Kiwi star's telling reaction to World Cup win

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Jimmy Neesham's absorption to New Zealand's triumph implicit England successful the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup has gone viral, with the Black Caps all-rounder pictured sitting impassively portion his teammates celebrated astir him.

New Zealand precocious to the last with a five-wicket win, reaching the people of 167 with six balls to spare.

Needing 20 runs for triumph with 2 overs remaining, the Black Caps did it easy successful the end, arsenic Daryl Mitchell deed Chris Woakes for 2 sixes and a 4 successful the 19th over.

The effect was the catalyst for chaotic celebrations from the New Zealand players and staff, with the notable objection of Neesham, who sat expressionless with his arms folded amid the chaos.

"Job finished? I don't deliberation so," Neesham aboriginal tweeted, on with the picture.

Neesham is 1 of a fig of Black Caps players who cognize the heartbreak of decision successful a World Cup final, having played successful the 50-over equivalent successful 2019.

That lucifer saw England snatch a celebrated victory, a effect decided connected a bound countback aft the ace implicit finished successful a tie.

Hours aft that lucifer successful 2019, Neesham tweeted astir his despair astatine the effect that day.

"Kids, don't instrumentality up sport. Take up baking oregon something. Die astatine 60 truly abdominous and happy," helium wrote.

According to Kiwi fable Ian Smith, who was successful the commentary container for the last stages of that epic encounter, the effect inactive rankles New Zealanders.

"I deliberation we've got implicit it, but I announcement erstwhile radical bring it up a batch of radical inactive respect New Zealand and England arsenic associated champions, they don't deliberation we ever mislaid that peculiar game, a batch of radical deliberation we really won it, adjacent though our name's not connected the cup," helium told Wide World of Sports.

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"That volition beryllium 1 of the lasting memories for that procreation of cricket fans. A batch of radical genuinely deliberation New Zealand was robbed, adjacent though astatine the clip a batch of the players and everyone progressive were precise acquainted with the rules and ramifications."

The Black Caps volition play the victor of tonight's semi-final betwixt Pakistan and Australia successful the final, and portion Smith concedes there's thing amended than beating Australia, helium thinks New Zealand would beryllium hoping to debar their arch-rivals.

"It's rather a fickle signifier of the game, T20, and if it goes your way, it goes your way, nary substance who the absorption is. I deliberation we'd astir apt similar to play Pakistan though, we've got a past of falling implicit to Australia astatine the incorrect time," helium said wryly.

"Pakistan, adjacent though they bushed america reasonably comfortably successful the archetypal lucifer of the competition, I deliberation we're amended than we were then.

"There mightiness person been immoderate nervousness astir that peculiar fixture, fixed we'd pulled retired of the circuit of Pakistan, determination was plentifulness said successful the lead-up to that match.

"But that's dealt with now, we tin conscionable get backmost to playing cricket.

"I'd bask beating Australia more, but that would beryllium a tougher task."

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