England vs New Zealand Super Eights ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Highlights

Watch the highlights of England vs New Zealand Super Eights - The 49th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between England and New Zealand played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on February 27, 2026.

Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed took England home © Robert Cianflone/ICC/Getty Images

A blazing 16-ball unbeaten 44-run stand for the seventh-wicket between Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed steered to England tense four-wicket victory over New Zealand, despite Rachin Ravindra's fightback and England stay top of the Group 2 point table in a see-saw Super Eight encounter of a ICC T20 World Cup.

Match Stats :

England chased 160 was their highest successful run-chase against New Zealand in T20 international, previous highest chase was 154 at Delhi in the 2016 World Twenty20 and It is their sixth highest successful run-chase in T20 World Cups. New Zealand's 54 for 0 was their joint seventh highest powerplay total against England in T20 international and It is their seventh highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups. 64 : Tim Seifert and Finn Allen set up the fourth highest first-wicket partnership for New Zealand against England in T20 international and It is their third highest opening stand in T20 World Cups. New Zealand's 159 was their joint third highest total against England in T20 World Cups. England's 47 for 2 was their sixth highest powerplay total against New Zealand in T20 World Cups. 44* : Will Jacks and Adil Rashid set up the record seventh-wicket partnership for England against New Zealand in T20 international, previously held by the 41-run stand between Lewis Gregory and Chris Jordan at Wellington in 2019, It is the England's seventh highest seventh-wicket stand in T20Is and It is the England's highest seventh-wicket partnership in T20 World Cups, previously held by the 35-run stand between Will Jacks and Jamie Overton against Italy at Kolkata earlier in this tournament.

* New Zealand's semi-final fate now hinges on Pakistan's match against Sri Lanka tomorrow. For Pakistan to progress, they'll need to win by 64 runs or chase down the target in 13.1 overs. If they fail to achieve this, New Zealand will secure their spot in the semi-finals.

New Zealand scored 159-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Glenn Phillips blasted a 39 off 28-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 139.28.

Tim Seifert hammered a 35 off 25-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 140, Finn Allen blasted a 29 off 19-balls included 3-sixes with strike rate of 152.63 and Mark Chapman scored 15 off 9-balls contained 2-fours.

England best bowler by Will Jacks, Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed each took 2-wickets and one for Liam Dawson.

England chase down the target of 160, finishing at 161 for 6 in 19.3 overs with top scorer by Tom Banton cracked a 33 off 24-balls including 3-fours & a six.

Will Jacks blasted a unbeaten 32 off 18-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 177.77, Harry Brook hit 26 off 24-balls included 3-fours & a six.

Sam Curran cracked a 24 off 22-balls including 2-fours & a six, Jacob Bethell hit 21 off 16-balls included 4-fours with strike rate of 131.25 and Rehan Ahmed hammered a unbeaten 19 off 7-balls contained 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 271.42.

New Zealand best bowler by Rachin Ravindra picked up 3-wickets for 19-runs in 4-overs, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry and Glenn Phillips each took one-wickets.

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