The standout moments including a devastating barrage from Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sri Lanka’s one to watch in future
At their best,
England were the most convincing team on display, but by the semi-final they had been weakened by injuries – what might Jason Roy have achieved with the 17 balls from which an out-of-sorts Jonny Bairstow scored a scratchy 13? – and then they lost the toss and, batting first, fell under New Zealand’s spell, scoring too slowly to set a genuinely daunting total. Still they nearly won, and after a brilliant 16th over from Liam Livingstone that cost three runs and included the wicket of Glenn Phillips (celebrated by the bowler as if it had actually decided something),
New Zealand needed 57 from 24 balls. Jimmy Neesham and Daryl Mitchell got there in 18.