Grand Heist

Nelson
A dramatic England collapse which saw five wickets fall for only 10 runs allowed New Zealand to snatch a 14-run victory in their T20 International here today. It also put New Zealand 2-1 ahead in the series with two games to play.

England were on track to overhaul New Zealand’s 180 when they reached 139/2 in the 15th over, with captain Eoin Morgan in full flight as he cracked sixes off consecutive Mitchell Santner deliveries. But with England needing 42 off the remaining 31 deliveries, Santner turned the match when he had Morgan caught by Colin Munro off the final ball of the over.

Dawid Malan (55) and James Vince (49) had laid a solid foundation for England at the top of the innings.
But Morgan’s dismissal started a collapse. “That’s one that got away,” Morgan said.

A sound 66-run middle-order partnership by Colin de Grandhomme and Ross Taylor laid the basis for New Zealand after Martin Guptill had given them a flying start with 33 off 17 deliveries. Man of the match de Grandhomme smacked Brief scores: New Zealand: 180/7 (de Grandhomme 55, Guptill 33; Tom Curran 2/29); England: 166/7 (Malan 55, Vince 49; Ferguson 2/25, Tickner 2/25). 55 off 35.

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