Spinner Ajaz Patel, who is one of only three players to have taken 10 wickets in a Test innings, will return to the New Zealand cricket team for their three-test tour to England next month.
Neesham had his reasons to not move an inch in the dugout after scoring a momentum-changing 27 off 11 balls in the first semifinal.
England was "devastated" to lose to New Zealand in the T20 World Cup semifinals but proud to have fought "unbelievably well", said limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan, who hopes to continue as the leader of the side.
New Zealand opener Daryl Mitchell said he "couldn't remember" what was happening in the field of play as he went about scripting his team's sensational win over England in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup.
Zealand pulled off a heist to upstage England by five wickets in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup after opener Daryl Mitchell's heroics and James Neesham's blitzkrieg.
Scorecard of New Zealand's innings against England in the 1st semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
Guptill was involved the one of the turning point's of the final at Lord's. It was his throw from the deep that raced to the boundary ropes after being deflected off a diving Ben Stokes' bat in the last over of English innings.
New Zealand were not defeated in the 2019 World Cup final but England won the trophy due to hitting more boundaries and Guptill felt that the result after such a game of cricket was disappointing.
Efforts were being made to organize an official welcome and possibly a parade for the team which lost the World Cup final to England on a count-back of boundaries.
England has now not won a Test series away from home since 2016 when it beat South Africa 2-1 in South Africa.
The New Zealand openers saw off the immediate threat of the new ball and set a foundation for the series hosts to push for victory.
Vince broke a form drought with the third half-century of his career and Stoneman posted his second fifty of the series in a 123-run partnership for the second wicket which allowed England to build decisively on its 29-run first innings lead.
The hosts slumped to 36/5 in their first innings with all of its recognized batsmen dismissed before wicketkeeper BJ Watling and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme stitched a record partnership for New Zealand against England of 142 for the sixth wicket
Jonny Bairstow and Mark Wood helped mask the deficiencies of an England batting lineup which earlier had been exposed by Tim Southee, who took 5-60.
New Zealand defeated England by an innings and 49 runs in the first Test to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Root had batted more than three hours for his 51 to rally England's resistance in the face of that heavy deficit but his dismissal on the brink of stumps on day 4 swung the match back in New Zealand's favour.
After an eventful first day on which England was bowled out for only 58, the first day-night Test match in New Zealand has effectively come to a soggy halt.
Williamson demonstrated his immense talent and the great promise of his relatively young Test career when he achieved his 18th century at 27 years of age and in his 64th Test.
Williamson previously shared the tie with Martin Crowe and his current teammate Ross Taylor with the record of 17 Test centuries.
Kiwi pacers - Trent Boult took a career-best 6/32 and Tim Southee took 4/25 in the first day-night Test played in New Zealand to jointly bowl out England for 58 in 20.4 overs on day 1.
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