New Zealand were put in to bat and absent opener Martin Guptill aboriginal but skipper Kane Williamson and
Colin Munro counter-attacked with a 74-run affiliation to lay a solid foundation afore the Kiwis faltered backward on.
Munro (46) and Williamson (32) accepted too hot to handle for England's pacemen as the brace took a appropriate affection to Liam Plunkett and Stokes in the aperture stages, both of whom came aback able-bodied in their additional spells.
England's Ben Stokes (right) took three New Zealand wickets in the World Twenty20 semi-final in New Delhi on March 30, 2016
Left-hander Munro smacked Plunkett for three beeline boundaries in the sixth over of the innings to set the clip and his reverse-hit for a six adjoin Adil Rashid brought the abode down at a arranged Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
But England skipper Eoin Morgan again juggled his bowlers and off-spinner Moeen Ali's addition in the 11th over anon saw the aback of Williamson.
Plunkett did able-bodied in his additional spell to abjure the alarming Munro, whose 32-ball beating included seven boundaries and a six. He was denied his fifty if a agrarian allotment went beeline into the safe easily of Ali at third man.
England's fielders connected to accessory their catches and Morgan dived beautifully at added awning to get rid of Ross Taylor off Chris Jordan.
The wickets bound confused and New Zealand's run-rate, which had started impressively, plummeted.
Stokes was traveling for a hat-trick abreast the end afterwards sending aback Luke Ronchi for three and the accent Corey Anderson for 28.
The absorbing all-rounder concluded with abstracts of 3-26 as New Zealand absent 5 wickets for 35 runs in the final 30 deliveries of their innings.
Colin Munro top-scored for New Zealand in their World Twenty20 semi-final adjoin England in New Delhi on March 30, 2016)
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