Wednesday 30 March 2016

ICC World Twenty20 2016 - 1st Semi-Final

30 Mar 2016

ICC World Twenty20 2016 - 1st Semi-Final
(England vs New Zealand)

Roy's 78 sets up England charge to final

New Zealand vs England
153/8 (20) 159/3 (17.1)
England won by 7 wickets
Photo © ICC

English cricket's makeover has delivered a place in the World Twenty20 final in Kolkata on Sunday. New Zealand's first defeat of the tournament, by seven wickets with 17 balls to spare, ended their involvement. Instead, it is England, an adventurous England freed of old baggage, who lie in wait for the winners of Thursday's semi-final between India and West Indies in Mumbai.

Jason Roy electrified England's reply to New Zealand's far-from-imposing 153 for 8, his 78 from 44 balls ended by Ish Sodhi's dragged-down legbreak that beat his advance down the pitch and crashed into the timber. "I've got to realise I'm not a robot," Roy said earlier in the tournament. He is precisely the opposite. At his best, he is humanity at its most tempestuous - a mini adrenalin rush - and his first T20I half-century, perfectly timed at the 13th attempt, was the second fastest in England T20 history as he racked it up in 26 balls.

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