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New Zealand vs England Scorecard, Super Eight Match 9, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 27 2026, Fri - 07:00 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND159/7
ENGLAND161/6
England won by 4 wickets
CRR:8.26
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 27 2026, Fri - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Cole McConchie, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson |
- England have won four of their last six men’s T20Is against New Zealand (L2), including a 65-run victory when they last met (20 October 2025); they had won only one of their five matches against the Black Caps in the format prior to that span (T1 L3).
- The winner has alternated across the last five ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches between England and New Zealand (Eng W3, NZ W2), with England victorious in their most recent clash in the tournament (1 November 2022 in Brisbane); England will be aiming for consecutive wins against the Black Caps in the tournament for the second time (W2 from 2010 to 2012).
- New Zealand have lost the coin toss on the day in each of their last nine completed men’s T20Is – their longest such run in the history of the format; the Black Caps have gone on to win five of those nine matches (L4) including each of the last two in that span.
- England have won eight of their last nine men’s T20Is in Asia (L1), including each of their last four; a fifth consecutive win in this match would be their outright longest winning run on the continent in the history of the format.
- New Zealand have won four of their five matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (L1); a win in this game would equal the Black Caps’ most in a single edition of the tournament (W5 in 2021).
- England have won their last four ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches; the last and only time they recorded a longer winning run in the tournament was a six-match span from May 2010 to September 2012.
- Glenn Phillips (3) is one away from recording the outright most 50+ scores for New Zealand in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history (also Brendon McCullum – 3, Ross Taylor – 3, Kane Williamson – 3); he’s scored 40+ in four of his last five T20I innings against England (62, 41, 22, 69, 42).
- Harry Brook (3) is one away from equaling Kevin Pietersen (4) and Alex Hales (4) for the second most 50+ scores for England in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history (Jos Buttler – 6); he scored exactly 100 runs against Pakistan in his most recent T20I innings (24 February 2026) after recording fewer than 20 runs in each of his four innings prior in the format.
- Tim Seifert (181 in 2026) is 36 away from recording the most runs for New Zealand at a single edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (Kane Williamson – 216 in 2022); although, he’s scored fewer than 10 runs in each of his last two T20I innings (6, 8).
- Jofra Archer has taken 10 wickets at this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, becoming the first player to reach 10+ wickets at more than one edition of the tournament for England (also 10 in 2024); only Sam Curran (13 in 2022) has recorded more wickets for England at a single edition of the tournament.
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