{"id":42034,"date":"2026-02-27T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42034"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:04:27","slug":"englands-thrilling-win-over-new-zealand-keeps-pakistan-alive-in-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42034","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s thrilling win over New Zealand keeps Pakistan alive in T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Rehan Ahmed and Will Jacks smashed 44 off 16 balls to take England to a thrilling four-wicket T20 World Cup win in Colombo that denied New Zealand a guaranteed place in the semi-finals but kept Pakistan&#8217;s slender hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand would have joined England in the knockouts with a win in their final Super Eights match and they scored 159-6 after opting to bat.<\/p>\n<p>England lost wickets early and looked like they would be squeezed out at 117-6, needing 43 from the last three overs.<\/p>\n<p>But Ahmed and Jacks took 22 off the 18th over from Glenn Phillips to turn the match on its head.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed blasted 19 off seven balls in his first T20 World Cup match alongside Jacks, who made an unbeaten 32 off 18, to see England to 161-6 with three balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>England will move on to a semi-final in Mumbai on Thursday against either India or the West Indies, who clash on Sunday to decide the final semi-final berth.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand now have to wait on the outcome of Saturday&#8217;s clash between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Kandy to know if they have qualified for a semi-final in Kolkata against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan have an inferior run rate so need to win by 65 runs or inside 13 overs to overtake the Kiwis and deny them a place in the final four. If Pakistan qualify then the semi-final would be played in Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>England used five spinners to bowl 16 of the 20 overs on a turning track. The 2010 and 2022 champions had never bowled so many overs of spin before in a T20 international.<\/p>\n<p>Jacks returned the best figures with 2-23, while Adil Rashid picked up 2-28 and is now England&#8217;s leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 11.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid was complemented by fellow wrist spinner Ahmed, who was called up in place of Jamie Overton, and took a wicket with his first ball before finishing with 2-28 from three overs.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Phillips top scored with 39 off 28 including four fours and a six while opener Tim Seifert scored 35.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Dawson (1-32) and Jacob Bethell (0-13) were the other spinners employed by England.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rehan Ahmed and Will Jacks smashed 44 off 16 balls to take England to a thrilling four-wicket T20 World Cup win in Colombo that denied New Zealand a guaranteed place in the semi-finals but kept Pakistan&#8217;s slender hopes alive. New Zealand would have joined England in the knockouts with a win in their final Super [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}