England defeated New Zealand in an all-important semi-final game of World T20 2016 on Wednesday night at Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi. England won the toss & invited New Zealand to bat first.
Colin Munro scored 46 off 32 balls & Kane Williamson scored 32 off 28 balls as the Kiwis ended their innings with a decent score of 153 for 8 on the board. England’s Ben Stokes was the pick of the bowlers as he finished his spell of 4 overs with the figures of 26 for 3.
England openers provided a blistering start to the chase as Jason Roy scored 78 off 44 balls and Alex Hales scored 20 off 19 balls. England lost Jason Roy and Eoin Morgan on consecutive deliveries but Joe Root ( 27 off 22 balls ) & Jos Buttler ( 32 off 17 balls ) chased down the total with 17 balls to spare.
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Check out the best Tweets as England make their second World T20 final.
No surprise who was Player of the Match. What an innings from #ENG's Jason Roy!#ENGvNZ #WT20 pic.twitter.com/X9hycRdxMb
— ICC (@ICC) March 30, 2016
The winning moment for #ENG in Delhi! #WT20 here you come!!! #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/ODRRLDIWaf
— ICC (@ICC) March 30, 2016
What a great time to put in their most convincing performance of the tournament! A team full of match winners! You beauties!🍻 #WT20 #ENGvNZ
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) March 30, 2016
World Cup & #WT20 finals for #ENG:
1979: Lost to #WI
1987: Lost to #AUS
1992: Lost to #PAK
2010: Beat #AUS (#WT20)#ENGvNZ— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 30, 2016
On April 3 at Eden Gardens, we will see one of the teams winning their second #WT20 title.#ENGvNZ
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 30, 2016
That was pretty lopsided in the end #NZ didn't come back after d first 10 overs of their innings. Well played, #Eng #Bing #Dimagsay #ENGvNZ
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 30, 2016
Last 4 overs of bowling and first 4 overs of batting sealed it for England. Well done @JasonRoy20!! Brilliant!! #ENGvNZ #AKLive #WT20
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) March 30, 2016
Don't you just love it when you end the game on a huge 6!! #ENGvNZ
— Noreen Khan (@DJNoreenKhan) March 30, 2016
Congratulations @englandcricket you've done us proud. Welcome to the #WT20 Final. #Eng #ENGvNZ #YourYorkshire pic.twitter.com/uRRV4pq8F9
— Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireCCC) March 30, 2016
England fans, sack the football off. All aboard the cricket bandwagon!#ENGvNZhttps://t.co/8WxOMMk0dx
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) March 30, 2016
Magnificent @JasonRoy20 … Pleasure to watch … #ENGvNZ
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 30, 2016
Don't want to go too early but this has been mightily impressive from #England so far #ENGvNZ
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) March 30, 2016
If it's an England v India final, I want a Nasser Hussain v Ravi Shastri cage-match before the toss
— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) March 30, 2016
England brutal & magnificent to destroy NZ & reach World T20 Final. @JasonRoy20 brilliant, @root66 pure class & @josbuttler just @josbuttler
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) March 30, 2016
Since chasing down 229 England are super dangerous… will @OdgibsonOttis be the first coach to win two world cups with 2 different teams 🍾
— Tino95 (@tinobest) March 30, 2016
England are through to the #T20WorldCup Final!!! https://t.co/a7vXXw5iWZ
— Oddschecker (@Oddschecker) March 30, 2016
Fantastic performance by England. Buttler hit 23 off the last 5 balls. NZ got only 20 off the last 4 overs. Well done the bowlers…#WT20
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) March 30, 2016
Brilliant from England with bat and ball. How quick are @josbuttler 's hands?
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) March 30, 2016
Boooooommmmmm …. World Cup Final………. Get in you young England beauties ……
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 30, 2016
BOOOOOM!
Sensational stuff from England.
Storming splendidly into the #T20WorldCup Final.
Congrats to @Eoin16 & the whole team.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
England reach the #T20WorldCup final!
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) March 30, 2016
To think this Young England team are out smarting the smartest team in the world is a pleasure to watch … #SoFar #Marvellous #ICCWT20
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 30, 2016
England is looking really desperate to meet India in the Finals.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 30, 2016
New Zealand must be feeling like The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 30.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 30, 2016
*Deletes scheduled tweet about New Zealand conquering world cricket*
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/moeenali/status/715221655107166208
Congratultions to @englandcricket for reaching the #WT20 final… well batted @JasonRoy20 and well bowled @benstokes38
Hard luck #nz— Junaid khan 83 (@JunaidkhanREAL) March 30, 2016
Thank you an goodnight. @JasonRoy20 💥💥💥💥💥💥
— Jade Dernbach (@Jwd_16) March 30, 2016
Think @JasonRoy20 has somewhere to be! #ENGvNZ #ENG
— Kate Cross (@katecross16) March 30, 2016
Modest from player of the match @JasonRoy20 who played brilliantly! 78 from 44 balls! #WT20 pic.twitter.com/DYOgqpMGKG
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 30, 2016
Brilliant @englandcricket!! Serious performance. Go on and win it now! #WT20
— James Anderson (@jimmy9) March 30, 2016
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So, #ENG have booked their place in the Final on Sunday, but who will join them? #WI or #IND
#ENGvNZ #WT20 pic.twitter.com/f2l1y1Vrxr— ICC (@ICC) March 30, 2016
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