New Zealand's Craig McMillan (left) plays a shot against England during their Twenty20 match in Durban yesterday. McMillan made 57 runs as New Zealand won by five runs. - AP

DURBAN, South Africa (AP):

CRAIG MCMILLAN hit four sixes in his 57 to help New Zealand to a five-run win over England yesterday at the World Twenty20 tournament.

New Zealand, sent in to bat by England captain Paul Collingwood, reached 164-9 in their 20 overs after smashing 124 off the final 11 overs in the Super Eight match.

England finished at 159 for eight and look likely to exit the tournament. They must now win the final group match against India - and rely on other results going their way - to advance to the semi-finals.

New Zealand lost free-scoring opener Brendon McCullum in the first over for four, and then England's policy of rotating bowlers paid off as New Zealand's dangerous top-order was out of the way by the sixth over at 31 for four.

But that signalled the arrival of Scott Styris and McMillan at the Kingsmead Stadium.

Styris hit four sixes in his 42 off 31 balls, and put on 60 with McMillan who faced the same number of balls.

McMillan accelerated

When Styris departed, McMillan accelerated and took the score to 134 for six in the 17th over before he was caught by Dimitri Mascarenhas off the bowling of Darren Maddy.

Captain Daniel Vettori hit 17 off nine balls.

Maddy took 2-6 in his single over, and James Anderson got 2-24 off his full quota of four overs.

Vikram Solanki stood in as wicketkeeper after Matt Prior broke his right thumb on Monday during practice. England called up Durham wicketkeeper Phil Mustard as Prior's replacement yesterday.

England started the chase well with new opening pair of Maddy and Solanki, who put on 62 for the opening wicket before Solanki went for 24 in the eighth over.

The dismissal started a chain of wickets, with Maddy the next to go for 50 off 31 balls with four fours and two sixes.

Kevin Pietersen and Luke Wright each contributed 24, and Owais Shah hit 21, but the rest were unable to get into double figures as England wasted their good start.

Even so, there was still an outside chance for England with just two overs to go and 20 runs needed. But Shah was run out and Shane Bond had Mascarenhas and Wright well caught on the cover boundary by substitute Jeetan Patel.

New Zealand play South Africa today.