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| T20 World Cup: England win, New Zealand first defeat in the event |
England defeated New Zealand by 20 runs in the crucial first group match of the Super 12 stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2022.
New Zealand suffered their first defeat of the tournament while England's victory brightened their chances of reaching the semi-finals.
In this match played in Brisbane, England won the toss and decided to bat first.
Batting first, the England team scored 179 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted overs, English captain Jos Buttler scored 79 runs and Alex Hales scored 52 runs.
For New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets while Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee and Ash Sodhi took one wicket each.
In pursuit of the target, the New Zealand team could only score 159 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of New Zealand, Glenn Phillips played a smoky innings of 62 runs off 36 balls but failed to win his team.
Apart from them, Kane Williamson scored 40 while Finn Allen and Mitchell Santner scored 16 and 16 runs respectively.
On behalf of the English team, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran took 2, 2 while Mark Wood and Ben Stokes got one wicket each.
It should be noted that Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the previous match, after which Afghanistan has been eliminated from the World Cup.
In the match played in Brisbane, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and decided to bat first and gave Sri Lanka a target of 145 runs to win.
Sri Lanka had achieved the target of 145 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 18.3 overs.
