Colombo, Feb. 27 -- England pulled off another close victory to finish the Super Eights unbeaten as they defeated New Zealand by four wickets at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.

With 43 runs needed in the last three overs and Will Jacks struggling to connect, Rehan Ahmed came to the crease after the dismissal of Tom Banton.

Kiwi skipper Mitchell Santner gave the 18th over to Glenn Phillips, who started well with a single. But, Ahmed hit a six on the second delivery and took a single on the next. Will Jacks hit three boundaries in the next three deliveries to end the over with 22 runs.

Now, 21 runs were needed, and Santner came to bowl. Jacks and Ahmed managed to extract 16 runs in the over with the help of two boundaries....