The Blackcaps have pulled off a stunning victory over England in Thursday's T20 Cricket World Cup semi-final - and the world has reacted.
In a rematch of the 2019 50-over final, New Zealand gained a measure of payback, thanks largely to the bats of Daryl Mitchell and Jimmy Neesham.
The Blackcaps will contest their third international cricket final in two years, after winning the World Test Championship earlier this year.
The numbness of 2019 remains, when New Zealand lost to England at Lord's on a boundary countback after the scores were tied following a Super Over, but Thursday's win will go a long way to cure the pain for Kiwi cricket fans.
New Zealand's win has been greeted with humility from heartbroken English, and admiration from the rest of the cricketing and sporting world.
The Headlines
England crumble - The Guardian
England's attempt to unite the white-ball belts ended with them on the canvas in Abu Dhabi thanks to a succession of vicious blows from Jimmy Neesham and Daryl Mitchell in a handful of late overs in which an evening of often awkward batting was blasted out of the memory.
New Zealand ripped the game right back out of their grasp, and this time there was to be no comeback.
Revenge for Lord's - The Telegraph
As New Zealand's bench whooped in delight at how they had turned an arduous chase into a cruise - needing 57 from the last 24 balls, they got there with a whole over to spare - you suspect this clinical chase had gone a long way to easing New Zealand's pain of Lord's 2019.
Neesham, Mitchell fire NZ into final - The Indian Times
Not many saw it coming today, but New Zealand have done it again to make it through to another final. Tough one to swallow for England but that's how this tournament rolls.
New Zealand turn the tables on England - BBC
The win may not avenge England's victory on that famous day at Lord's in 2019 - it is unlikely anything could - but, as many of the same New Zealand players celebrated Mitchell hitting the winning runs, that defeat may not hurt quite as much now.
Poms crumble in spectacular 20-minute meltdown - Fox Sports Australia
The Kiwis refused to relent with the disappointment of losing the 2019 World Cup to England on a boundary countback after a Super Over still fresh in the memory.
Mitchell, Neesham pull off heist - Cricinfo
James Neesham contemplated retirement in 2019. He didn't. Daryl Mitchell never contemplated opening the batting.
He did. And together they dragged a New Zealand side that was adamantly trying to lose all the way into a T20 World Cup final.
It was big-hitting madness. And it came from outta nowhere. England, much like they did five years ago on a sparkling night in Kolkata, had the game in their hands. And not one but two big-hitting allrounders took it away from them.
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