Harry Brook’s six hits giant screen:Glenn Phillips’ sensational diving catch; Buttler records most ducks for England

England defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 stage at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday, 27 February. The Kiwis, after choosing to bat first, scored 159/7. England achieved the target in 19.3 overs, losing six wickets. Will Jacks was the hero for England, for his quick, unbeaten innings of 32 runs off 18 balls and also took two wickets. He was chosen as the Player of the Match. This was his fourth Player of the Match award in his World Cup career, with which he equalled Australia’s Shane Watson. On the other hand, Jos Buttler was dismissed for a duck for the 10th time in T20 Internationals. England vs New Zealand T20 WC top moments 1. Harry Brook’s massive six hits LED giant screen England captain Harry Brook’s massive six hit one of the LED giant screens at the R Premadasa Stadium. This incident happened on the last ball of the third over, bowled by Matt Henry where Brook scooped the ball onto the leg side. The ball flew high and smashed into an LED screen on the leg side, damaging it. 2. Glenn Phillips’ stunning diving catch It can be said now that an ICC tournament is probably incomplete without a Glenn Phillips’ stunner. Jacob Bethell pulled the fourth ball of the ninth over, bowled by Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips came in from the boundary, dived in front on time to take the catch just inches above the ground. The ball was dipping on him and what was incredible was that he managed to hold on despite falling over. 3. Jos Buttler’s quickfire stumping Jos Buttler pulled off a quickfire stumping to dismiss Tim Seifert in the first innings of this contest. This happened on the last ball of the seventh over bowled by Adil Rashid. Seifert, attempting a big shot on the leg-side, went hard at the ball and missed it with the delivery spinning away. The momentum of that attempted shot took Seifert’s right leg out of the crease and Buttler was quick to collect the ball and complete the stumping. Also read: West Indies beat India 3 times in T20 World Cup: Men in Blue hold 100% win record over the Windies at Eden Gardens 4. Rehan Ahmed took a wicket on his first ball
Rehan Ahmed, playing his first match in the T20 World Cup, took a wicket on his very first ball. He bowled a short-pitched delivery on the first ball of the 12th over. Rachin Ravindra tried to play a pull shot, but the ball hit the bottom edge of the bat and went towards deep mid-wicket. Jacob Bethell, standing there, took an easy catch. Rehan got a wicket on his very first ball. Rachin was out after scoring 11 runs. Top Records from ENG vs NZ Match 1. Will Jacks Wins His Fourth Player of the Match Award
England all-rounder Will Jacks won his fourth Player of the Match award in the T20 World Cup 2026. With this, he equaled Shane Watson for winning the most awards in a single edition, who also secured four awards in 2012. Watson was also named Player of the Tournament then. Meanwhile, in 2022, Sikandar Raza received this honor three times. 2. Spinners bowled 31 overs
In the T20 World Cup 2026, Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium proved to be the most helpful for spinners. In the New Zealand vs England match, spinners bowled 31 overs. This was jointly the most in a single match in tournament history. Before this, in the same World Cup, spinners from both teams combined to bowl 31 overs in the India vs Pakistan match as well. Also read: Wankhede Stadium to have stand named after Ravi Shastri: MCA to name stadium gates after Dilip Sardesai, Eknath Solkar Diana Edulji 3. Jos Buttler registers most ducks for England
Buttler could not even open his account against New Zealand. The former England captain attempted to punch a short ball from Lockie Ferguson in the second over only to find the outside edge with wicketkeeper Seifert completing a simple catch. Buttler now has been dismissed for a duck 10 times, the most for England in T20Is. Before him, Luke Wright and Moeen Ali were ducked 9 times each, while Jason Roy was out for zero 7 times.