MatchesMen's T20IICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

New Zealand v England

Group 2, match 49 · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 27 Feb 2026

England won by 4 wickets

New Zealand innings159/720 overs
England innings161/619.3 overs · target 160

The worm

New ZealandEngland
05010015020005101520New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 7, 64/1New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 8, 66/2New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 12, 106/3New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 15, 125/4New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 17, 135/5New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 18, 142/6New Zealand: 1 wicket in over 20, 159/7England: 1 wicket in over 1, 2/1England: 1 wicket in over 2, 8/2England: 1 wicket in over 8, 56/3England: 1 wicket in over 9, 59/4England: 1 wicket in over 15, 101/5England: 1 wicket in over 17, 117/6

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

New Zealandwicket
012245101520Over 1: 0 runsOver 2: 8 runsOver 3: 9 runsOver 4: 11 runsOver 5: 16 runsOver 6: 10 runsOver 7: 10 runs, 1 wicketOver 8: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 11 runsOver 10: 7 runsOver 11: 13 runsOver 12: 9 runs, 1 wicketOver 13: 10 runsOver 14: 7 runsOver 15: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 16: 7 runsOver 17: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 18: 7 runs, 1 wicketOver 19: 5 runsOver 20: 12 runs, 1 wicket
Englandwicket
012245101520Over 1: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 2: 6 runs, 1 wicketOver 3: 11 runsOver 4: 9 runsOver 5: 6 runsOver 6: 13 runsOver 7: 3 runsOver 8: 6 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 10: 5 runsOver 11: 9 runsOver 12: 11 runsOver 13: 5 runsOver 14: 8 runsOver 15: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 16: 13 runsOver 17: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 18: 22 runsOver 19: 16 runsOver 20: 6 runs

New Zealand innings 159/7 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
TL Seifertst JC Buttler b AU Rashid352532140.0
FH Allenc JG Bethell b WG Jacks291903152.6
R Ravindrac JG Bethell b Rehan Ahmed11131084.6
GD Phillipsb WG Jacks392841139.3
MS Chapmanst JC Buttler b AU Rashid15920166.7
DJ Mitchellc WG Jacks b LA Dawson380037.5
MJ Santnernot out9501180.0
CE McConchieb Rehan Ahmed141220116.7
MJ Henrynot out1100100.0
Extras3
Total7 wickets, 20 overs159

Did not bat: LH Ferguson, IS Sodhi

Fall of wickets: 64-1 (TL Seifert, 6.6 ov), 66-2 (FH Allen, 7.4 ov), 97-3 (R Ravindra, 11.1 ov), 123-4 (MS Chapman, 14.1 ov), 133-5 (DJ Mitchell, 16.4 ov), 135-6 (GD Phillips, 17.1 ov), 152-7 (CE McConchie, 19.3 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
JC Archer312408.00900
LA Dawson403218.00700
SM Curran1010010.00200
AU Rashid402827.001210
WG Jacks402325.75910
JG Bethell1013013.00100
Rehan Ahmed302829.33300
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
16442TL Seifert 35, FH Allen 28
224FH Allen 1, R Ravindra 1
33121R Ravindra 10, GD Phillips 21
42618GD Phillips 10, MS Chapman 15
51015GD Phillips 7, DJ Mitchell 3
623GD Phillips 1, MJ Santner 1
71714MJ Santner 2, CE McConchie 14
Unbroken73MJ Santner 6, MJ Henry 1

England innings 161/6 (19.3 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
PD Saltc TL Seifert b MJ Henry240050.0
JC Buttlerc TL Seifert b LH Ferguson02000.0
HC Brookc DJ Mitchell b GD Phillips262431108.3
JG Bethellc GD Phillips b R Ravindra211640131.3
T Bantonc MS Chapman b R Ravindra332431137.5
SM Curranc GD Phillips b R Ravindra242221109.1
WG Jacksnot out321841177.8
Rehan Ahmednot out19712271.4
Extras4
Total6 wickets, 19.3 overs161

Did not bat: AU Rashid, LA Dawson, JC Archer

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (PD Salt, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (JC Buttler, 1.2 ov), 50-3 (HC Brook, 7.1 ov), 58-4 (JG Bethell, 8.4 ov), 100-5 (SM Curran, 14.3 ov), 117-6 (T Banton, 16.5 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
MJ Henry2.301917.60910
LH Ferguson201417.00600
MJ Santner402907.251000
CE McConchie1013013.00100
GD Phillips4043110.75600
R Ravindra401934.751100
IS Sodhi2021010.50500
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
124PD Salt 2, JC Buttler 0
204JC Buttler 0, HC Brook 0
34835HC Brook 26, JG Bethell 19
489JG Bethell 2, T Banton 6
54235T Banton 18, SM Curran 24
61714T Banton 9, WG Jacks 8
Unbroken4416WG Jacks 24, Rehan Ahmed 19

Match details

Toss
New Zealand, chose to bat
Player of the match
WG Jacks
Ground
R Premadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka
Season
2025/26
Umpires
AT Holdstock, Ahsan Raza
Match referee
RB Richardson
Source
Cricsheet match 1512767