First Semi final – England cruise to final – beat New Zealand by seven wickets
1st Semifinal: England v New Zealand at Delhi – Mar 30, 2016 – New Zealand 153/8 (20/20 ov); England 159/3 (17.1/20 ov) – England won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
New Zealand lost its first game of WT20 2016 when it lost the first semifinal to England by seven wickets. New Zealand was the only team which had won the four games in the Super 10 Group league fixtures
MG Guptill and KS Williamson earned the distinction of becoming the second pair to partner 1000 plus runs for various wickets in T20Is. They added 17 runs for the first wicket in this game which fetched them 1012 runs. The first pair to accomplish such a feat was Australian pair of DA Warner and SR Watson which has partnered 1154 runs.
KS Williamson and C Munro added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20 and also provides the fourth such occasion for the second wicket by New Zealand batsmen in WT20.
JJ Roy and AD Hales added 82 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 31st occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20 and also provides the fifth such occasion for the first wicket in WT20. It also provides the second occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket against New Zealand in WT20, the first occasion being the 62 runs stand between DL Maddy and VS Solanki at Durban on 18.09.07. Thus the JJ Roy-AD Hales partnership of 82 runs for the first wicket in this game represent the record first wicket stand by England batsmen against New Zealand in WT20.
This stand provides the fifth fifty plus runs partnership by England batsmen against New Zealand for various wickets in WT20 and also provide the second best stand. The best stand is the 89 runs partnership between LJ Wright and EJG Morgan for the third wicket at Pallekele on 29.10.12.
EJG Morgan collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in WT20. All such occasions are listed below
No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | PD Collingwood | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Cape Town | 16 Sep 2007 |
2 | RT Ponting | 0 | 1 | 1 | Aus | Win | The Oval | 06 Jun 2009 |
3 | P Utseya | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zim | NZl | Providence | 04 May 2010 |
4 | Shahid Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Bridgetown | 06 May 2010 |
5 | BRM Taylor | 0 | 1 | 2 | Zim | Srl | Hambantota | 18 Sep 2012 |
6 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ire | Aus | Col-RPS | 19 Sep 2012 |
7 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ire | Win | Col-RPS | 24 Sep 2012 |
8 | SL Malinga | 0 | 1 | 1 | Srl | NZl | Chittagong | 31 Mar 2014 |
9 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Eng | Afg | Delhi | 23 Mar 2016 |
10 | DJG Sammy | 0 | 1 | 2 | Win | RSA | Nagpur | 25 Mar 2016 |
11 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Delhi | 30 Mar 2016 |
EJG Morgan’s first ball duck provides the third occasion of an England captain suffering from such an ignominy. All the three occasions are listed below
No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | PD Collingwood | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Cape Town | 16 Sep 2007 |
2 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Eng | Afg | Delhi | 23 Mar 2016 |
3 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Delhi | 30 Mar 2016 |
EJG Morgan became the third captain to collect the first ball duck against New Zealand in WT20 after P Utseya of Zimbabwe and SL Malinga of Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are listed below
No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | P Utseya | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zim | NZl | Providence | 04 May 2010 |
2 | SL Malinga | 0 | 1 | 1 | Srl | NZl | Chittagong | 31 Mar 2014 |
3 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Delhi | 30 Mar 2016 |
WTS Porterfield of Ireland and EJG Morgan of England are the two captains to collect the first ball ducks on two occasions in WT20. The performance of these two captains are listed below. It is noted with interest that these two captains have suffered the ignominy of collecting the first ball ducks on two occasions in the same edition of WT20 – WTS Porterfield in 2012 edition and EJG Morgan in 2016 edition
No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ire | Aus | Col-RPS | 19 Sep 2012 |
2 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ire | Win | Col-RPS | 24 Sep 2012 |
1 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Eng | Afg | Delhi | 23 Mar 2016 |
2 | EJG Morgan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Delhi | 30 Mar 201 |
Result Summary of England and New Zealand in WT20 at the end of this game read thus
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Team | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Tie+W | Tie+L | NR |
England | 2007-2016 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 2007-2016 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |