Whichever team wins this Group A clash will qualify for the semi-finals, with defeat for England guaranteeing the hosts’ exit from a tournament for the world’s top eight one-day international sides.

New Zealand would have had a smaller total to chase had not Nathan McCullum dropped Alastair Cook, who top-scored with 64, three times before clinging on to a chance off his own bowling to end the England captain’s 47-ball innings.u00a0