England will enter the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a perfect record in the Super Eight stage of the competition, courtesy of yesterday’s three-wicket victory over New Zealand.
It was a victory that ended the Blackcaps’ World Twenty20 hopes, and ensured Pakistan will move through to the final four in the Caribbean after Shahid Afridi’s men finished their Super Eight campaign with victory over South Africa.
Importantly for England, it was a victory achieved in the absence of star batsman Kevin Pietersen who had flown home for the birth of his first child, after consecutive player-of-the-match performances in his side’s opening two Super Eight matches.
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