England beats New Zealand by four wickets, Pakistan gets relief

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Great victory for England, defeats New Zealand

Colombo. England has New Zealand To t20 world cup 2026 Defeated by four wickets in a thrilling match of Super-8. This match was played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 159 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. England won by scoring 161 runs for six wickets in 19.3 overs. Will Jacques was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his excellent performance in this match.

A sigh of relief for Pakistan

With this victory of England Pakistan Has heaved a sigh of relief. They still have a chance to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan needs to play its next match against Sri Lanka. If the team wins this match by a big margin and gets a better net run rate, then it can enter the semi-finals.

New Zealand’s batting

New Zealand, batting first, scored 159 runs in 20 overs. Glenn Phillips played important innings of 39 runs and Tim Seifert played important innings of 35 runs for the team. England bowlers Adil Rashid, Will Jacques and Rehan Ahmed took two wickets each, while Liam Dawson got one wicket.

Difficulties in the beginning of England

England had a difficult start while chasing the target of 160 runs. Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson gave two blows to England for 2 runs by dismissing Phil Salt and Jos Buttler in the first eight balls. After this, captain Harry Brook (26) took over the innings and made a partnership of 45 runs with Jacob Bethel (21). But Glenn Phillips increased the pressure on England by dismissing Brook on the very first ball.

England won in the last over

In the middle order, Sam Curran (24) and Tom Banton (33) made an important partnership of 42 runs. Rachin Ravindra affected the outcome of the match by dismissing Karan. England needed 43 runs from the last three overs. Rehan Ahmed took his team closer to victory by scoring unbeaten 19 runs in 7 balls. The momentum in the overs of Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips turned the match towards England. Ultimately, Matt Henry could not save the target in the last over and England scored 161 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 19.3 overs and won by four wickets.

new zealand status

After this defeat, New Zealand has 3 points in its account, while Pakistan currently has one point. Pakistan can now turn the situation in its favor by playing a match against Sri Lanka. If Pakistan wins this match, the run rate of both the teams will become instantaneous, which will prove important in reaching the semi-finals.