New Zealand beat England as they won the third Twenty20 international at Edgbaston on Sunday by a whopping 74 runs to maintain their hopes of a tie. Finn Allen made 83 and Glenn Phillips 69 in New Zealand’s 202-5. Recalled gangman Kyle Jamieson (3-23) and spinner Ish Sodhi (3-33) then did most of the damage, with New Zealand captain Tim Southee (2-30) also in the wickets, as England collapsed to 128 all-out 19 overtime. There were only four double-digit scores in the T20 World Champions’ innings, with England captain Jos Buttler top scoring with 40 and Moeen Ali with 26.
‘Class’
“We asked for a better performance in all three areas (batting, bowling and fielding) and that was the kind of performance you expect to see when we play,” Southee told the BBC.
“Finn showed his class today and Glenn has been excellent for us for a long time, especially on tricky surfaces. He made it look like a completely different surface to everyone else.
“So we got a decent score and with the ball we were more clinical and also had the advantage of having 20 overs to see England bowl.”
Buttler added: “Thanks to New Zealand, they beat us. It was a good toss (for New Zealand) to win, we let them get too many. We couldn’t break the partnership between Allen and Philips and they just took the game away. .
“To chase those kind of scores we needed a quick start and a good power play, but we couldn’t get any partnerships started.”
Allen, playing for Southern Brave in the English domestic cricket match The Hundred, leg spinner Adil Rashid hit three successive sixes and the opener was well supported by Phillips on a stand of 88 for the third wicket.
Gus Atkinson, just after impressing with four wickets on his T20 debut in a 95-run victory at Old Trafford on Friday, was the choice of the England attack 2-31.
But spinner Liam Livingstone was beaten in four overs for 55.
Previously, the highlights of opener Allen’s 53-ball innings came during a 15th over, where he launched the veteran Rashid three straight sixes – a drive over deep extra cover, a leg-side slog and a high shot to the ground.
He was within sight of a second T20 century when he was bowled by Luke Wood’s swinging yorker.
Atkinson took two wickets in the 19th over and bowled Phillips with a slower ball before removing Daryl Mitchell.
Jamieson then dismissed Will Jacks for 11, with Southee removing Dawid Malan for a struggling two off 11 balls.
The in-form Harry Brook, controversially left out of defending champions England’s provisional squad for the 50-over World Cup, entered the game with a four, but fell to an eight as he beat Sodhi, who had already sacked Jonny Bairstow.
England were now 55-4 and Buttler’s 21-ball knock ended when he was caught and bowled by spinner Mitchell Santner.
Jamieson struck twice in the 16th over, with his dismissal of Moeen leaving England all but beaten 113–9.
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