England defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets to take their fate in control on their way to defend their T20 title. They just need another victory in their last Super Eight match against Sri Lanka. New Zealand have almost crashed out of the T20 World Cup with 2 losses.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
Match Facts
- England lead New Zealand 5-1 in T20s.
Luke Wright was declared Player of the Match.
New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum)
- Guptill lbw b Finn 5 runs 6 balls 1 four
Nicol c Bairstow b Swann 11 runs 15 balls 1 four
Brendum McCullum c Wright b Finn 10 runs 10 balls 2 4s
Williamson c Kieswetter b Briggs 17 runs 23 balls 1 four
Ross Taylor c Hales b Finn 22 runs 23 balls 2 4s
Franklin run out 50 runs 33 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Nathan McCullum not out 16 runs 10 balls 2 6s
Bracewell not out 2 runs 1 ball
Extras (b 3, lb 7, w 4, nb 1) 15
Total (20 overs) 148/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-7 (Guptill, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (BB McCullum, 3.4 ov), 3-42 (Nicol, 6.5 ov), 4-67 (Williamson, 11.4 ov), 5-107 (Taylor, 16.2 ov), 6-146 (Franklin, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
- Briggs 4 ov 36/1
Finn 4 ov 16/3
Bresnan 4 ov 29/0
Swann 4 ov 20/1
Broad 4 ov 37/0
England innings (target: 149 runs from 20 overs)
- Kieswetter b Vettori 4 runs 14 balls
Hales b Nathan McCullum 22 runs 15 balls 3 4s
Wright c Taylor b Bracewell 76 runs 43 balls 5 4s 5 6s
Morgan c Bracewell b Mills 30 runs 31 balls 1 four 1 six
Buttler not out 5 runs 8 balls
Bairstow not out 5 runs 2 balls 1 four
Extras (lb 3, w 4) 7
Total (18.5 overs) 149/4
Fall of wickets
- 1-21 (Kieswetter, 3.5 ov), 2-38 (Hales, 6.2 ov), 3-127 (Morgan, 16.2 ov), 4-142 (Wright, 18.2 ov)
Bowling
- Mills 4 ov 23/1
Southee 2 ov 32/0
Vettori 4 ov 20/1
Nathan McCullum 4 ov 22/1
Nicol 3 ov 29/0
Franklin 1 ov 12/0
Bracewell 0.5 ov 8/1
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