England cricket team England miss out on T20 tri-series final despite narrow win over New Zealand • New Zealand 192-4, England 194-7; England win by two runs• Black Caps seal final against Australia after passing 174 runs Mark Chapman celebrates with Colin de Grandhomme after securing New Zealand’s place in the final. Needing to beat New Zealand by 20 runs to qualify for the tri-series final, their two-run win, as thrilling as it might have been in any other context, was thoroughly underwhelming. New Zealand will now face Australia in Wednesday’s final at Auckland. Defending 12 off the final over, Tom Curran kept New Zealand to nine for a redundant win. And so it was down to the England captain to lead a late charge, scoring 34 off his final 12 balls.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2018 10:30 UTC