England knock out Kiwis, Pakistan through

New Zealand were knocked out of the Twenty20 World Cup and Pakistan went through to the semi-finals.

England comfortably beat the Kiwis in the final Group E match of the Super Eight stage on Monday.

After Pakistan defeated — and eliminated — South Africa earlier, England reached their target of 150 with five balls to spare.

Michael Lumb (32) and Eoin Morgan (40) were the top scorers for England, who were already assured a place in the last four.

New Zealand went into the game needing to win but were around 25 runs short of a challenging total despite a smart knock of 44 from Ross Taylor.

Pakistan’s place in the last four is a surprise after they lost their opening two games to England and New Zealand.

New Zealand

Brendan McCullum c Lumb b Swann 33

Jesse Ryder b Bresnan 9

Aaron Redmond c Broad b Swann 16

Ross Taylor c Bresnan b Sidebottom 44

Scott Styris c Wright b Broad 31

Gareth Hopkins b Broad 1

Nathan McCullum not out 3

Daniel Vettori not out 4

Extras: (5lb, 2w, 1nb) 8

TOTAL: (for 6 wickets) 149

Overs: 20.

Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-59, 3-65, 4-127, 5-133, 6-141.

Did not bat: Ian Butler, Kyle Mills, Shane Bond.

Bowling: Tim Bresnan 4-0-20-1, Ryan Sidebottom 4-0-35-1 (1w), Stuart Broad 4-0-33-2 (1w, 1nb), Graeme Swann 4-0-31-2, Michael Yardy 4-0-25-0.

England

Craig Kieswetter c N. McCullum b Mills 15

Michael Lumb lbw b Vettori 32

Ravi Bopara c Taylor b Styris 9

Paul Collingwood c B. McCullum b Styris 3

Third umpire: Aleem Dar, Pakistan. Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia.

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