Abu Dhabi reached the semi-finals of the New Zealand T20 World Cup.

NZ captain Ken Williamson won the toss and elected to field first.

Eng first Batting scored 166 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated overs.

England’s first wicket fell at 37. English batsman Johnny Bairstow made 13 off 17 balls and caught Kane Williamson.

The other batsman to be dismissed was Butler, who scored 29 off 53 balls and lost the wicket due to LBW off Ash Sodhi.

Moin Ali was the top scorer for England with 51 runs while David Millan played an innings of 41 runs. Livingstone was dismissed for 17 runs.

Tim Southee’s Sodhi Adam Milne and James Neesham took 1.1 wickets each for the Kiwis.

Chasing the target, New Zealand completed the target in 19 overs for the loss of 5 wickets.

New Zealand opener Daryl Mitchell played a brilliant game and played an innings of 73 off 48 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 4 fours and was declared the best player of the match.

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill started the innings with a four but one ball later Moin Ali was caught by Chris Vokes.

Kiwi captain Ken Williamson could score only 5 runs off 11 balls
After Livingston lost 4 wickets for 46 runs, James Neesham came on the wicket who scored 23 runs including two sixes in an over by Chris Jordan and brought his team back in the match.

Neesham and Mitchell also scored 14 runs in one over including two sixes of Adil Rashid but Neesham’s innings came to an end on the last ball of the same over.

Chris Vokes and Liam Livingstone took two wickets each for England.