By Stephan Shemilt and Marc Higginson, BBC Sport

ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights, Pallekelle

West Indies 139 (19.3 overs) tied with New Zealand 139-7 (20 overs)

Super Over: West Indies 19-0 beat New Zealand 18-0

West Indies claimed a super over win to send New Zealand out of the World T20 and reached the semi-finals thanks to England’s defeat by Sri Lanka.

After the Kiwis took 17 from their over, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels each hit Tim Southee for six to get home with a ball to spare.

Earlier, New Zealand were unable to get past the Windies’ 139 all out.

England could have knocked out the Windies on net run-rate, but the 19-run loss to the hosts sent them home.

A New Zealand win could have left England with the possibility of progressing even if they lost to Sri Lanka, but West Indies’ dramatic victory simplified the equation.

Though they were without a victory in the Super Eights before their meeting with Darren Sammy’s men, New Zealand could have still gone through had they won in Pallekele.

However, after also losing to Sri Lanka in a super over earlier in the tournament, the Black Caps were again beaten in an eliminator.

“To score 18 off five balls is pretty awesome,” said New Zealand captain Ross Taylor. “That’s cricket and we’re going home now.

“We probably should have won it in normal time, but credit to West Indies.”

Just as in the defeat by Sri Lanka, Southee was unable to produce the economical spell he bowled earlier in the match, with his first delivery in the super over a no ball that Gayle hit over long off for six.

From there West Indies always looked likely to get over the line and Samuels, who also bowled the super over, whipped a full toss over the leg side to seal victory.

“We backed Gayle, Samuels and Kieron Pollard to score what ever New Zealand got,” Sammy told BBC Sport. “It was brilliant for the game of cricket, but not too good on the nerves.”

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England are knocked out, Sri Lanka go through

ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights, Pallekele:

Sri Lanka 169-6 beat England 150-9 by 19 runs

Defending champions England have been knocked out of the World Twenty20 after being overpowered by hosts Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match.

Chasing Sri Lanka’s 169-6, Samit Patel scored a classy 67 but England finished on 150-9 to lose by 19 runs.

Stuart Broad’s side slumped to 18-3 after fast bowler Lasith Malinga took three wickets in an over on his way to figures of 5-31 in Pallekele.

Sri Lanka join West Indies, who ended New Zealand’s hopes, in the last four.

As in previous games in the tournament, notably against India and West Indies, England were let down by their top order batsmen.

India’s slow bowlers skittled England for 80 in the group stages and, with so-called mystery spinners Ajantha Mendis and Akila Dananjaya in the Sri Lankan line-up, it was expected to be another trial by spin.

However, it was fiery fast bowler Malinga who blew England’s top order away with a devastating burst in the third over of their reply.

Luke Wright, promoted to opener in place of the dropped Craig Kieswetter, was first to go when he cut straight to Tillakaratne Dilshan at point.

Jonny Bairstow, who also kept wicket, followed two balls later when he skied a slower ball to Nuwan Kulasekara at mid off before Alex Hales was pinned in front by a yorker.

That third wicket was unfortunate for England, with replays suggesting the ball was going to miss leg stump, and it was left to Samit Patel and Eoin Morgan to repair the damage.

Patel, enjoying the responsibility of batting at number four, looked England’s most comfortable batsman as he flayed Angelo Mathews for a massive six, got stuck into Kulasekera, and then plundered 14 runs from Ajantha Mendis’s first over.

Indeed, if England can take any consolation from this defeat it was the performance of Patel ahead of this winter’s Test tour to India.

The Notts all-rounder dominated Mendis, who had recorded figures of 6-8 against Zimbabwe in the group stages, and cruised to 67 by mixing class with controlled aggression.

He remained unperturbed by wickets falling at the other end, with Morgan missing a reverse sweep to Dananjaya and being given out leg before, and a woefully out of form Ravi Bopara scratching around for six balls before being bowled by Jeevan Mendis.

When Swann added some late impetus with a counter-attacking 34 from 22 balls, England sensed the improbable was possible but Malinga ended those hopes when he came back to bowl Patel in the penultimate over before Kulasekera took care of Swann.

Malinga was brutally effective with the ball, but it was the elegance of Mahela Jayawardene that got Sri Lanka off to a good start with the bat.

The opener defied the early loss of Dilshan to stroke 42 before becoming the first of two wickets in as many balls for Swann.

Jayawardene holed out to Morgan at midwicket before Sangakkara was given out caught behind, despite replays suggesting he had not touched the ball.

Angelo Mathews went on the counter with a quickfire 28, but Broad stalled any momentum by dismissing him and Jeevan Mendis in consecutive deliveries.

Thisara Perera powered 26 crucial runs, including two sixes, in the closing overs before Malinga took over with the ball.

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