England vs New Zealand, 1st Semi-final, ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to chase.

Adam Milne dismissed Jonny Bairstow after the promoted England batsman made a sedate start along with Jos Buttler.

Jos Buttler missed the reverse-sweep against Ish Sodhi and was adjudged out LBW.

David Malan was dropped by Devon Conway when on 10, off the bowling of James Neesham.

Dawid Malan led England's recovery, playing an array of exquisite cover-drives.

Malan and Moeen Ali put on 63 for the third wicket with the former making 41 of those runs before falling to Tim Southee.

Moeen Ali took charge in the final overs, scoring an unbeaten 51* off 37 balls to power England to a competitive total of 166.

Chris Woakes dented New Zealand's chase in the Powerplay, grabbing the wickets of Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson.

Even as Daryl Mitchell struggled for timing on a two-paced wicket, Devon Conway led the rebuild with a solid 46.

Liam Livingstone dismissed Conway and Glenn Philips in quick succession to finish his spell with figures of 2-22 and put England on top.

The tide turned in the 17th over bowled by Chris Jordan which James Neesham ransacked 23 from.

Jonny Bairstow completed a catch that would have dismissed Neesham but made contact with the advertisement cushion while still in possession of the ball.

Having hit only 28 off his first 27 balls, Mitchell blasted his way to the finish line, scoring 44 of his next 20 balls.

Daryl Mitchell hit the winning runs off the last ball of the 19th over.

Pre-tournament favourites, England, who were ahead for much of the game were left shell-shocked by the knockout.