England face a must-win game against New Zealand when the two sides lock horns in the ICC Champions Trophy Sunday.
Alastair Cook and co. can guarantee themselves a place in the semifinals if they beat the Kiwis in Cardiff, while New Zealand will also make the semifinals with a win.
However, it will not be easy for England, with New Zealand beating them 2-1 in the recent series prior to the Champions Trophy.
"We've played cricket against New Zealand in this recent period," England coach Ashley Giles said. "We played a series against them in New Zealand which we won 2-1, we lost the one here 2-1, so it's the decider, I suppose, and it is a quarterfinal.
"If you're going to go on and do well in world tournaments, these are the sort of games you've got to win. I guess we're all hoping the weather stays at bay and we just get on with a full day's cricket, but they're a good side.
"We know the Kiwis are a gritty side, well-organized, well-led, but so are we, and our focus has got to be on what we do well.
"(It was) disappointing to lose the game the other day to Sri Lanka, but it took an incredibly good innings from one of the best players in the world to do that. So, you know, that does happen. But we always prepare as well as we possibly can to limit those opportunities for sides to beat us.
The Kiwis can yet make the last four, even if they lose to England, but will have to hope for a helping hand from Australia against Sri Lanka on Monday and then hope the Aussies finish with an inferior nett run rate.
"We've played them six times in the last three or four months and it's 3-all, so we've had some pretty good contests," New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. "It's been a bit of a ding-dong sort of a scuffle with the white ball, and I think both sides will enter tomorrow (Sunday) with a degree of trepidation.
"It's a tough contest, it's a quarterfinal. It's a big game, and I think we're very evenly matched, so very much looking forward to it.
"I think you gain a lot of confidence from the fact that we've won three of the last four games over here, the completed games. We're pretty confident in the way we go about things. But in terms of confidence or in terms of having the edge over the opposition, let's wait and see."
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