Hosts England thrashed New Zealand to reach the Champions Trophy semis in style.
While victory all but assures England top spot in Group A and a place in the first semi-final in Cardiff on 14 June, New Zealand are left to scrap with Bangladesh and Australia to join the pre-tournament favourites in the knock-out stage.
With the game between Australia and Bangladesh also being washed out, Tuesday's game has become much more important for both the teams. Ben Stokes was equally impressive with his 48 runs.For New Zealand Adam Milne secured 4 wickets but by then, he has already given away 79 runs.
The Australians - who have been bedevilled by the weather with two no results against Bangladesh and New Zealand - could still go through depending on the outcome of the other group game between the Kiwis and the Bangladeshis.
"We knew before the tournament that we had to produce something special, otherwise it wouldn't be easy to beat teams like England and Australia", said Mortaza.
Besides, Trent Boult (1/56) and Mitchell Santner (1/54) picked up a wicket each for New Zealand. "I'm sure we'd love to come hard at the top order, which has been playing very well". The Black Caps never found a rhythm and ran out of wickets as the innings came to a close, not giving them the option to take a lot of risks.
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The New Zealand side meet Bangladesh in Cardiff on Friday night (NZ time) in their final pool match of the one-day cricket global competition, with England and Australia facing off in the pool's other fixture.
"If we had played well today we could have got 340, which is probably a match-winning score on that wicket, and we're still striving to get better as a side in doing that".
But New Zealand opener Martin Guptill said the side would draw strength from their showing against Australia - the team that beat them in the 2015 World Cup final.
He received good support from Liam Plunkett (15) in an eighth-wicket stand of 49 in 31 balls.
Rather than confirm their white-ball malaise, the subsequent home series against the Kiwis instead heralded the start of a genuine renaissance for England in the format. I think I've got a good record in one-day cricket.
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