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England showed their dominance in Group two of the T20 World Cup super-eights, defeating New Zealand by four wickets today. Given 160 to win, it took a team effort in the chase to overhaul the score with just three balls to spare.
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00:00this match mattered more for new zealand than it did england they are still searching for a spot
00:05in the semi-final england already secured a spot still took new zealand seriously it did not appear
00:12that way at first with tim seifert and finn allen eating healthy of bad bowling in sri lanka
00:18not to worry though england had to spin it to win it seifert goes for 35 off the bowling of
00:24adil rashid allen two runs later for 29. he's picked the fielder out two down rachin rovinger had been
00:31in a steady run of form a spinner sent him on his way for 11. would you believe it it's
00:36bethel out
00:36in the deep lujax and ahmed also played their part with the ball taking two wickets each mark chapman
00:42and daryl mitchell fell in the hunt for runs still though glenn phillips got away somewhat he made 39
00:49of 28 balls highbrook's side throwing down a 16 overs of spin the most they have ever sent down
00:56in a t20 match with all seven dismissals falling to slower bowlers now the english still had a
01:03difficult time chasing where has phil salt been all tournament with the new ball you can rely on him
01:10he seems to be missing out on the action alongside jos butler the captain put a blast down on the
01:17damage
01:17and bethel began to forge a comeback and slaps it over cover point fans will remember this as the
01:23shot that broke their tv screen all the way a remarkable shot into the screen all the way for six
01:30breaks the screen what a talent harry brooke is they took the score to 58 before they got out
01:36gone brilliant catch england needing tom banton and sam coran to carry on that they did another 42 runs for
01:45the fifth wicket they made 33 and 24 respectively that's a bit of a gift england needed 42 from the
01:55last 17 balls on a slow pitch which offered some assistance for the spinners will jacks and rehan
02:02ahmed brought out their cannons and struck huge sixes ahmed lofted mitchell satner for another six from the
02:10final ball of the 19th over leaving five to get from the last england completing a fifth successive
02:17victory with three balls to spare jacks finished on 32 not out and ahmed unbeaten on 19 england will take
02:25the momentum into the t20 world cup semi-finals new zealand well they are in second spot but they will
02:32be
02:33keenly watching the result of the pakistan versus sri lanka contest to know if they will progress to the
02:39semi-finals 49 to 4 tv6 board
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