England defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the 9th Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup. This victory kept alive Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday. The Kiwis scored 159 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, England achieved the target for 6 wickets in 19.3 overs. Match scoreboard: Playing XI of both teams: England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (captain), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, and Adil Rashid. New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Cole McConchie, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, and Lockie Ferguson. ————————————— If you’re a cricket fan, try this super quiz. Do you consider yourself a cricket super fan? Throughout the T20 World Cup, Dainik Bhaskar’s special game, “SUPER Over,” will test your cricketing knowledge with six questions every day. The faster you answer correctly, the more runs you’ll score. The more runs you score, the higher you’ll climb on the leaderboard. So play every day and become the tournament’s top scorer. Play SUPER Over now…click here.
