In the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, the teams of England and New Zealand were face to face in the first semi-final match on Wednesday. The match was played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, in which the Kiwi team defeated the British by 5 wickets and entered the final. New Zealand has reached the final of the T20 World Cup tournament for the first time.
No Mills, No Win! #ENGvsNZ
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) November 10, 2021
Anyone who had guptill as captain/VC in your fantasy 11 ? ✌️#T20WorldCup #ICCT20WC #ENGvsNZ
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) November 10, 2021
Best game of the World Cup. Wow Daryll Mitchell. Jimmy Neesham the gamechanger. New Zealand simply sensational. Congratulations on reaching the finals NZ #ENGvsNZ
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 10, 2021
What a knock this has been from Daryl Mitchell👏👏👏 #ENGvsNZ
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) November 10, 2021
After reaching the 2015 WC final, 2019 WC final and the World Test Championship final which they won, New Zealand reach another World Cup Final. They are not just a likeable team, but absolute champions. Fantastic win today #ENGvsNZ
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) November 10, 2021
Williamson: Most players have played together in various tournaments. Knew it was going to be a great game of cricket. Thought they had a pretty competitive total. But just by staying in there, building the partnerships and cashing in on some moments, some matchups. Definitely something that stood out today (Mitchell’s character). Has batted beautifully in a high pressure situation. T20 cricket – it’s a game of small margins. Depending on the surface, the short side – these things can be match-defining. He came out and hit the ball hard, that’s what he does (neesham). Changed the momentum really. Fantastic knock from Daryll, hit the big shots when it counted. We’ll be following that match – going to be fantastic. We know we have another challenge coming up and we’ll change our focus after tonight.
Morgan: Coming into the game we knew both sides were close in skill. Full credit to Kane and his team. They outplayed us today. Have represented ourselves in this tournament really well. Proud of the guys. They have given everything in this tournament. Thought we were right in the game until probably the 17th, 18th overs. We had them exactly where we wanted them up until that point. It was (sluggish). We’re a six-hitting side but we struggled to hit sixes. But we hung in there and posted probably a par score. To come out and hit sixes from ball one like that – full credit to him (Neesham). Absolutely love playing cricket at the moment. At the forefront of change both on and off the field (the team).
Daryl Mitchell | Player of the Match | 72*(47): It was a bit of a whirl at the end there. I couldn’t remember what was going on, but I’m happy I got the job done. It was a challenging surface, with the new ball, and it was two-paced. The way Conway set the platform and Neesh hit a few out of the ground was amazing. We knew one or two good overs would do it, and we got the momentum back thanks to Neesham’s hitting. With what’s going on around the world right now, it’s amazing that my old man travelled half way around the world to watch me play, so this is a proud moment.
