Measured Munro reins back

Black Caps big-hitter Colin Munro is ready to put the ego of boundary-hitting aside as he looks to adapt for NZ's World T20 semi-final against England.

Big-hitting Black Caps batsman Colin Munro is happy to let his ego take the back seat as New Zealand prepare for their World Twenty semi-final against England early on Thursday (NZT).

Munro, who smashed New Zealand's fastest international T20 half-century with a 14-ball 50 earlier this year, has worked hard to rein in his own natural instincts in India over the last two weeks of pool play.

He admits it's been tough.

"Obviously, you want to be striking at 140 and 150," he said.

"But with the conditions, it's a lot harder to go out there and whack it from ball one."

Munro was measured in New Zealand's 75-run win over Bangladesh, coming in at No.3 and constructing a solid 35 from 33 balls as the Black Caps reached 8-145.

"I think I'm finding my feet, and actually not putting too much pressure on myself - putting the ego of hitting boundaries aside, and looking for those ones and twos," he said.

"It's just bringing it back to asking myself what the team needs at that specific time."

The Black Caps are the only unbeaten team at the tournament, but are taking a fresh approach into their semi-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi.

There's plenty of confidence in the squad, but Munro says they're well aware their adaptability will be tested against England, who finished pool play with a 10-run win over Sri Lanka at the same ground.

"We've got to start again - the team's playing good cricket, and we can take a bit of confidence in there," he said.

"But it's a new game and a new challenge. It's going to be about that world adaptation, about which team adapts quicker and executes their skills on the night."

Munro said England were a good all-round team, who had played some good cricket at the World Twenty20, and couldn't be taken lightly.

"They've got some good batters, good bowlers and they're pretty athletic in the field as well.

"But if we can keep to our processes and our plans, bring it back to us and play good cricket, we know we can beat anyone on the day."


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