah agreed, we didn't get that explosive innings (Bairstow at 4) (Other Sports) - megson, Nov 11, 11:10:34
    - Neesham was superb frankly. Absolutely biffed it! (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 11, 09:56:18
      - Yep - the kind of treatment we've dished out many times! (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 11, 10:15:27
  - At least we lost to NZ. An absolute class act. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Nov 11, 09:42:14
    - Yep, play the game in the right way. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 11, 09:44:02

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