World T20 2016: England v New Zealand – Statistical Highlights

England made it the finals of World T20 for the 2nd time after ending New Zealand’s unbeaten run in the tournament with a comfortable win in the 1st semi-final at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

After winning the toss, England asked New Zealand to bat first. Despite scoring well in the first 10 overs, New Zealand failed to score in the death overs, especially in the last 4 overs as they lost 5 wickets in this period to finish with 153/8 in 20 overs.

Jason Roy got England off to a flyer along with Alex Hales. Roy did the major damage while Hales gave him most of the strike. England lost 3 wickets in a quick span with the required run rate less than 6 in last 7 overs. Joe Root and Jos Buttler finished off the game in style with 17 balls to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Eoin Morgan became the 2nd player to bag 2 golden ducks in WT20s as captain. Ireland’s William Porterfield is the other player.

2 – Jason Roy’s fifty is the 2nd fastest fifty for England in World T20s. Eoin Morgan’s 25-ball fifty vs West Indies in 2012 WT20 is the fastest for his side.

5 – Number of times England have made into finals of a World Cup. 3 times in 50-over World Cup and twice in WT20s. They won the other time when they made into WT20 while lost all 3 in 50-over World Cups.

6 – New Zealand’s longest winning streak of 6 wins in T20Is came to an end. This was only their 2nd loss in 10 T20Is in 2016.

9 – Number of semi-finals lost by New Zealand in ICC tournaments [WT20, CWC, CT]. Only Pakistan and South Africa have lost as many semis as New Zealand.

10 – Wickets taken by Michael Santner and Ish Sodhi in this WT20. These are the most by any bowler in Super 10s/Knockouts stages of this WT20 so far.

15 – Number of occasions a bowler was on a hat-trick in this WT20. [Picking up wickets on consecutive deliveries.] However, no one went on to take a hattrick. Ben Stokes and Ish Sodhi were on a hat-trick in this game.

17 – New Zealand’s opening stand in this game. Only the 3rd time Guptill-Williamson pair failed to put on a fifty plus stand in T20Is since 2015.

19 – Dot balls bowled by Ben Stokes in the death overs in this WT20. These are the joint most dots a bowler has bowled in the tournament so far. He has an economy rate of 7 in the death overs.

20 – Runs scored by New Zealand in their last 4 overs. These are the fewest a team has scored against England in T20Is.

26 – Balls taken by Jason Roy for his fifty. This is the 4th fastest fifty in a World T20 knockout game. All the 4 fastest fifties in WT20 knockouts came in semis. In T20Is, Roy’s fifty is the 5th fastest in a knockout game.

70.90 – Percentage of runs scored by Jason Roy by the time he got out. Roy scored 78 out of the team’s 110 by the time he got out.

78 – Runs scored by Jason Roy in this game. This is the joint 2nd highest score in a WT20 knockout game. In T20Is, Roy’s 78 is the joint 3rd highest individual score in a knockout game.

100 – Wickets taken by David Willey in Twenty20 cricket. Martin Guptill’s wicket was his 100th in the format.

100 – This was Luke Ronchi’s 100th international match. 93 for New Zealand and 7 for Australia.

195 – Runs scored by Joe Root in this WT20 so far. These are the most by any batsman in Super 10s/Knockouts stages of this WT20 so far.

1012 – Partnership runs between Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill pair in T20Is. They became only the 2nd pair after David Warner and Shane Watson (1154) to complete 1000 partnership runs as a pair in T20Is.

1996 – Last and only other time New Zealand and England faced each other in an international game in India was way back in 1996 World Cup. New Zealand defeated England by 11 runs.

What were the talking points in the game? – England v New Zealand World T20 1st Semi-Final – 5 Talking Points