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  • England beat New Zealand to reach Champions Trophy semi-finals

    England beat New Zealand to reach Champions Trophy semi-finals England beat New Zealand to reach Champions Trophy semi-finals

    England booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with an 87-run win over New Zealand in Cardiff on Tuesday.

    Victory meant England had won both their opening Group A games following their eight-wicket defeat of Bangladesh at the Oval last week.

    New Zealand, set 311 for victory, were bowled out for 223 with 39 balls left in their innings.

    Fast bowler Mark Wood took the key wicket of Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson to dismiss the star batsman for 87.

    Earlier Joe Root's 64 and Jos Buttler's quickfire 61 not out were the cornerstones of England's 310 all out after they lost the toss, with New Zealand pacemen Corey Anderson and Adam Milne taking three wickets apiece.

    Victory meant England were through to the last four of a tournament featuring the world's top eight one-day international teams regardless of the outcome of their last group match against arch-rivals Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday.

    Brief scores:

    England 310, 50 overs (J Root 64, J Buttler 61 no, A Hales 56; C Anderson 3-55, A Milne 3-79)

    New Zealand 223, 44.3 overs (K Williamson 87; L Plunkett 4-55) Result: England won by 87 runs

    Teams

    England

    Alex Hales
    Jason Roy
    Joe Root
    Eoin Morgan (capt)
    Ben Stokes
    Jos Buttler (wkt)
    Moeen Ali
    Adil Rashid
    Liam Plunkett,
    Mark Wood
    Jake Ball

    New Zealand

    Martin Guptill
    Luke Ronchi (wkt)
    Kane Williamson (capt)
    Ross Taylor
    Neil Broom
    Jimmy Neesham
    Corey Anderson
    Mitchell Santner
    Adam Milne
    Tim Southee
    Trent Boult