How to watch New Zealand vs England: Free Streams, TV Channels & Preview

New Zealand have reached the last four at three of the past four T20 World Cups, and they could make it four from five at R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday. They take on England, who have already secured a spot in the semi-finals, in their final tie of the Super 8 stage.

The Black Caps had their first Super 8 game – a meeting with Pakistan – rained off, but they’ve made up some ground by eliminating co-hosts Sri Lanka, Mitchell Santner hitting 47 and Rachin Ravindra taking four for 27 in a 61-run stroll. It’s left them two points better-off than the Shaheens, with a vastly superior NRR too.

For Pakistan to stand any chance of making it through, they need England to beat New Zealand. Former Black Caps skipper Tim Southee, now England’s bowling coach, should certainly be able to help in that regard.

England have been somewhat chaotic with the bat, being forced to go deep in almost all of their games. It was the case once more in the thrilling two-wicket victory over Pakistan, Harry Brook’s century at No.3 just about covering another late collapse.

T20 World Cup 2026 free streams online.

ICC.tv in multiple countries (find the full list right here) and on Tamasha in Pakistan.

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Sky Sports is showing New Zealand vs England in the UK.

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Sky Sport is the place to watch New Zealand vs England, along with the entire T20 World Cup, in New Zealand. Subscribers can tune in online using the Sky Go service.

If you don’t have Sky Sport already, you can also watch the T20 action with a Sky Sport Now pass, which costs NZ$54.99 a month or NZ$549.99 a year.

SuperSport in South Africa.

You’ll need to get a DStv access package to watch the game, with prices starting at R99 ($5.66) per month for streaming access.

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New Zealand vs England T20 World Cup 2026 Q+A

When and where is the New Zealand vs England Super 8 match?

This T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 tie between New Zealand and England will start at 1.30pm GMT / 8.30am ET on Friday, February 27. It takes place at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

New Zealand vs England T20 World Cup 2026 squads

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi

England: Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood

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