{"id":61268,"date":"2026-02-27T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=61268"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:04:16","slug":"super-8-thriller-england-beat-new-zealand-by-4-wickets-pakistans-semi-final-hopes-stay-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=61268","title":{"rendered":"Super 8 Thriller: England Beat New Zealand by 4 Wickets, Pakistan\u2019s Semi-Final Hopes Stay Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a crucial Super 8 clash of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, England cricket team defeated New Zealand cricket team by four wickets, keeping Pakistan cricket team in contention for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Batting first, New Zealand posted 159 runs in their allotted overs. Glenn Phillips top-scored with 39, while Tim Seifert added 35 runs. England\u2019s bowling attack was led by Adil Rashid, Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed, who claimed two wickets each.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a 160-run target, England reached the total with six wickets down. Tom Banton scored 33, Will Jacks made 32, and Rehan Ahmed contributed 19 runs. For New Zealand, Rachin Ravindra was the standout bowler with three wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a crucial Super 8 clash of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, England cricket team defeated New Zealand cricket team by four wickets, keeping Pakistan cricket team in contention &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=61268\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61270,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61268\/revisions\/61270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}