New Zealand hammer South Africa to sail through to T20 World Cup final

• New Zealand thrashed South Africa by nine wickets in their T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday to book their place in Sunday’s final.
• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
• South Africa lost early wickets and could only reach 169-8 thanks to a half-century from Marco Jansen.
• New Zealand roared out of the blocks in the run chase, with Tim Seifert hitting a half-century, before Finn Allen took over.
• Allen completed his century off just 33 balls as New Zealand chased down 170 inside 13 overs to hand the previously unbeaten South Africa their first defeat of the tournament.