ICC T20 WC semis, ENG vs NZ highlights: Daryl, Neesham power Kiwis to final

Chasing 167 to win, Daryl Mitchell anchored the innings with a sensational unbeaten 72 off 47 balls, while Devon Conway scored a 38-ball 46. Check England vs New Zealand full scorecard and highlights

In the first semifinal of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021, New Zealand defeated England by 5 wicket and stormed in the final at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Chasing 167 to win, Daryl Mitchell anchored the innings with a sensational unbeaten 72 off 47 balls, while Devon Conway scored a 38-ball 46. James Neesham smashed 27 off 11 runs to play a crucial role in the chase.

Chris Woakes (2/36) and Liam Livingstone (2/22) were the most successful bowlers for England.

Earlier, invited to bat, England posted 166 for four riding on Moeen Ali's 51 not out and some useful contributions from Dawid Malan (42), Jos Buttler (29) and Liam Livingstone (17).

For New Zealand, Tim Southee (1/24), Adam Milne (1/31), Ish Sodhi (1/32) and James Neesham (1/18) were the wicket-takers.

Earlier England has made one change in its playing 11, bringing in Sam Billings for injured Jason Roy while New Zealand made no change in its line-up for today's semifinal. 

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England vs New Zealand scorecard

New Zealand full scorecard

Batters	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Martin Guptill	c Moeen b Woakes	4	3	1	0
Daryl Mitchell	not out	72	47	4	4
Kane Williamson	c Rashid b Woakes	5	11	0	0
Devon Conway	st Buttler b Livingstone	46	38	5	1
Glenn Phillips	c Billings b Livingstone	2	3	0	0
James Neesham	c Morgan b Rashid	27	11	1	3
Mitchell Santner	not out	1	1	0	0
Total: 167-5 in 19 Overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Chris Woakes	4	1	36	2
Chris Jordan	3	0	31	0
Adil Rashid	4	0	39	1
Mark Wood	4	0	34	0
Liam Livingstone	4	0	22	2

England full scorecard
 

Batters	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Jos Buttler	lbw b Sodhi	29	24	4	0
Jonny Bairstow	c Williamson b Milne	13	17	2	0
Dawid Malan	c Conway b Southee	42	30	4	1
Moeen Ali	not out	51	37	3	2
Liam Livingstone	c Santner b Neesham	17	10	1	1
Eoin Morgan	not out	4	2	0	0
Total: 166-4 in 20 Overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Tim Southee	4	0	24	1
Trent Boult	4	0	41	0
Adam Milne	4	0	31	1
Ish Sodhi	4	0	32	1
Mitchell Santner	1	0	6	0
James Neesham	2	0	18	1
Glenn Phillips	1	0	11	0

England vs New Zealand head-to-head stats
 

Stats	Matches	ENG Won	NZ Won	No Result
Overall	21	13	8	0
In the last 5 matches	5	2	3	0
In ICC T20 World Cups	6	3	3	0

ICC T20 WC semifinal 1: ENG vs NZ playing 11
  
England playing 11: Jos Buttler (w), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
 
New Zealand playing 11: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway (w), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

11:13 PM

CC T20 WC semifinal 1, England vs New Zealand highlights: Winning moments

11:12 PM

ICC T20 WC semifinal 1, England vs New Zealand highlights: Neesham's wicket

11:08 PM

ICC T20 WC semifinal 1: England vs New Zealand highlights

Bairstow repeated Boult at boundary line

11:03 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 19 Overs: 167-5 | NZ wins

Over Summary:  2 6 6 1 1 4 ; New Zealand: 167-5 : Daryl Mitchell (72), Mitchell Santner (1)

Chris Woakes [3.0-1-16-2] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A full toss and Mitchell glances towards fine leg boundary for SIX.

 

Ball 5: Santner hits towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

 

Ball 4: A barrage of short deliveries, this time Mitchell top-edges to square leg for a single.

 

Ball 3: A genuine short delivery, Mitchell is waiting for it and pulls over mid-wicket for SIX.

 

Ball 2: A slow short delivery, Mitchell smashes over long-on for SIX.

 

Ball 1: Mitchell hits down the ground for a couple of runs.

10:55 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 18 Overs: 147-5 | NZ needs 20 runs in 12 balls

Over Summary:  0 6 1 6 1 W ; New Zealand: 147-5 : Daryl Mitchell (53), James Neesham (27)

Adil Rashid [3.0-0-25-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Neesham smashes the googly straight to extra cover, GONE. Neesham c Morgan b Adil Rashid 27(11) [4s-1 6s-3]

 

Ball 5: Mitchell hits towards mid-off for a single.

 

Ball 4: Mitchell smashes the half-tracker over long-on for SIX and reaches his FIFTY-run mark.

 

Ball 3: Neesham hits towards extra cover for a single.

 

Ball 2: Neesham sweeps towards square leg boundary for SIX.

 

Ball 1: DOT

10:50 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 17 Overs: 133-4 | NZ needs 34 runs in 18 balls

Over Summary:  6 L2 Wd 4 Wd 6 2 1 ; New Zealand: 133-4 : Daryl Mitchell (46), James Neesham (20)

Chris Jordan [2.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Neesham squeezes the yorker to short fine leg for a single.

 

Ball 5: Neesham smashes towards cow corner, TWO RUNS TAKEN.

Ball 4: Neesham slogs and get a good connection but Bairstow takes a STUNNER  . It is a SIX, seems a repeat of 2019 WC final. 
 

Ball 4: Jordan is not hitting the line and length, this time wide outside off.

Ball 3: Neesham hammers the half-volley down the ground for FOUR.
 

Ball 3: WIDE down the leg side.

 

Ball 2: Neesham collects TWO LEG BYES.

 

Ball 1: Neesham wallopes towards square leg for a SIX.

10:41 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 16 Overs: 110-4 | NZ needs 57 runs in 24 balls

Over Summary:  W 0 0 0 1 Wd 1 ; New Zealand: 110-4 : Daryl Mitchell (46), James Neesham (1)

Livingstone continues...

Ball 6: Neesham slogs towards mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 6: WIDE
 

Ball 5: Mitchell collects a single.

 

Ball 4: DOT

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: DOT

James Neesham, left handed bat, comes to the crease

 

Ball 1: Phillips goes for biggie but holed out to long-off, GONE. Glenn Phillips c Billings b Livingstone 2(4)

10:36 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 15 Overs: 107-3 | NZ needs 60 runs in 30 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 2 4 1 1 ; New Zealand: 107-3 : Daryl Mitchell (45), Glenn Phillips (2)

Mark Wood [3.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Phillips collects a single.

 

Ball 5: Another short delivery, Mitchell pulls towards deep square leg for a single.

 

Ball 4: A short delivery, Mitchell plays a pull shot but manages only top edge for FOUR towards fine leg boundary. 

 

Ball 3: Mitchell collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 2: Phillips collects a single towards cover.

 

Ball 1: Mitchell collects a single.

10:30 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 14 Overs: 97-3 | NZ needs 70 runs in 36 balls

Over Summary: 1 2 0 W B1 1 ; New Zealand: 97-3 : Daryl Mitchell (37), Glenn Phillips (0)

Livingstone continues....

Ball 6: Mitchell drives towards long-off for a single.

 

Ball 5: Glenn Phillips, right handed bat, comes to the crease and misses a slog, collects ON BYES

 

Ball 4: Conway comes down the wicket for a biggie but gets beaten in flight, STUMPED. Conway st Buttler b Livingstone 46(38) [4s-5 6s-1]

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: Conway collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 1: Mitchell collects a single.

10:25 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 13 Overs: 92-2 | NZ needs 75 runs in 42 balls

Over Summary: 1 L1 2 1 6 1 ; New Zealand: 92-2 : Daryl Mitchell (35), Devon Conway (44)

Adil Rashid [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Mitchell collects a single.

 

Ball 5: Mitchell smashes SIX.

 

Ball 4: Conway collects a single.

 

Ball 3: Conway collects a couple of runs.

 

Ball 2: ONE LEG BYES

 

Ball 1: Conway collects a single.

10:23 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 12 Overs: 80-2

Over Summary: 0 0 2 0 4 1 ; New Zealand: 80-2 : Daryl Mitchell (28), Devon Conway (40)

Livingstone continues and concedes seven runs.

10:16 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 11 Overs: 73-2

Over Summary:  4 1 NL1 1 6 1 0 ; New Zealand: 73-2 : Daryl Mitchell (28), Devon Conway (33)

Mark Wood continues...

Ball 6: A short delivery, Mitchell tries to guide it over keeper, misses. DOT

 

Ball 5: Conway collects a single.

 

Ball 4: Conway plays an upper cut towards backward point for SIX.

 

Ball 3: FREE HIT, Mitchell gets an inside edge to keeper for a single.

Ball 3: ONE LEG BYES. NO BALL CALLED
 

Ball 2: Mitchell collects a single. 

 

Ball 1: Mitchell smashes down the ground for FOUR.

10:08 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 10 Overs: 58-2

Over Summary:  0 1 1 2 4 0 ; New Zealand: 58-2 : Daryl Mitchell (22), Devon Conway (26)

Liam Livingstone, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

 

Ball 6: Conway reverse sweeps towards backward point for no run.

 

Ball 5: Conway comes down the wicket and smashes down the ground for FOUR.

 

Ball 4: Conway chips over extra cover for a couple of runs.

 

Ball 3: Livingstone collects a single.

 

Ball 2: Conway collects a single.

 

Ball 1: DOT

10:04 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 9 Overs: 50-2

Over Summary:  0 1 0 1 1 2 ; New Zealand: 50-2 : Daryl Mitchell (21), Devon Conway (19)

Mark Wood continues and concedes five runs.

10:01 PM

England vs New Zealand live score after 8 Overs: 45-2

Over Summary:  0 0 1 1 1 1 ; New Zealand: 45-2 : Daryl Mitchell (18), Devon Conway (17)

Adil Rashid continues and concedes four singles.