New Zealand defeated England by five wickets in the first semi-final match played on Wednesday in the ICC T20 World Cup. With this, New Zealand has reached the final of the T20 World. New Zealand have made it to the final for the first time in the history of T20 World Cup. For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell scored an unbeaten 72 with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Devon Conway scored 46 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six.
In the match played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, after losing the toss, the England team scored 166 runs for four wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Moeen Ali played the most innings of 51 not out off 37 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes in his innings. Apart from him, David Malan scored 41 runs in 30 balls. While Jos Buttler contributed 29 runs off 24 balls, Bairstow contributed 13 runs, Liam Livingstone contributed 17 runs. Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi and James Neesham took 1-1 wickets for New Zealand.
After this, New Zealand did not have a good start chasing the target of 167 runs. New Zealand suffered two major setbacks in the form of Martin Guptill (4) and captain Kane Williamson (5). From here, Daryl Mitchell along with Devon Conway led the innings. The third wicket of the New Zealand team fell in the form of Devon Conway. Conway was dismissed for 46 off 38 balls. He was stumped by Liam Livingstone at the hands of Butler. New Zealand got the fourth blow in the form of Glenn Phillips. Phillips was caught after scoring 2 runs while playing a long shot on the ball of Livingstone. After this, New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham got the team back in the 17th over, scoring 23 runs. Meanwhile, Adil Rashid managed to take the wicket of Neesham. Neesham was dismissed for 27 runs in 11 balls. New Zealand needed 20 runs in the last two overs. Daryl Mitchell was frozen on one end. He took the team to the final by hitting two sixes and a four in the 19th over. In this way New Zealand has become the first team to reach the final of T20 World Cup 2021. Now the New Zealand team will play the final match with the winning team in the Australia-Pakistan match on 14 November.
Chris Woakes and Liam Livingstone took 2-2 for England, while Adil Rashid took 1 wicket.