{"id":305217,"date":"2026-02-27T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/305217\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:10:09","slug":"black-caps-v-england-result-new-zealand-face-nervous-wait-for-t20-world-cup-semifinal-spot-after-defeat-in-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/305217\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps v England result: New Zealand face nervous wait for T20 World Cup semifinal spot after defeat in Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phillips had been the Black Caps\u2019 top scorer with 39 runs, before snaring the key wicket of England captain Harry Brook, and taking two catches in the outfield. <\/p>\n

Victory sees England through from the Super Eights into the semifinals as the top qualifier in group two, with three wins out of three.<\/p>\n

The Black Caps\u2019 progression, meanwhile, is now out of their hands<\/a>. A semifinal spot for New Zealand needs Pakistan to either lose to Sri Lanka, or win by a small margin that would see the Black Caps sneak through on net run rate. <\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s net run rate (+1.390) is currently superior to Pakistan\u2019s (-0.461). However, Pakistan now know the exact circumstances they need to win in to progress.<\/p>\n

That match will be played on Sunday morning (NZ time).<\/p>\n

Despite Tim Seifert seeing out a maiden first up, the Black Caps\u2019 openers started positively on the used wicket.<\/p>\n

Once both fell against the run of play, Tim Seifert for 35 and Finn Allen for 29, the Black Caps\u2019 score wobbled from 64-0 to 66-2, and New Zealand struggled to string any kind of partnership together, as Adil Rashid (2-28) led England\u2019s attack. <\/p>\n

While he lost Rachin Ravindra (11), Mark Chapman (15) and Daryl Mitchell (3) around him, Phillips was the innings\u2019 anchor, and expertly used the crease against England\u2019s spinners as well as running between the wickets. <\/p>\n

\"GlennGlenn Phillips reacts in the Black Caps’ T20 World Cup defeat to England. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n

But as the pitch slowed up, Phillips was bowled by Jacks (2-23) for 39 off 28 balls, attempting to increase the run rate in the final overs. A misfielded Cole McConchie on-drive raised New Zealand\u2019s 150, before Mitchell Santner sent Ahmed\u2019s (2-28) final ball of the innings over long-off.<\/p>\n

While Santner watched England bowl 16 overs of spin in New Zealand\u2019s innings, the Black Caps made use of their quick bowlers at the top.<\/p>\n

After striking with his first ball against Sri Lanka<\/a>, Matt Henry had to wait until his fourth against England to get Phil Salt (2) caught behind. Four balls later, Lockie Ferguson snared Jos Buttler (0) in identical fashion, as both openers were back in the sheds at 2-2.<\/p>\n

Four overs in, though, the advantages of the new ball faded. England captain Harry Brook responded by sending Henry over midwicket for a six that broke the ground\u2019s broadcast screen, and by smashing Ferguson through cover for four more in the next over. <\/p>\n

But once the fielding restrictions were lifted, Santner threw the ball to Phillips, and was rewarded with the big wicket as Brook hit the part-timer\u2019s first ball straight to Mitchell at long-off. <\/p>\n

Phillips couldn\u2019t stay out of the action either, and completed an incredible outfield catch running in from deep midwicket to dismiss Jacob Bethell (21) off Ravindra, as England crept to 64-4 at halfway. <\/p>\n

Ravindra removed Sam Curran (24) and Tom Banton (33), to leave England 117-6, needing 43 from the last three overs. <\/p>\n

However, Phillips\u2019 last six balls being hit for 22 runs swung the pendulum back into England\u2019s favour, before Santner\u2019s last over yielded 16, as the pair of Jacks and Ahmed took charge.<\/p>\n

The duo found the boundary with ease, and left the Black Caps rattled as the equation ticked further and further in England\u2019s favour. <\/p>\n

And with only five runs to defend, a deflection off Jacks\u2019 helmet off Henry\u2019s bowling was enough for England to seal victory.<\/p>\n

New Zealand 159-7 (Phillips 39; Jacks 2-23)<\/p>\n

England 161-6 (Banton 33; Ravindra 3-19)<\/p>\n

England win by four wickets<\/p>\n

Alex Powell<\/a> is a sports journalist for the NZ Herald. He has been a sports journalist since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phillips had been the Black Caps\u2019 top scorer with 39 runs, before snaring the key wicket of England…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,7022,42574,39919,10542,5506,1634,1872,17150,2082,99107,11551,78,12027,2225,33086,167014,117,111,43,139,69,12229,5500,15412,67648,165,49118,5273,377,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-305217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-black","10":"tag-caps","11":"tag-colombo","12":"tag-cup","13":"tag-defeat","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-face","16":"tag-fate","17":"tag-for","18":"tag-fourwicket","19":"tag-hours","20":"tag-in","21":"tag-learn","22":"tag-loss","23":"tag-nervous","24":"tag-nervy","25":"tag-new","26":"tag-new-zealand","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-newzealand","29":"tag-nz","30":"tag-result","31":"tag-semifinal","32":"tag-spot","33":"tag-t20","34":"tag-their","35":"tag-twenty20","36":"tag-wait","37":"tag-world","38":"tag-zealand"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}