England fall just short in high scoring semi-final thriller
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
India won an incredible match in Mumbai by 7 runs to knock England out of the T20 World Cup and set up a date with New Zealand in the final on Sunday. Jacob Bethell scored a brilliant hundred, but England narrowly failed in what would have been a record run chase. We hear from England captain Harry Brook, coach Brendon McCullum, India captain Suryakumar Yadav and player of the match Sanju Samson Plus, there’s analysis from Henry Moeran, former England bowler Steven Finn and former IPL player Abhishek Jhunjhunwala. And with the Women’s T20 World Cup now fewer than 100 days away we hear from England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt.
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| 0:41.8 | Here comes Dubey. Final ball of the game. |
| 0:45.1 | It's been hit away into the offside. |
| 0:46.9 | It's been hit away for six. |
| 0:49.4 | But it is not quite enough. |
| 0:51.6 | India win by seven runs. |
| 0:54.8 | It is India's game. |
| 0:56.5 | They are heading to the final of the T20 World Cup. |
| 1:01.8 | England head home. |
| 1:09.8 | So India are heading to the T20 World Cup final to face New Zealand on Sunday in |
| 1:15.7 | Ahmedabad after a game that saw one shy of 500 runs scored on a sweltering Mumbai evening, |
| 1:24.1 | the flattest of flat pitches. |
| 1:26.4 | India hitting 253 for seven and England 246 for seven in response |
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