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England beat New Zealand by three wickets
England’s put forth an impressive innings and keeps the momentum with their third win in three Super Eight fixtures, as New Zealand were outmuscled in their must-win Group E finale in St Lucia, here on Monday.
Man of the Match: Tim Bresnan
England gave an awesome performance to the last four after reaching their target of 150 with five balls to spare.
The England player Lumb took 32 and Eion Morgan scored 40 whuich seems to be the top scores of this game. This win assures them to secure a place in the semis.
New Zealand was also moves the game on the flow but they failed to keep the pace on the ground as they fall short and knock out of 44 from Ross Taylor.
Though, England soon lost the Craig Kieswetter in third over for 15 and were running through 50 inside six overs.
Brief Score:
England 153 for 7 (Morgan 40) beat New Zealand 149 for 6 (Taylor 44) by three wickets
TEAMS:
England: Craig Kieswetter (w), Eoin Morgan, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Lumb, Michael Yardy, Paul Collingwood (c), Ravi Bopara, Ryan Sidebottom, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan
New Zealand: Aaron Redmond, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori (c), Gareth Hopkins (w), Ian Butler, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Shane Bond