Updated On: 12 November, 2021 07:16 AM IST | Abu Dhabi | PTI
New Zealand registered a sensational five-wicket win over favourites England here on Wednesday in the first semi-finals. It would be their third final appearance at an ICC global event in as many years

New Zealand`s cricketers celebrate their victory at the end of the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final match between England and New Zealand at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Pic/AFP
Former England skipper Mike Atherton feels New Zealand is the strongest team across all three formats of the game at the moment after the Black Caps reached their maiden T20 World Cup final.
New Zealand registered a sensational five-wicket win over favourites England here on Wednesday in the first semi-finals. It would be their third final appearance at an ICC global event in as many years. “They are an outstanding team, in all formats of the game really,” Atherton told Sky Sports. “They are through to another World Cup final, they were a sliver away from winning the last World Cup in 2019, they are the World Test Championship winners.