Cricket: England beat New Zealand by 14 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane today to join Australia in the tri-series one-day international finals.
Paul Collingwood smashed 106 and Andrew Strauss 55 as England recovered from a slow start to amass a formidable total of 270 for seven from their 50 overs.
New Zealand made a flying start to their reply with captain Stephen Fleming making 106 off 149 balls but lost their way in the latter stages to finish with 256-8.
England's hopes of making the finals seemed doomed a week ago when they lost their fourth straight match in a row but a surprise win against Australia on Friday gave them a chance of sneaking past the Kiwis.
England were struggling at 52-3 in the 14th over after returning skipper Michael Vaughan was bowled by Shane Bond for a duck with a perfect inswinging yorker and Ian Bell (12) and Ed Joyce (26) both went cheaply.
But Strauss and Collingwood steadied the innings with a careful display, taking the total past 100 in the 22nd over before increasing the run-rate.