T20 World Cup: England reignite World Cup hopes with New Zealand win

England earned a nerve-shredding 20-run triumph implicit New Zealand to reignite their hopes successful the Men's T20 World Cup successful Australia.

After being reduced to 28-2, the Black Caps looked to person swung the crippled successful their favour erstwhile Glenn Phillips and skipper Kane Williamson combined for a basal of 91 from 59 balls.

But, with 61 runs needed from 31 balls, Ben Stokes provided the important breakthrough by dismissing Williamson for 40 from 40 balls.

From determination England impressively turned the screw - and held their nervus nether a bid of precocious catches.

In the 18th over, the progressively dependable Sam Curran had Phillips, who was dropped connected 15 by Moeen Ali, caught astatine long-on for 62 from 36 balls to extremity New Zealand's bid.

Earlier Jos Buttler, who was reprieved by a TV reappraisal of a drawback connected 8 and dropped again connected 40, deed 73 from 47 balls to assistance his broadside to 179-6.

He enactment connected 81 for the opening wicket with Alex Hales, who made 52 from 40 balls, and though England did not afloat capitalise they spell into the last circular of matches with the advantage.

They volition suffice for the semi-finals if they bushed Sri Lanka connected Saturday, arsenic agelong arsenic Australia bash not bushed Afghanistan a time earlier and besides overturn England's important nett run-rate advantage.

The information England's lucifer comes 24 hours aft Australia helps their origin arsenic they volition person a wide representation of immoderate nett run-rate requirements going into their last game.

England clasp their nerve

The borderline of triumph looked comparatively comfy successful the extremity but the nighttime was thing but.

For a play successful New Zealand's chase, connected a crushed wherever England person suffered galore an Ashes heartbreak, it looked similar Buttler's broadside were slipping to defeat.

But alternatively than being an Australian-supporting bearpit, the Gabba assemblage was mostly England supporting and those fans leapt to their feet successful solemnisation arsenic the precocious catches were taken.

Buttler played the important manus with the bat erstwhile it was needed most, making the astir of the opportunities presented to him to scope a bully full connected a tiring pitch.

The bowling was an all-round effort by the seamers with Curran and Chris Woakes taking 2 wickets apiece and Mark Wood and Ben Stokes one.

Sri Lanka volition beryllium nary pushover connected Saturday successful Sydney - they are the Asia Cup champions and are coached by England's erstwhile brag Chris Silverwood - but England person kept their quest alive.

Phillips' onslaught is survived

England were successful power of the pursuit aboriginal on, aft Woakes had Devon Conway caught down the limb broadside successful the 2nd implicit - Buttler taking a leaping drawback to his close - and Curran deceived Finn Allen with a slower-ball bouncer to spot the backmost of the opener earlier helium could wreck havoc.

But adjacent came the infinitesimal that could person ended England's World Cup.

Phillips miscued 1 disconnected Adil Rashid and Moeen looked acceptable to instrumentality the simplest of catches, lone to hardly get a manus connected the ball.

Phillips responded by thrashing 17 from a Rashid over, including 2 immense leg-side sixes. He scored a period successful New Zealand's triumph against Sri Lanka - a antheral unwise to drop.

With the crippled slipping away, Stokes had Williamson, who was trying to pb his broadside successful his typically measured way, caught astatine abbreviated 3rd connected the cut.

Five balls later, Jimmy Neesham, who took New Zealand to triumph implicit England successful past year's semi-final, pulled Mark Wood to heavy mid-wicket.

In the adjacent implicit Daryl Mitchell - a thorn successful England's broadside successful Test cricket earlier this twelvemonth - was caught astatine long-on arsenic Woakes produced a 17th implicit that outgo lone five.

Still, portion Phillips remained determination were ever doubts but Curran removed the right-hander arsenic helium tried to wide the ropes erstwhile much to seal the contest.

Buttler capitalises connected antithetic New Zealand lapses

The time could person been wholly antithetic had New Zealand taken their chances to disregard Buttler.

Williamson was leaping astatine other screen erstwhile helium thought helium had taken Buttler but replays showed the shot had bounced retired arsenic helium deed the ground, the England skipper called backmost having astir reached the dugout.

Although deed hard, the adjacent accidental for Mitchell was easier astatine heavy quadrate leg. Buttler punished that with 2 fours successful the remainder of Ferguson's over, the archetypal smacked implicit Ferguson's caput and the adjacent a slower shot brilliantly swatted away.

Hales was the much assertive of the 2 aboriginal connected - helium flat-batted Southee implicit long-on for the archetypal six - arsenic England gave themselves a level to physique from for the archetypal clip successful the tournament.

New Zealand bowled cannily, however, and England did not rather get distant contempt promoting Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone to onslaught aft Hales was stumped disconnected spinner Mitchell Santner,

Santner besides dismissed Moeen, caught astatine long-on for five, portion Livingstone was bowled by Ferguson attempting a ramp - a shot aft taking 4 with the aforesaid shot.

Buttler yet departed run-out astatine the non-striker's extremity successful the penultimate over, during which Harry Brook was caught for 7 astatine long-on.

Stokes was pushed down the bid and made lone 8 from 7 balls arsenic England struggled to decorativeness strongly, thing they volition look to amended on.