New Zealand blast into T20 World Cup final as England crumble at the last

• Semi-final: NZ, 167-5, beat England, 166-4, by five wickets
• Mitchell 73 earns revenge for 2019 in another World Cup thriller

England’s attempt to unite the white-ball belts ended with them on the canvas in Abu Dhabi thanks to a succession of vicious blows from Jimmy Neesham and Daryl Mitchell in a handful of late overs in which an evening of often awkward batting was blasted out of the memory.

After the 50-over World Cup in 2019 and the World Test Championship earlier this year New Zealand are in another final in another format, and here they deservedly avenged their recent run of high-profile defeats to England, most memorably at Lord’s two years ago.

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