England have won their third consecutive Super Eight match. Having already won two matches to secure a place in the top four, they will play the semi-finals in Mumbai, where their likely opponents will be either India or the West Indies.
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Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed's all-round performance helped England defeat New Zealand by four wickets in the World Twenty20 on Friday. The duo shared an unbeaten 44-run partnership off 16 balls as England chased down the target of 160 in Colombo with 161 runs in three balls to spare. Had New Zealand won the match, they would have secured a place in the semi-finals. But now the team will have to wait for the results of the Group 2 Super Eight match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Saturday. New Zealand has 3 points and Pakistan 1, while Sri Lanka has lost both its first two matches. If Pakistan beats Sri Lanka by 64 runs or achieves the target set by Sri Lanka in 13.1 overs, they can surpass New Zealand in net run rate. This is England's third consecutive win in the 'Super Eight'. England, who have already won two matches and are in the top four, will play the semi-finals in Mumbai, where the team's likely opponents will be either India or the West Indies.
Player of the Match Jax scored 32 off 18 balls with 4 fours and 1 six, while Rehan remained unbeaten on 19 off 7 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. England did not get off to a good start. The team lost Phil Salt (2) and Jos Buttler (0) in the first two overs.
Captain Harry Brook scored 26 off 24 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Jacob Bethell was dismissed for 21 off 16 balls, Tom Banton for 33 off 24 balls, and Sam Curran for 24 off 22 balls. New Zealand left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra took 3 wickets for just 19 runs in 4 overs.
Earlier, England had restricted New Zealand to 159-7 after using 16 overs of spinners. New Zealand, who won the toss and elected to bat, made a great start by scoring 53 runs in 6 overs of the power play. But England had fielded Rehan as an extra spinner in place of seamer Jamie Overton. England captain Brook used 5 spinners.
England, the winners of 2010 and 2022, had never bowled so much to spinners in a Twenty20 International, which is why the team did not let New Zealand play openly. Jax took 2 wickets each for 23 and Adil Rashid took 28 runs. Rashid has taken the most wickets in the tournament with 11. Rehan Ahmed, who is making his 'debut' in the Twenty20 World Cup, dismissed Rachin for 11 runs in his first ball. He took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 3 overs.
Glenn Phillips top-scored for New Zealand with 39 runs. He hit 4 fours and 1 six in 28 balls. Tim Seifert scored 35 runs. The other two spinners used by England were Liam Dawson who took 1 wicket for 32 runs while Bethel took 13 runs in 1 over.
