Trent Boult and Tim Southee are New Zealand’s kings of swing, unstarry but deadly with the new ball and looking to inspire the Black Caps to the T20 World Cup title. They face England in Wednesday’s first semi-final in Abu Dhabi where the two veteran seamers will be key to slamming the brakes on opposing openers Jos Buttler and Jason Roy. Left-arm pacer Boult has 11 wickets at the tournament from five games, second only to Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s 16 in eight. Southee, also 32 years old, has seven wickets with his pinpoint right-arm seam. Such is their dependability, New Zealand have only had to summon six bowlers at the tournament. The other four have 14 wickets combined; eight of those have gone to spinner Ish Sodhi.
