By IANS
Durban : New Zealand defeated England by five runs in a Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here Tuesday.
England won the toss but elected to field and restricted New Zealand to 164 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, England made 159 for eight and fell short by five runs. New Zealand bagged two points with the victory.
Man of the Match Craig McMillan (57, 31 balls, 3x4s, 4x6s) and Scott Styris (41, 31 balls, 1x4s, 4x6s) were involved in a 60-run partnership, which helped New Zealand to pose a challenging total for the English team.
The Kiwis did not have a good start as they were reduced to 31 for four in just the sixth over but both McMillan and Styris spanked the English bowlers to all parts of the ground.
For England, medium pacers James Anderson and Darren Maddy picked up two wickets each while Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood picked up a wicket apiece.
England got a brilliant start as openers Darren Maddy (50) and Vikram Solanki (24) added 62 runs for the first wicket. But they lost wickets when it mattered the most and lost the pace in the final overs.
The margin of victory was small, but New Zealand were the better side. They are now almost certain for the semi-final.
SCOREBOARD:
New Zealand vs. England, Twenty20 World Championship, Kingsmead, Durban
New Zealand:
Lou Vincent c Solanki b Broad 13
Brendan McCullum c Solanki b Anderson 4
Peter Fulton lbw Flintoff 0
Ross Taylor c Flintoff b Anderson 7
Scott Styris run out (Maddy) 42
Craig McMillan c Mascarenhas b Maddy 57
Jacob Oram b Maddy 8
Daniel Vettori not out 17
Shane Bond b Collingwood 2
Mark Gillespie run out (Anderson/Solanki) 7
Extras (lb 3, w 4) 7
Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs): 164
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (McCullum, 0.6 overs), 2-16 (Fulton, 2.2), 3-25 (Taylor, 3.5), 4-31 (Vincent, 5.5), 5-91 (Styris, 12.5), 6-134 (McMillan, 16.2), 7-138 (Oram, 16.4), 8-145 (Bond, 17.4), 9-164 (Gillespie, 19.6)
Bowling:
James Anderson 4-0-24-2 (3w)
Stuart Broad 4-0-35-1 (1w)
Andrew Flintoff 3-0-11-1
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-43-0
Paul Collingwood 3-0-30-1
Chris Schofield 1-0-12-0
Darren Maddy 1-0-6-2
England:
Darren Maddy run out (McMillan/Martin) 50
Vikram Solanki c Vincent b Vettori 24
Kevin Pietersen b Vettori 24
Paul Collingwood c McMillan b Martin 3
Owais Shah run out (Vettori/McCullum) 21
Andrew Flintoff run out (Vincent/Vettori) 1
Luke Wright c sub b Bond 24
Dimitri Mascarenhas c sub b Bond 0
Chris Schofield not out 8
Stuart Broad not out 3
Extras (w 1): 1
Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs): 159
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Solanki, 7.5 overs), 2-80 (Maddy, 10.4), 3-87 (Collingwood, 12.1), 4-103 (Pietersen, 13.2), 5-104 (Flintoff, 13.4), 6-146 (Shah, 18.1), 7-146 (Mascarenhas, 18.2), 8-148 (Wright, 18.5)
Bowling:
Shane Bond 4-0-20-2
Mark Gillespie 4-0-37-0 (1w)
Jacob Oram 2-0-26-0
Chris Martin 4-0-37-1
Daniel Vettori 4-0-20-2
Scott Styris 2-0-19-0
Result: New Zealand won by five runs
Toss: England (chose to field)
Points New Zealand 2, England 0
Man of the Match: Craig McMillan (New Zealand)
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Steve Davis (Australia)
Match referee: Mike Procter (South Africa)