ENG vs NZ Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Lifeline for Pakistan as England beat New Zealand to top Super 8 group

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, A long hop, outside off, Phillips gets down and sweeps this to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, WIDE. Short, but spinning down the leg side. Glenn looks to pull but misses. Good take by Buttler.

Will Jacks to Mark Chapman, Short, around off, Mark Chapman pulls this through mid-wicket for a single.

Will Jacks to Mark Chapman, Comes down the track and whips this over mid-wicket for a couple.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, Will Jacks comes back on. 2-0-9-1 so far. Starts with a shortish ball, outside off, Glenn Phillips looks to cut but gets a bit of an under edge towards cover. Takes the single.

Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, FOUR MORE! Brook leaves mid-wicket open and Chapman goes right through there! Full, on middle, Mark Chapman comes down the track and whips it over mid-wicket, finding the gap and the boundary! 10 from the over!

Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, FOUR! Well hit. It is the longer part of the boundary and because of that, Phil Salt is well inside the ropes, probably to stop the twos. Fractionally short, around middle and leg, Mark Chapman goes back and whips it well over Salt. It lands around a metre inside the ropes and goes beyond.

Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Quicker and wider outside off, Glenn Phillips carves this over cover for a single.

Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Shortish, outside off, Glenn Phillips slaps it to the cover fielder.

Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Short, on middle and leg, angling in, Glenn Phillips rocks back and misses his flick and wears it on his pad. An LBW appeal goes around, but the umpire remains unmoved as it's clearly going down the leg side.

Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, That's gone high, but drops safely! This is a touch fuller, pitching on off and turning in, to straighten the delivery. Mark Chapman attempts to swat it, but gets the top edge. The ball lobs and drops safely, just behind the wide mid on region. The long on fielder comes sprinting, but it drops much short of him. A single taken.

Liam Dawson returns. 2-0-19-0 so far.

Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, around off, Glenn goes back and pulls this through mid-wicket for a couple. 9 runs and a wicket to kickstart Rehan Ahmed's T20 World Cup career.

Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! TONK! Pretty full, outside off, Phillips comes forward and lofts this powerfully over mid off for a boundary!

Rehan Ahmed to Mark Chapman, 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND. Inside the 12th over. By David Lloyd's philosophy, teams with good batting depth can double their score post the 12-over mark. 200 would be a real handful on this deck. Full, on middle, Mark Chapman eases this down to long on for a single.

Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, Glenn Phillips punches it to cover for one.

Rehan Ahmed to Mark Chapman, Short, outside off, Mark Chapman pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

What a way to get your first World Cup wicket. Mark Chapman walks in next, at number 5, replacing Rachin Ravindra.

Debut time! Here's Rehan Ahmed to bowl his first ball in his maiden T20 World Cup match.

Rehan Ahmed to Rachin Ravindra, OUT! TAKEN! Would you believe it? It's a dream start for Rehan Ahmed. England desperately needed a wicket. They made a change before this over to bring in Jacob Bethell, but it didn't work. This time it's Rehan Ahmed and he starts off with flying colours. This is short, and wide outside off, asking for the batter to hit it across the line as it's the shorter side. Rachin Ravindra falls into the trap as he goes deep inside the crease and pulls it, but gets the toe end of the bat. The ball flies flat to the left and front of Jacob Bethell, who takes a great catch in the deep mid-wicket region. The budding 31-run stand has been broken and NEW ZEALAND ARE 97/3 AFTER 11.1 OVERS!

Jacob Bethell to Glenn Phillips, Very full, outside off, Glenn hammers this through the covers for a couple. 13 from Bethell's opener.

Jacob Bethell to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! THWACK! Phillips has come out and looked in tremendous touch. Full, around off, Phillips comes forward and hammers this straight back past the bowler. The ball races down the ground and despite both, long on and long off being present, bisects them!

Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Dropped short, around leg stump, Rachin Ravindra goes back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a single.

Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Bethell drags his length back once again, outside off, Rachin Ravindra covers the stumps and looks to flick it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Short, around middle, Rachin Ravindra rocks back and nudges it with soft hands to the left of long on for a couple of runs.

Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! Rachin Ravindra gives a warm greeting to Bethell! Low full toss to offer, on the fourth stump. Rachin Ravindra bends his back leg a bit and heaves it uppishly, toward the left of the bowler for four runs. The ball zips like a tracer bullet and dissects the long on and long off fielders.

Halfway mark reached. New Zealand are 84/2 and looking on course for a 180-ish total. Time to test Jacob Bethell's fitness. Here he is, to bowl just for the first time in this tournament, after his 4-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, just before the start of the World Cup.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, No run, that is flicked away but straight to the fielder.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, EDGED, FOUR! Excellent bowling. Quicker ball, short of full, outside off. Phillips stays back and pokes at it, but the ball skids through, takes the outside edge and flies straight to first slip. But there is none and the ball races to the deep third fence.

Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Landed outside off, 75.8 kph, short in length, Rachin Ravindra goes back and punches it through the covers for a single.

Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Swing and a miss! Shorter one now, pitching it just outside off and spinning it away from the left-hander. Rachin Ravindra opens his stance to pull it away, but the ball grips on the deck and beats the upper part of the blade.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, A touch fuller, pitching on leg and turning it away from the leg pole. Glenn Phillips goes deep into the crease and tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Jacks pitches it up, on the fifth stump, Rachin Ravindra leans on the delivery and gives it a push through cover for a single.

Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, Quicker again. Short and at the off stump, Glenn chooses to stay behind again but the ball skids through after pitching, cramping him for room and the bat comes down just in time to punch the ball towards point. 11 from the over.

Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! That's 10 runs in the last 2 deliveries. Excellent batsmanship, as Glenn Phillips expects this to be short and quick. So he stays deep in his crease, picks the length in a trice and pulls it through square leg for a boundary!

Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, SIX! THUNDEROUS! Googly, around off, fuller in length, Glenn Phillips picks the wrong 'un, lunges and flicks it powerfully over mid-wicket!

Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Short, around off, Rachin Ravindra gets on his back foot and punches it to the left of the cover fielder, who makes a half stop with his expansive dive. Single taken.

Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Appeal for LBW, but turned down by the umpire! Tossed up, around leg and fuller in length. Rachin Ravindra attempts to sweep it but misses and is hit on the front pad. The replay shows that the ball is pitching outside leg.

Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Slower through the air and a googly as well, on middle. Rachin Ravindra flicks it to short fine leg.

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, In line of the stumps, Phillips goes back and nurdles it towards square leg. A wicket and 2 runs from the over, 12/2 in the last 2 overs!

Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, Full, on middle, Glenn Phillips works it towards short mid-wicket.

One brings two. Glenn Phillips walks in next, at number 4, replacing Finn Allen.

Will Jacks to Finn Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a real gift for England. Full, on middle and leg, Finn Allen comes forward and whips this pretty nonchalantly. However, he is not able to keep the ball down and it goes straight to deep mid-wicket, where the stationed Jacob Bethell makes no mistake! And just like that, from 64/0, New Zealand are now 66/2!

Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Fuller, on off and middle, Rachin Ravindra clips it across the line through square leg for a single.

Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Loopy yorker now, on off, Rachin Ravindra jams it back to the bowler.

Will Jacks to Finn Allen, Jacks comes around the wicket, bowls it much fuller, outside off. Finn Allen lunges and drills it to long off for a single.

Consolidation time? Or keep pressing on? Rachin Ravindra has been sent in at number 3, replacing Tim Seifert, to have a left-right combination. Will Jacks has been given the ball as well.

Stumped? There is a stumping appeal against Seifert which has been referred upstairs, but he is already walking off! Just one replay is enough to understand why.