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The Grade Cricketer

Jacks finish ensures nervous wait for Kiwis | ENG v NZ | T20 World Cup

The Grade Cricketer

RARE

Comedy, Sports, Cricket

4.7518 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

New Zealand left waiting on Semi-finals. 

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0:00.0

Well, it's another fine example of trying to figure out who is good and who is the worst

0:06.5

team you've ever seen in this World Cup.

0:09.9

Sure, two different locations, but guys are like winning moments and then it's just all

0:14.6

capitulating and then you think, ah, okay, Pakistan can still win the World Cup somehow.

0:19.2

And in many ways, this calls for a bud.

0:31.8

Yes, that would be one of the most random segways

0:34.7

leading into a sponsor integration that's ever happened on this show,

0:37.9

but the game is the game and we will move on in good faith on this show. That's right. England's

0:43.3

remain one of the best teams in the world in this format, always have been, always will be. You don't

0:47.8

make five World Cup semifinals in a row, the only team it's ever done that, without being pretty

0:52.6

bloody good. Andland win this game

0:54.9

by chasing down 159 uh with three balls to spare they were gone in the game pezza um

1:01.5

glenn phillips has had he was he was man of the match until he bowled the 18th over and then

1:06.6

all of a sudden he is he is going to be hung drawn and quartered for what he's done to the nation of New Zealand.

1:13.3

Yeah, and I suppose we should have seen that something was a little amiss with the Kiwis

1:18.3

given that their anthem was played in Fast Forward before the game.

1:23.8

And to see the guys laughing was, that was heartwarming.

1:29.1

And it kind of sums up a lot of feelings towards T20 cricket generally.

1:33.5

But yeah, here, I mean, the question is, has to be asked contractually.

1:38.2

Are we sleeping on England?

1:43.4

The answer is no.

1:45.1

They've won 16 of their last 18 completed T20 I's per roller, get around him.

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