England vs New Zealand World T20 2016 semi-final LIVE: Eoin Morgan's men need 154 to win after Ben Stokes leads fightback
England need 154 from their 20 overs to reach the World T20 final, after a superb bowling comeback turned the momentum of the game.
Colin Munro and Kane Williamson had the Black Caps in a position to push for 200 at the half-way stage, but Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan led a brilliant fightback.
Stokes finished with three wickets for 26, as he and Jordan conceded just 20 from the final four overs.
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McCleneghan has changed ends, and he is going to try and slow England down with some canny stuff. Slower balls, a few dug into the pitch, varying line and length...
It's pretty good. A couple of really good slower bouncers in this over, and England can't get him away all of a sudden. Just the two singles from the first four balls.
But Roy, who has just had to change his bat, picks the pace this time, and pulls it hard for four. He's on to 48 now. Another pull, this time well fielded, just a single.
A steady end to a powerplay that was anything but!
16:47
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
This is the dream start by England's openers. New Zealand needed to strike early, then hope their spinners could keep England's middle order quiet.
But Jason Roy is doing what he did against South Africa, and Alex Hales has ridden on his coat-tails.
World Cup semi-finals can do funny things to a team, but - so far at least - England have been inspired.
16:45
5 overs: England 60-0
Spin, in the powerplay. This is a risk, but Kane Williamson needs to take one!
After a dot and a leg bye to Hales, Roy decides that spinners are fun, and he will go after them. First a straight drive for four, then a clever sweep, incredibly fine to a ball that deserved to be hit. Back to back boundaries.
Santner then bowls a wide, 10 already from the over off four legitimate balls, but a better end, a dot and a quick single. England, still, are flying!
16:42
Six of the best
Alex Hales hits an imperious six as both openers get England off to the perfect start
16:41
4 overs: England 49-0
After Hales runs the ball to third man for a single, Roy tries another of those classical straight drives, but this time Milne gets a hand on it and there's no run. Fielding like that is the kind of thing that can lift a side, we say it when England were bowling!
A slower ball is worked to off for a single, before Hales pulls a shorter ball hard, in front of square for four. Dismissive sort of a shot, no fielder anywhere near. Emphatic.
Good response from Milne, a slower yorker, only a single for Hales, who now has 15 from 8.
That is the most remarkable shot. It's almost a pull shot. But it's gone over mid-off. For six. Unbelievable! Huge. Maximum.
16:37
Roy of the Rovers stuff!
Jason Roy has given England the perfect start as they chase 154 to win
16:36
3 overs: England 36-0
It must be a plan, because all three of the balls New Zealand have bowled to Alex Hales so far have been on the pads - the last of those brings a single, which means, in total, it's cost only two runs, so maybe it's a good plan.
Now McClenaghan will get a first look at Roy, full and straight, driven out to deep midwicket for a single.
Now it's a bit straighter to Hales, and that's why you don't bowl it there! A big stride down, a powerful hit, straight down the ground for a massive six! Lovely stuff.
The next ball is pulled firmly for a single, before Roy ends the over with a perfect straight drive - the only thing that had a chance of stopping that going for four were the stumps at the other end! Once it had beaten them, it was gone.
16:32
2 overs: England 23-0
Jason Roy has laid a platform, Alex Hales - usually the more patient of this opening pair - what have you got?
First ball from Adam Milne is tucked to leg for a single, so Roy back on strike. A big swish at a ball that wasn't there to cut, lucky not to edge that through to Ronchi.
That one is though! Just a fraction wider, really fast hands from Roy, behind square on the off side again, four runs. Very crisp cut shot, that one.
Milne goes for a bouncer in response, beats the bat and is lucky not to be wided.
A bit of luck for Roy, thick outside edge as he goes for the big shot, it flies miles into the air, up into the sky, and drops safe just over the infielder. They run two.
An lbw appeal last ball, that hit well outside though. A very good end to a pretty good over.
16:28
1 over: England 16-0
What a start from Anderson! The left-armer angles it across Roy, a little bit of swing back in, and beats the bat outside off stump. Great opening ball.
But Roy hits back! A significantly worse ball, short and wide, and cut powerfully, just behind square, for a boundary.
Two balls later, four more, a horrible slog, inside edged past fine leg.
And another, that's three fours in four balls, tries to cut, edges it, inside third man and that goes to the boundary too.
And another! This was a good shot, guided between the two men at third man and backward point. All timing that time. Perfect start for England
16:24
The chase is on!
The Black Caps are already waiting on the boundary, no sign of the batsmen yet though. A quick huddle - they don't look all that worried, which I guess is what happens when you defend successfully four times in a row!
Out come the umpires, and, finally, Alex Hales and Jason Roy. Do England go hard at the new ball, or keep wickets in hand and risk having to attack the spinners? I suspect the former, but we shall see.
Corey Anderson will open the bowling. 154 to win. It's going to be a nervy 90 minutes!
16:21
What are you saying?
'It's a gettable score. It's all about the power play,' says bluemoonrising. I agree, for what it's worth.
Just to put it in context, this is what redbites66 was writing, less than an hour ago: 'We might need over 225 again the way the kiwis are batting ..'
And thanks to Muggies for pointing out my 19th over typo - we all get a bit carried away in the final overs of a T20 international!
Keep your comments coming!
16:17
Is it enough?
Is 154 gettable? Yes. Will it be easy? No.
The dew, if it comes, will be a factor. There isn't that much spin, and this is a perfectly good pitch to chase on, but it's not a given by any means.
Let me know what you think...
16:10
England's deathly duo
Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan celebrate after a superb spell of death bowling
16:08
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
That was top-class death bowling from both Jordan, who has grown in stature throughout this tournament, and Stokes, who has quickly become the man for the last over.
At 134 for 3 in the 17th, New Zealand should have been looking at 170.
But Jordan conjured up his full-length specialities, Stokes discovered the curious efficacy of the low full-toss, and the New Zealanders just couldn't find the fence.
England will need 154 to reach the World Twenty20 final.
16:04
20 overs: New Zealand 153-8 ENGLAND NEED 154 TO WIN
Another good ball, Elliott swings and misses, but they run through a bye! Should have been a run-out, but Stokes misses the stumps with all three to hit...
Mitch McClenaghan on strike, three balls of the innings to go - slower ball, poor contact going for a big hit, just one.
Stokes hits Elliott's pads, they run a leg bye. Only three from the last over so far, with one ball to go...
It's a run-out as they try to get a bye. England have finished this brilliantly!
16:00
WICKET! Santner c Jordan b Stokes 7, New Zealand 150-7
Stokes will bowl the final over, what has he got? Starts with a slower bouncer which makes Santner look very silly - almost swings himself off his feet, and misses. Dot.
And out! Fuller length this time, he goes for the big shot, doesn't get hold of it, and Jordan runs in to take a comfortable catch.
It's four wickets for 17 from the last four overs so far! Remarkable!
15:59
19 overs: New Zealand 150-6
I should stress, this is still going to be a very good score for the surface - England would not have been wanting to chase more than 150 against this attack.
But, given the position New Zealand were in, this is a superb fightback.
Jordan is finding his length, and varying his line, beautifully. A single, then a dot, a two, another single - this is really good bowling, they can't get him away.
But then the bowler makes an error, big full toss, and Santner slaps him away for a much-needed boundary in front of a diving cover.
Just a single to end, Jordan ends a superb spell with figures of one for 24 from his four. Superb.
15:56
Supporting the bowlers
Eoin Morgan sparks a collapse with a brilliant diving catch...
...giving Chris Jordan reason to celebrate
15:55
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
England have dragged this back superbly after the opening flurry from Williamson and Munro.
It helped them that Ross Taylor played a horrible little innings, but that was a pinpoint over from Jordan and now Stokes gets the dangerous Ronchi and Anderson. Interesting - very interesting!
15:54
18 overs: New Zealand 141-6
Elliott facing his first ball, Stokes on a hat-trick... yorker, eased to backward point for a single.
Mitchell Santner, the spinning all-rounder, another yorker, a run-out chance, but Stokes, fielding off his own bowling, misses at the non-strikers end. A single.
A second cracking over in a row, again only five from it, this one yielded two wickets!
15:51
WICKET! Anderson c Joran b Stokes 28, New Zealand 139-6
Anderson is now joined by Grant Elliott - yet another man more than capable of clearing the ropes - but they won't bat together for long!
Another Stokes full toss, skied by Anderson, and it comes down into Chris Jordan's hands! What an over for England! Stokes is on a hat-trick!
15:50
WICKET! Ronchi c Willey b Stokes 3, New Zealand 139-5
Ben Stokes on - which I think means David Willey will finish having bowled only two overs. Odd.
Anderson drives him straight for a single first ball, there was a hint of a run-out chance - had Jordan's throw hit the boundary he'd have been gone! It misses, just.
Clever play from Ronchi, cuts a slower ball for two, finding the open space.
But then he's caught at long off! Can't get underneath a low full toss, and picks out Willey a few yards inside the fence. Easy take, and England are fighting back here!
15:47
17 overs: New Zealand 136-4
Luke Ronchi in at six, the keeper batsman who has punished England in the past. Gets a single from the first ball, to give Anderson, the danger-man at this stage, the strike.
A wide yorker from Jordan - might have got away with that, deemed just straight enough! - and then a single from the last ball. Three runs and a wicket from the 17th over. Sensational. Take a bow Chris Jordan.
15:43
WICKET! Taylor c Morgan b Jordan 6, New Zealand 134-4
Jordan, the pick of the seamers so far with just 12 from his two overs, is back on to round off the innings. A single to Moeen first ball, then a perfect yorker which Taylor can only dig out straight back to the bowler for no run. Brilliant.
And then a wicket! A sensational diving catch from captain Morgan, and Taylor's scratchy innings is over. Great first half to this over!
15:42
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
England hurled themselves around in that Plunkett over - both Willey and Roy pulled off decent stops on the boundary.
Who knows how crucial moments like that can be in the final analysis?
15:40
16 overs: New Zealand 133-3
Five overs to go, what have England got to defend? Under 170 would be an achievement given where we were at the half-way stage, and then when Murno got going. That's 10 an over from here.
Plunkett into his final over, which he starts with a dot, Taylor nudging it to mid-on for no run. The big man then drops short, and Taylor pulls him hard, but a fabulous bit of fielding from Willey means it's three rather than four. Brilliant, full-length diving stop!
Plunkett back to that full, wide ball, which works for a dot, then he straightens his line and Anderson hoiks him over the leg side for two. Another good bit of fielding, this time from Roy, to save another boudary.
But you can't protect those! Dreadful full toss from Plunkett, smashed over cow corner by Anderson. Really poor ball, could that be the momentum changer?
Just a single from the last ball, but that was a big over, good for New Zealand.
15:36
15 overs: New Zealand 121-3
Rashid now, to Anderson and Taylor - he must fancy a wicket here. There's a slip in place and everything!
Starts with a wide, then an easy single for Taylor. Anderson clips two into the leg side, then adds another single. Not trying to attack the spinner at the moment.
Good ball next up, Taylor doesn't read it at all, a valuable dot, followed by a single that seems to have cost Taylor something physical - he's hobbling a little bit, not quite sure what happened there...
Anderson ends the over, and Rashid's spell, with a powerful straight drive, which just beats Jordan on the fence - the fielder got a hand to it, but can't stop it.
15:32
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
England breathe again. Another few overs of Munro and he could have caused some serious damage.
And that's two crucial catches for Moeen Ali, who has been fingered in the past for struggling in the field. Neither were especially tricky, but this is a World Cup semi-final...
15:31
14 overs: New Zealand 111-3
It's all big hitting in this batting line-up, isn't it! In comes Ross Taylor to join the party.
Anderson on strike though, what will Plunkett's plan be to him? A bit straighter, a dot. Straighter still, worked to leg, and they run two - had that been a better throw they might not have made it.
A single to deep cover, then Taylor drives his first ball to long on for a single. Really good over from Plunkett, just what was needed.
15:27
WICKET!! Munro c Ali b Plunkett 46, New Zealand 107-3
Plunkett back on, can he find a wicket? He starts with a wide, well outside off stump. Not ideal.
It must be part of a plan though, because the next ball is in almost the same place, just a fraction closer to the batsman, not called wide.
And third time lucky! Same ball, big swing, edged high to third man! Another huge wicket, now two set batsmen have gone. Can England put the breaks on?
15:25
13 overs: New Zealand 106-2
Moeen continues, and Munro plays and misses at his first ball. That's a rarity. A single brings up the New Zealand hundred, before Anderson batters one for four down the ground. Not at all timed, but hit hard enough to beat a diving Jordan at mid-off.
Another single, this time to mid-on, before Munro tries to use his feet, but can only mis-time the ball to Stokes on the boundary for one more. Another tidy over.
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
A couple of good overs from England's spinners here, which will help them put Saturday's nightmare against Sri Lanka's middle order behind them. They leaked 63 in four overs that night, including eight sixes, but the New Zealanders are less adept against the turning ball - give or take the occasional reverse belt by Munro.
15:23
Not pretty, but they all count
Moeen Al runs back to take a catch off his own bowling....
... and he just about holds on!
15:22
12 overs: New Zealand 99-2
I'll say it again, Colin Munro loves spin. And he loves innovation too! Another switch hit for four more runs off Rashid first ball, then a single to keep the score ticking. He has 43 from just 26 balls.
But that at least means Anderson - who plays spin less well - is on strike, and two more dots means he is now 0 off four. Not exactly T20 batting so far!
Finally he gets off the mark with a single, and Munro adds another off the final ball. Just seven from that.
15:19
11 overs: New Zealand 92-2
Corey Anderson is the new man, and he gets on strike after a Munro single. The all-rounder can strike a long ball, but has played some patient innings too this tournament. Which will it be today?
Two dots to start with, what an over for Moeen! Three runs from it, and a wicket. Just what Eoin Morgan needed from his offspinner.
15:16
WICKET! Williamson, c and b Ali 32, New Zealand 91-2
Moeen Ali into the attack, Munro may well look to attack him too.
Singles from each of the first two balls and then the wicket! Williamson goes for the big shot, it goes miles in the air, and when it comes down Ali has run back to take the catch off his own bowling. That's a quality catch, and a crucial breakthrough!
15:14
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
Munro's really taken it to England since the departure of Guptill.
When he comes off, it means Williamson can go along at his own pace, which isn't exactly sluggish. England are already into we-need-a-wicket territory.
It's advantage New Zealand at the halfway stage of their innings: 89 for 1 is a serious basis for negotiation, and there are some big hitters to come.
That's assuming England can get rid of Munro and Williamson before they inflict further damage.
15:14
10 overs: New Zealand 89-1
This semi-final is getting away from England already. I know they chased 230 against South Africa, but this is not a pitch like that was. You can't be conceding 180-200 on this and get away with it.
Munro gets some luck first ball, a wild shot finding the inside edge and running to fine leg for four. A leg bye and then Williamson gets the luck, pulling the ball straight up in the air, but nowhere near a fielder. It drops safe, and they run one.
Good bouncer to follow up, Munro pulls out of his shot.
Stokes is fuming now! A stunning yorker, dug out by Murno and somehow it goes for four to fine leg again. Could have been a wicket should have been a dot, ended up a boundary!
An angry Stokes is a wild Stokes, and he fires down a leg-side wide. You can't blame him really, because this is a good over that has already cost 11, but he needs to control it. A dot to finish.
15:09
9 overs: New Zealand 78-1
His first over was great, but Rashid is now taking some punishment from Colin Munro, who loves to hit spin out of the ground.
After a Williamson single gets him on strike, he pulls out a massive reverse slog sweep, the switch hit for six! What a shot.
A single next ball, but then Williamson cuts four more through the off side. Two dots - both played to third man end the over, but it was a good one for the Kiwis.
15:08
Black Caps still flying
England players celebrate the dismissal of Martin Guptill....
... but Colin Munro has kept the momentum going, alongside Kane Williamson
15:06
8 overs: New Zealand 66-1
It will be Ben Stokes on now - I rather fancied that Morgan might go for spin from both ends, but not yet.
A single to third man and another pulled to deep square leg, before Williamson strikes the first six of the day - beautifully timed over cover and all the way!
A leg bye, another couple of singles, and that means runs from every ball of the over, totalling 11.
15:03
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
A terrific opening over there from Adil Rashid to his old Yorkshire team-mate Williamson. Last summer, Williamson kept using his feet to hit Rashid over extra cover, but Rashid stayed around middle and leg in that one and conceded only four.
Very good from England's leg-spinner, especially after the mauling he took against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
15:01
7 overs: New Zealand 55-1
This could be the crucial phase coming up now. We've seen from the stats that England's spinners can be expensive, but if they do well they can also stop an innings in it's stride.
Adil Rashid needs to bowl aggresively, because that's his game, but he can't afford to go for two many runs.
A dot to start, then a scampered single - are New Zealand just going to milk the spin, or will they try and hit him out of the attack?
Another single, followed by a second dot of the over, as it turns past Williamson and hits him on the pads. A leg-side wide, which had Buttler interested in a stumping - they check it, and it's not out, but close enough to be encouraging.
Another dot, this time a bit of turn to Williamson, who uses his feet to the final ball and gets one to long on. Very good over conceding just four.
14:57
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
England need to make Williamson work harder for his runs. He's been able to pick up too many into the leg side so far, though 38 for 1 from five overs feels pretty even.
14:57
6 overs; New Zealand 51-1
After Kane Williamson plays the most Kane Williamson of shots - a lovely guide to third man for a single, Munro gets his power-hitting going!
First up a brilliant straight drive, powerfully past the bowler along the floor for four. Then a big heave that he inside edges to the fence behind square on the leg side. And a more deliberate shot to the same area. Three fours in a row.
All of a sudden he has 18 from 10 balls, though that's 18 from 12 thanks to two good deliveries to end the powerplay.
14:53
5 overs; New Zealand 38-1
Jordan back on now, just a change of ends for him, and he hits the pads first ball, but that pitched outside leg. Off the pads again next ball, they get through for a leg bye, before Jordan changes his line too much, and it's a wide outside off.
That is dross, short and down leg, and Williamson just helps it to the fence. Too easy. England could do with finding some control here. There have been three dot balls out of five this over, but still six runs conceded. Boundaries coming too easily.
And only a brilliant diving parry by Roy at point stops another boundary from the last. Only a single in the end.
14:47
4 overs: New Zealand 31-1
Chris Jordan's remaining overs are being saved for later - he is England's best bowler at the death remember. That means Liam Plunkett, who has been superb since coming into the side.
First ball, and I think we have to call that a drop! Harsh, but it just carried to Adil Rashid at fine leg. Somewhere between a drop and a very good stop to save a boundary maybe - they run one.
After another single, Williamson edges to slip - but so gorgeously soft are the Kiwi captain's hands that it bounces well short.
Four for Williamson as Plunkett strays legward, and the opener flicks him just wide of Rashid the fence. Not a good ball, but it was in the air and reasonably near to the fielder.
Eight from the over in total thanks to two off the last ball.
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
By the very high standards he's set himself in England's two previous games in Delhi, that was a middling over from Liam Plunkett. He was too leg-sidish to Kane Williamson, which is asking for trouble. Still, plenty of time to get things right.
14:43
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
Willey hasn't generally had to wait in this tournament until his second over to take a wicket, but he'll certainly take that.
And it's not a typical Willey wicket either - slanting one across the right-hander, rather than swinging it in, and tempting Guptill into an injudicious heave. A big moment in this game.
14:43
3 overs: New Zealand 23-1
That brings Colin Munro to the crease - a man with a reputation for big hitting but who hasn't quite got going this tournament yet.
He gets off the mark with a single first ball, Williamson adds another, before Willey swings one past Munro's bat. Good ball that.
But now Munro is up and running, lofting a full ball over long-on for four. Well played.
The last ball is driven to mid-off, no run, and that's a very good over indeed.
14:38
WICKET! Guptil c Buttler b Willey 15, New Zealand 17-1
HUGE! The big man has gone, and Willey has done the trick yet again! A big hoik, a thin edge, and an easy catch for Buttler.
Just what England needed, and just the man you expected to deliver it.
14:37
2 overs: New Zealand 17-0
Chris Jordan shares the new ball, and he starts with a slower ball - a back of a length cutter that fools Guptill and only just misses the stumps.
Another good short ball next up, quicker, and hurrying Guptill. Two dots in a row to start.
Make that three, another short one that the opener just drops down to his feet.
But he gets it wrong there, looking to go straight, which is sensible, but just misses the mark and that's a leg side wide.
Lucky. Short and wide, and cut straight to Alex Hales for now run. Should probably have been put away for four, but he gets away with that.
Not this time though - not as bad a ball, but beautifully played by Guptil, a square drive off the back foot, bisects two fielders and runs away to the boundary.
A single off his hips to end the over, which produced six.
14:33
1 over: New Zealand 11-0
Oh dear. First ball, short and wide, cut over the infield for four. Shocker of a start. He's lucky it wasn't six, a ball like that!
Really good comeback from Willey next ball though, swinging it back in to Guptil and hitting the opener on the pads. Going well down - it swung miles - but a very good ball.
That looks to have rattled the big man, who takes a suicidal single from the third ball. Had Morgan gathered that cleanly Guptill was gone by miles, but the captain fumbles it. What a let-off!
So, first strike for Kane Williamson,a very different type of danger man, and he gets off the mark with a flick in front of square for one.
Another poor ball from Willey - two of those in the over, and they've both now gone for four over the off side. You cannot bowl that wide to Guptill, he just opens his shoulders and launches it.
Ends the over with a false shot that nonetheless earns a single to the deep midwicket boundary.
New Zealand's Martin Guptill got off the mark with a four first ball
14:28
Ready to go...
David Willey has been England's wicket-taking weapon at the top of the order, and how they could do with him getting an early one today. Because if Martin Guptill gets going, the chase will end up being huge!
He will take strike for the first over, Willey has the ball in hand. Play!
14:26
Anthems
The players are out, it's time for anthems. First the bilingual classic that is God Defend New Zealand. Seriously, is there a better rhyme in patriotic lyric-writing than 'free land' with New Zealand? If there is, I've not heard it!
Next up, God Save The Queen - as ever Mr Morgan keeps his silence, but the rest of them seem to be giving it some welly!
14:22
What are you saying?
As ever, your views are more than welcome - tweet me or comment below and I'll try and get as many of them in as I can.
What do we reckon is a good score to chase? Sub-150 ideally, but no more than 180 I suspect - but no-one has managed to get hold of these Kiwi spinners, so maybe even lower than that?
The big advantage for England of course, is that they have played here at Delhi before, while New Zealand's fifth game is at their fifth venue. Will that be enough? We'll soon find out.
14:18
Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth in Delhi
Right, let's see if England's men can improve on that shaky performance by the women, who needed 45 off seven overs with nine wickets in hand against Australia and still blew it.
New Zealand will be batting second for the fifth game out of five in this tournament, but - for the first time - they will not be doing so out of choice.
England are unchanged, as expected, while New Zealand have indeed drafted in an extra seamer - but it's Milne, rather than Southee or Boult.
Nathan McCullum is the spinner to miss out. Hold on your seats.
14:15
England have already played one World T20 semi-final today, also in Delhi. Unfortunately, it didn't go to plan, as they were beaten by Australia.
Natalie Sciver loses her stumps as England collapsed in the women's semi-final earlier
14:11
Can England win this? Well former England captain and Sportsmail's columnist NASSER HUSSAIN certainly believes they can.
And Nass is putting a lot of that down to their captain, Eoin Morgan - have a read of what he has to say...
14:03
ENGLAND WIN THE TOSS AND ELECT TO BOWL FIRST
Right, out into the middle we go - who will get that first advantage with the toss?
Morgan flicks it, Williamson calls heads... it's a tail. England are going to bowl! No changes to the team, unsurprising given the good performances and the same venue.
New Zealand captain Williamson is happy to be batting first - as the Black Caps have done all tournament so far - and their two changes simply revert back to the team that helped them qualify. So none of the shocks we were promised...
Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson pose for a selfie with a fan ahead of the game
13:58
How's stat?
While we wait for the toss, here are a few stats to warm you up. The individual ones don't look great for England, but in team terms, the results are more encouraging...
13:52
The task ahead
If England are to complete the turnaround, they will have to be at their absolute best, because their opponents today have been superb over the last few weeks.
New Zealand thrashed India in their opening game, and that set the tone, as their spinners have dominated every side they've met.
Whether they will bring back the experience of Tim Southee and Trent Boult today remains to be seen - the toss is just over five minutes away. But if England are to progress, they will need to do it against the best T20 side in the world right now.
13:47
A momentous year
They say it's always darkest before the dawn. Well this time last year, things were pretty dark for English cricket.
What has come since has certainly been a dawn, and over the next two games Eoin Morgan and his side have the chance to make it as bright a time for England as we have ever seen.
A win today, and one more in the final, and England will become the first team to win a second World T20 title.
