ENG VS NZ - 33rd Match, Super 12 Group 1, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022

That brings an end to our coverage of today's double-header folks. Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan earlier in the day, and England have managed to topple New Zealand in the second contest. Group 1 is still wide open, anything is possible. If NZ lose against Ireland in their next game, they are probably out of the tournament. We'll be back tomorrow with another double-header as Zimbabwe take on Netherlands, and India lock horns with Bangladesh at the Adelaide Oval. Do join us for the coverage of those games. For now, this is Nikhil signing off on behalf of Pradeep, Akshay and Siva. See you guys!

Kane Williamson: Credit to the way England played, they put us under pressure. They played beautifully, hats-off to them, they were pretty clinical. It was a slightly above par total. We tried to take it little deep, but credit to the way they bowled. It was quite tricky. You don't want to be doing that (drop Buttler's catch), he'll make you pay. He played a beautiful knock in a big game for them. I thought I had squeezed it (Buttler's catch) in my chest, it was a bit embarrassing in the end as I looked at the replays. He (Phillips) has been batting beautifully, he got a hundred in the last game, and changed the momentum in our favour somewhat today. You will be put under pressure in such tournaments, but we need to take the positives and move on to the next game.

Jos Buttler | Player of the Match: I said at the toss that we didn't think too much about the past poor performance, we have great players in the playing XI and in the squad, we had the confidence that showed up today. It's a ruthless tournament, last year South Africa went out despite having 4 wins out of 5 games. This is a World Cup, there will be pressure and the best teams do thrive under it. We bat deep, I thought the wicket was a little bit tricky, especially against spin and I thought Alex Hales played a fine hand, it's all about partnerships, one day he gets going, some other day it'll be my turn. It's nice at the end of a career when you look back at things on an individual level (on going past Eoin Morgan as the highest scorer for England in T20Is). The game was shaped in different ways, facing spin was tough, we wanted to be flexible with both bat and ball - the way Moeen bowled that fantastic first over, he put New Zealand under a lot of pressure. Hales played brilliantly, we know what he is capable. You need to be patient in T20 cricket, you need to keep backing guys. It's important to keep pushing them and keep encouraging them. We were aiming for 160-165, but we managed to push beyond that. We have had success batting first. The games against Australia, we won batting first. You always need to take wickets in the second half. Batting first was the right option for us today. The pitch was a bit damp. He (Curran) has been bowling well, hitting the wickets hard. First and foremost we need to win against Sri Lanka.

England bowling in last six overs (15-20) this Australia tour
48/6 v Aus, Perth
56/2 v Aus, Canberra
30/7 v Afg, Perth
41/7 v Ire, Melbourne
45/4 vs NZ, Brisbane

21:29 Local Time, 11:29 GMT, 16:59 IST: With that win, England jump to the number 2 spot in the points table. And that's also New Zealand's first loss of the tournament. Electing to bat first, the England openers got their team off to a fantastic start. Both - Hales and Buttler notched up their respective half-centuries and laid the platform, and although the batters who followed next couldn't contribute anything substantial, England finished with a pretty competitive total in their allotted 20 overs, mainly due to the contributions by the openers. In reply, the NZ openers couldn't give their team the desired start, and although there was a partnership between Williamson and Phillips, England took wickets at regular intervals. Their death bowling was pretty tidy as the Blackcaps couldn't get those much needed boundaries. The big-hitters, all of them, they came, and they departed without doing much damage. Was never going to be easy to clear the big boundaries at the Gabba and the bowlers kept the pressure maintained towards the end. All in all, England will be quite happy with their all-round performance. Australia (NRR) will be in a spot of bother with England's clinical show. Stay around for the presentations..

Sam Curran to Santner, 1 run, that's a comfortable 20-run win for England! Up goes Curran in celebrations as soon as he nails another yorker. Santner can do nothing more than squeezing this to long-on for not more than a single. Handshakes between the players as they start walking back towards the dressing room

Sam Curran to Santner, no run, well directed bouncer by Sam Curran, follows the batter as Santner sways away as he gets cramped for room

Sam Curran to Santner, no run, yorker length ball by Sam Curran, Santner squeezes it back to the bowler

Sam Curran to Santner, 2 runs, that should be the game. Even sixes won't help now. This was full and quick by Sam Curran, and it was drilled to long-on by Santner for a couple of runs

Sam Curran to Santner, wide, England review for a caught behind! This was fired down the leg-side by Curran and Santner tried to flick it away. Couldn't connect his flick, and UltraEdge confirms the same. It's a flat line. That's a wide ball though. NZ require 4 sixes in 4 balls now..

England review for a caught behind! This was fired down the leg-side by Curran and Santner tried to flick it away. Couldn't connect his flick,

Sam Curran to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, drags this length ball through mid-wicket with a pull shot. 25 required off the final 4 balls

Sam Curran to Ish Sodhi, no run, pitched up by Sam Curran outside off, Ish Sodhi swings and misses

Woakes to Santner, SIX, short ball by Woakes and Santner manages to middle his flat-batted shot this time around. The timing was good enough as it clears the fielder at long-on. NZ need 26 runs off the final over

Woakes to Santner, wide, full and wide outside off, angled away from Santner who leaves it for the keeper

Woakes to Santner, 2 runs, banged in short by Woakes around off and Santner pulls it to long-on for a couple of runs more

Woakes to Santner, 2 runs, pitched up by Woakes around off, Santner lofts this to wide long-off for a single

Woakes to Ish Sodhi, leg byes, 1 run, walks down the wicket to play this, but Woakes short and Ish Sodhi gets hit on the elbow, a leg bye taken

Woakes to Santner, 1 run, 118kph, short, slow and wide outside off, Santner slashes it over the infield at point for a single

Woakes to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, no timing whatsoever. Swings early against this back of a length delivery, miscues it to long-on for one