Like the weather veering from bright sunshine to threatening showers, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson made 21 bowling changes as the Black Caps successfully limited their suffering at the hands of England's deep batting lineup.
Woakes was ruled out of the rest of the 50-over tournament, which features the world's top eight one-day worldwide teams, with a side strain suffered while bowling just two overs at the start of England's opening Group A win over Bangladesh at the Oval on Thursday.
"We did some very good things in that last game, and it was unfortunate the rain came when it did".
"I thought our batters gave themselves every chance - Joe Root and Alex Hales created a great partnership - and then Ben Stokes (48) started something and then unfortunately got out, and then Jos Buttler managed to finish it pretty well and get us just below a par score".
'They say it's roughly a four-to six-week injury, and it's more likely to be towards the six when I am back playing competitive cricket'.
The win means England is now guaranteed a spot in the semi-finals, regardless of the result of their final pool match against Australia on Saturday.
They bowled very consistently, and made life hard for us with the bat.
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"The ICC have assured us that our safety is their number one priority, and they keep giving us updates daily about what's happening and what their plans are for us", Guptill explained.
"So to go into a game like that with no other attitude than winning is very important to us". We never take any position that we've ever been in, for granted.
New Zealand had enjoyed success with the short ball in bowling England out for 310 but, although Kane Williamson compiled an extremely impressive 87, once he was dismissed 311 always looked beyond them.
India has two points in its account after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan on 4 June.
"Their batsmanship is ridiculously unbelievable, they know the game inside out and it's a master class when they get going".
Besides, Trent Boult (1/56) and Mitchell Santner (1/54) picked up a wicket each for New Zealand.
"I think that's one-day cricket - you have to be prepared to go round the park now and again and cherish these days when you come off with decent figures", he added.
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