Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    6.6 big legbreak, and stumped! Pushed up a touch fuller, more air, dipping on a tighter line... Seifert's toe drags out of the crease as he mows across the line, and he knows he's gone long before the third umpire confirms! Fast hands from Buttler 64/1
    7.4 flicked off the pads, straight to deep midwicket! That's a floppy dismissal, but Jacks' bounce perhaps contributed to that. Allen was aiming straighter and flatter, but got underneath his shot and Bethell didn't need to move! 66/2
    11.1 wicket first ball in World Cups! Ravindra tries to help him to the buffet again, but this time plinks it off the toe end to deep midwicket! Rehan covers his mouth to hide his amusement. Dragged down googly, but the spin does at least take it out of Ravindra's hitting zone as he looked to go over the shorter leg-side boundary 97/3
    39
    28
    43
    4
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    139.28
    17.1 big turn, rattles off stump! Phillips was aiming a hoy down the ground and is comprehensively bowled. Floated from round the wicket, drifting across outside off and then spinning back inside the shot to ping the bails. Spin doing the job, as expected 135/6
    14.1 dupes him, simple stumping! Chapman runs down and completely misses this, bowled at 45mph/73kph and it spins inside the bat, leaving him wrong-footed and red-faced as Buttler knocks off the bails. Lovely loopy stuff from Rashid 123/4
    16.4 chipped down the throat of long-off! Dawson wins the game of cat and mouse. This was fired down at 99kph/61mph and Mitchell was unable to get properly under it. He'd been struggling for timing and ends up holing out 133/5
    not out
    9
    5
    15
    0
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    180
    19.3 bowled on the charge! Drift in and then turn away, beats the bat as McConchie looks to slam it down town. Middle and off stumps rattled. Second of the night for Rehan on World Cup debut 152/7
    not out
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    100
    Extras
    3 (lb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    159/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.95)
    Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Tim Seifert, 6.6 ov), 2-66 (Finn Allen, 7.4 ov), 3-97 (Rachin Ravindra, 11.1 ov), 4-123 (Mark Chapman, 14.1 ov), 5-133 (Daryl Mitchell, 16.4 ov), 6-135 (Glenn Phillips, 17.1 ov), 7-152 (Cole McConchie, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JC Archer312408102200
    LA Dawson40321873100
    SM Curran101001020100
    AU Rashid402827121210
    WG Jacks402325.7592010
    JG Bethell101301312000
    Rehan Ahmed302829.3332100
  • BATSMEN
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    0.4 snicked off, gloriously! He spent the last few years making mincemeat of Zak Crawley at the top of the order, and another England opener falls to identical skills! Salt follows the movement, angled in so full, shaping away, so tight, and gets a feathered nick to the tumbling keeper! New Zealand are in the mood! 2/1
    1.2 snicked off as well! Stunning bowling, and even if Buttler wasn't in the worst nick of his life, that would have been tough to negotiate! In the channel, sharp lift, 142kph, Buttler was trying to be proactive, came down the pitch but Ferguson saw him coming and the ball was already big on him. A palpable edge, and suddenly New Zealand's total looks oodles! 2/2
    7.1 leans back for the launch over long-off, holes out! Round the wicket from Phillips, Brook hits against the turn and can't find the middle of the bat this time! Mitchell steadies himself inside the rope, and that's a huge moment in this semi-final race. New Zealand steal a big march on Pakistan! 50/3
    8.4 A Phillips special at deep midwicket! That's a stunning take, as good as outfield catches get! Bethell climbed through his pull, got a violent connection on it, but Phillips tracked it from the bat, stormed in off the ropes, dived forward and clung on supremely, inches from the turf! That was good difficult to judge, harder even than diving sideways to intercept... you don't have to worry about your teeth for those ones! 58/4
    16.5 heaved to deep midwicket! Is that the game? It was the shorter boundary, the ball sat up nicely - but maybe there was just a hint of grip from the deck. Never looked like Banton had got the connection as he leaned into a slog, and Chapman barely had to move five yards to take the catch 117/6
    14.3 belted... but straight to Phillips! Curran doesn't get the elevation going to the long boundary and picks out the safest pair of hands in the NZ team. Phillips clutches the ball and pumps the air in celebration. Everything stacking up against England (and Pakistan) from here 100/5
    not out
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    18
    26
    4
    1
    177.77
    not out
    19
    7
    15
    1
    2
    271.42
    Extras
    4 (lb 3, w 1)
    TOTAL
    161/6 (19.3 Overs, RR: 8.25)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Phil Salt, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (Jos Buttler, 1.2 ov), 3-50 (Harry Brook, 7.1 ov), 4-58 (Jacob Bethell, 8.4 ov), 5-100 (Sam Curran, 14.3 ov), 6-117 (Tom Banton, 16.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MJ Henry2.301917.692110
    LH Ferguson20141773000
    MJ Santner402907.25113100
    CE McConchie101301312000
    GD Phillips4043110.7575200
    R Ravindra401934.75111000
    IS Sodhi2021010.551200

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

27 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 2, New Zealand 0

Match Notes

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2JC ButtlerPD Salt
2nd0JC ButtlerHC Brook
3rd48HC BrookJG Bethell
4th8T BantonJG Bethell
5th42SM CurranT Banton
6th17T BantonWG Jacks
7th44WG JacksRehan Ahmed

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426