Pressure spill victory from the hands of KIWIS ….

Kiwis were going on smoothly with Fleming scoring a century but couldn’t make the finals on Friday. Wickets of Ross Taylor & Scott Styris at crucial points were the reasons for the downfall of Kiwis today at GABBA.

Earlier in the day, Paul Collingwood reached his third One-Day century as England made 270 for seven, batting first in a pivotal tri-series match at the Gabba ground in Brisbane on Tuesday.

Collingwood scored 106 and Andrew Strauss 55 to lead England's scoring in the match, the winner of which will play Australia in the best-of-three finals, which begin in Melbourne on Friday.

Michael Vaughan returned to the England team after missing the Ashes Test series against Australia with a knee injury and most of the tri-series with a strained hamstring.

Vaughan won the toss and chose to bat but his further contribution to England's cause was constrained when he was bowled by Shane Bond - with a fast, swinging yorker - before he had scored and by only the second ball he faced.

Bond took four for 46 from 10 overs in the best performance of the New Zealand bowlers but poor fielding and some wayward bowling under pressure allowed England to achieve a competitive total.

Collingwood reached his half-century from 68 balls during a partnership of 103 for Strauss for the third wicket.

He went on to his century, his second in Australia and first against New Zealand, from 118 balls with seven fours.

Strauss' half-century, only his second of the season in Australia, came from 51 balls with three fours and a six.

Vaughan was out in the second over of the innings when England had only one run on the board.

Ian Bell followed, Bond's second victim, when England was 28 and Ed Joyce was out for 26 when England was 52, after threatening a big score to match his recent century against Australia.

Collingwood and Strauss lifted England from 52 for three to 155 for five after 33.3 overs, setting the platform from which they were later able to build a substantial total.

Andy Flintoff made 17 from 15 balls, Jamie Dalrymple an unbeaten 29 from 26 balls and Liam Plunkett 15 not out as England took 79 from its last 10 overs.

England with 13 points would face Aussies in the final on Friday.