T20 World Cup / England beat New Zealand by 20 runs, Australia got a big blow

T20 World Cup: England defeated New Zealand and saved themselves from being out of the T20 World Cup. With this, Australia also got a big blow. With this win, Jos Buttler's team has moved up to second place in Group 1, while Australia slipped from second to third. Now he is in danger of being out of the tournament. The top is occupied by New Zealand. Batting first after winning the toss, the English team gave a big target of 180 runs to the Kiwi team, in response, the Kiwi team could only manage 159 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs and England won the match by 20 runs.

New Zealand's batsmen could not stand in front of the English attack. The start of the Kiwi team was very poor and Devon Conway was out for just 3 runs in the second over. On the score of 8 runs, the Kiwi team got a big blow. Even after this, the team could not recover and in the form of Finn Allen, the Kiwi team lost the second wicket for 28 runs.

Phillips stays alone

Kane Williamson's team was in trouble after the fall of 2 wickets. To get the team out of trouble, Williamson made a good partnership with Glenn Phillips and took the score to 119 runs, but James Neesham was also dismissed shortly after Williamson returned to the pavilion for 40 runs. Phillips struggled alone, but in 17.3 overs, New Zealand suffered a sixth blow in his form for 135 runs. After this, the Kiwi team could not make a comeback.

Butler and Hales showed their mettle

Earlier, England scored 179 for 6 in 20 overs on the basis of half-centuries from Jos Buttler (73) and Alex Hales (52). Together they gave England a strong start and shared an 81-run partnership. In the form of Hales, England got the first blow in the 11th over. After this Butler got the support of Moeen Ali, but the partnership between the two did not progress much and the second blow was struck on the score of 108 runs. Moeen could only score 5 runs.

Butler - no batsman except Hales

Butler got the support of Liam Livingstone and together they took the innings to 153 runs, but Livingstone also returned to the pavilion in 17.4 overs. After this, the English innings also faltered. None of the batsmen could touch double digits. In the form of Butler, England got the fifth blow for 162 runs. Ben Stokes also could not give pace to the innings and was out on the 5th ball of the last over. Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets for 45 runs.