England smoked in 'horrific' World Cup collapse

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Daryl Mitchell and James Neesham powered New Zealand to a stunning five-wicket triumph over England connected Wednesday, helping the Black Caps beforehand to their maiden last of T20 World Cup.

Needing 57 disconnected the past 4 overs, Neesham clobbered 26 disconnected conscionable 10 balls earlier Mitchell anchored New Zealand to 167-5 with an unbeaten 73 disconnected 48 balls and an implicit to spare.

England, which had scored 166-4 connected the backmost of Moeen Ali’s unbeaten 51 disconnected 37, seemed successful power until Chris Jordan returned to vessel the 17th over, erstwhile New Zealand turned the tables connected the favorite.

“We had wickets successful manus which was truly important,” New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said. “Neesham came retired and deed the shot hard, changed the momentum of the game.”

Neesham hammered the accelerated bowler for 2 sixes and a 4 successful an implicit which went for 23 earlier some batsmen smashed leg-spinner Adil Rashid for a six each successful the pursuing over.

Although England sneaked backmost erstwhile skipper Eoin Morgan caught Neesham disconnected Rasheed astatine covers, Mitchell thumped Chris Woakes (2-36) for 2 sixes earlier raising the triumph with a flicked 4 to good leg.

Mitchell struggled to play his shots connected a sluggish wicket, but helium hung successful with Devon Conway (46) successful a important 82-run basal earlier anchoring the pursuit successful benignant with Neesham.

“A spot of a whirlwind, bully to get the occupation done and determination connected to the large dance,” Neesham said arsenic his begetter watched from the basal astatine the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. “It’s a crippled of momentum, we knew we needed 1 oregon 2 large overs … for my dada to question halfway circular the satellite and beryllium present is beauteous cool.”

Woakes had made aboriginal inroads successful his archetypal 2 overs erstwhile Martin Guptill and Williamson top-edged and talented 2 casual catches arsenic New Zealand slipped to 2-13.

England didn’t let Mitchell and Conway to people freely with Liam Livingstone (2-22) bowling an awesome spell successful the mediate overs and adjacent got the wickets of Conway and Glenn Phillips.

But Neesham’s cleanable hitting followed by Mitchell’s superb finishing denied England a 2nd successive quality successful the final.

Earlier, aft being enactment successful to bat, England missed the injured batter Jason Roy up front. In-form Jos Buttler (29) looked to settee for different large sound but played an extravagant reverse expanse against Ish Sodhi and was retired limb earlier wicket successful the ninth over.

Wicketkeeper Conway dropped a debased drawback connected his near which could person dismissed Dawid Malan (41) connected 10 successful the adjacent implicit earlier the left-hander went connected to adhd 63 runs with Ali.

But New Zealand’s champion bowler Tim Southee (1-24) broke the basal erstwhile helium had Malan caught down disconnected an wrong borderline arsenic England struggled to find boundaries successful the past 5 overs.

“Full recognition to Kane and his team, they outplayed america today,” Morgan said. “I can’t responsibility thing that we’ve done tonight, we’ve fought hard and represented ourselves well, but travel up abbreviated tonight.”

Morgan, who led England to the apical of Group 1 with 4 wins from 5 games, complimented the efforts of Neesham portion lamenting the information that his squad couldn’t deed large shots successful the decease overs.

“We posted a par people and felt successful the crippled astatine the halfway side," helium said. "To person the quality to deed sixes from shot 1 (like Neesham), afloat recognition to him.”

The last is Sunday. New Zealand volition conscionable the victor of Thursday’s semifinal lucifer betwixt Australia and Pakistan.

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