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Chasing 170-run target, New Zealand had found it difficult to score runs from the beginning as they lost wickets at regular intervals.
James Anderson was the main tormentor for the Kiwis. With his three wickets for just 32 runs, Anderson kept chipping away at New Zealand's wickets.
New Zealand Zealand got off to a bad start as they lost Luke Ronchi and Martin Guptill in quick succession
Anderson struck twice in same over to remove Ronchi and Guptill, leaving New Zealand tottering at 14/2 in 4 overs.
Tim Bresnan added New Zealand woes by dismissing Ross Taylor and gave England an early edge.
Ravi Bopara also joined the part, removing Brendon McCullum and James Franklin in his successive overs to reduce the Kiwis to 62/5 in 13.5 overs.
Kane Williamson was New Zealand's only saviour. With his 67 runs, he gave a fighting hope to his team to pull off an amazing win. But his dismissal at the hands of Stuart Broad stubbed out any wish for a win.
Corey Anderson, who had given Williamson support at the other end, was also removed shortly when he slogged a Bresnan delivery and found James Anderson at long-on. With two settled batsmen out of the field, the game was almost in England's hand.
New Zealand's tailenders did not have any steam left in them to take their team to the finish line and under fierce English bowling attack, they surrendered to England.
Earlier, New Zealand dismissed England for 169 in a key match in Cardiff on Sunday reduced by rain to 24 overs per side.
New Zealand would have had a smaller total to chase had not Nathan McCullum dropped Alastair Cook, who top-scored with 64, three times before clinging on to a chance off his own bowling to end the England captain's 47-ball innings.
Left-hander Cook was dropped on 14, 37 and 45 by Nathan McCullum, who did take four catches from seven chances.
Seamer Kyle Mills returned figures of four wickets for 30 runs and left-arm quick Mitchell McClenaghan three for 36, with England losing their last seven wickets for just 28 runs as their innings ended with three balls to spare.
Opener Ian Bell, dropped on seven, was out for 10 when New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who won the toss, held a superb catch at short extra-cover off McClenaghan.
And 16 for one became 25 for two when Jonathan Trott, chipped Mills straight to Nathan McCullum, Brendon's older brother, at mid-wicket.
Trott's exit gave Mills his 25th Champions Trophy wicket, surpassing the competition record of retired Sri Lanka spin great Muttiah Muralitharan.
James Franklin nearly had a wicket first ball when Cook pulled him to mid-wicket only for Nathan McCullum to drop the chance.
Left-hander Cook, not renowned as a power player, drove Franklin for six and four balls later flicked him over his shoulder for a four.
But off the last ball of the 13th over, Franklin almost had him again only for Nathan McCullum once more to drop a juggled chance at mid-wicket.
Joe Root exited for 38 when he skyed McClenaghan to wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi. However, Nathan McCullum then put down a relatively easy catch when, at backward point this time, he dropped Cook's cut off Kane Williamson before England's innings tailed off.
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