England vs New Zealand live: Jason Roy's explosive 78 sends England through to World T20 final
Re-live over-by-over coverage of England's victorious World Twenty20 semi-final against New Zealand
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live over-by-over coverage of Wednesday's World Twenty20 semi-final between England and New Zealand.
Eoin Morgan's side come into this clash on the back of three gritty victories and are up against a team in full flow, the tournament's only unbeaten outfit.
New Zealand vs England
Start time: 2.30pm
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
- England beat New Zealand by seven wickets to reach World T20 final
- Jason Roy's 78 off 44 balls inspires England to victory
- Ish Sodhi takes wicket of Roy before dismissing Eoin Morgan for 0
- New Zealand had set England a target of 153-8
- Colin Munro top scores with 46 after partnership with Kane Williamson
- New Zealand collapse from 89-1 at halfway stage to 153-8 after 20 overs
- Ben Stokes stars with four wickets including two in two balls and a run out
- Willey, Moeen, Plunkett and Jordan also take wickets
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Form
New Zealand: WWWWW
England: LLWWW
Facts and stats
New Zealand have won 10 of their 13 Twenty20 matches over the last year.
England won six consecutive Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand from February 2008 to February 2013.
England have the best run rate (8.64) during the middles overs (7-15) of any team during the 2016 World Twenty20.
Welcome to The Independent's live over-by-over coverage of today's World Twenty20 semi-final between England and New Zealand.
Can Eoin Morgan's men stop the tournament's most impressive side in their tracks?
England haven't exactly pulled up many trees in India so far but, aside from that opening defeat against West Indies, they've consistently found a way to win.Join Jack de Menezes(@JackdeMenezes) from 2.00pm for coverage.
What do England need to do to overcome the WorldT20's only unbeaten team?
The Independent's cricket correspondent Stephen Brenkley has the answer...
Stop Martin GuptillThe man from Auckland is a Twenty20 opener for the age and his bristling starts give the Kiwis an early surge.
Handle the spinMitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi have come from nowhere to be revelations. If they dominate the middle overs England are in trouble.
Take every half chanceEngland’s fielding has been mercurial. They need one of their good days. Sloppiness will be fatal to their cause.
The question for many English fans will be which side will turn up today? It was the batting line-up who stood out in the defeat by the West Indies and victory over South Africa,, while the top order had the bowlers to thank for the avoiding a potential upset against Afghanistan and saw off the threat of Sri Lanka. If both aspects can click, they may just stand a good chance of seeing off New Zealand today.
Who are you supporting? This man has no idea...
A fan at the World T20 semi-final in Delhi sports the crests of England and New Zealand
Out come the two teams as the pyrotechnics go off around them. Time for the national anthems, led by God Defend New Zealand before God Save The Queen. A lot of work for the big man this afternoon...
So here we go then. It'll be Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson to open the batting for New Zealand, while England will look to David Willey for an early breakthrough with the ball.
Result: NZ 153-8 (20 overs), Eng 159-3 (17.1 overs)
- ENGLAND BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY SEVEN WICKETS
- England through to World T20 final and will face either India or West indies
- Roy bowled for an explosive 78; Morgan out lbw for a golden duck
- New Zealand set 153-8 target
11-0 - Guptill 10 Williamson 1What a start from Guptill. Willey sends his first ball of the innings short and wide of off-stump and Guptill thumps it for four. Willey responds with an inswinger and whacks Guptill on the front pad - a good response - and hegoes up in appeal. The umpire says no, much to his displeasure. Guptill then tries to steal a single and he's struggling...but Morgan can't pick the ball up as he dives for the stumps and the batsman is save. That brings Williamson on strike, and he's immediately off the mark with an easy single. Guptill ends the over as he started it, as he hits a wide delivery to the offside for four, before picking up a single off the final ball. A good start for the Kiwis.
Hawkeye confirms that Willey's appeal did pitch inline, but was going down leg.
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