England captain Stuart Broad has been fined by the ICC after pleading guilty to publicly criticising match officials in the wake of England's ICC World Twenty20 defeat to New Zealand.

Broad was critical of the decision of on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Paul Reiffel to allow play to continue despite earlier lightning strikes in the eyelines of the England batsmen.

"I asked the umpires for a bit of clarity on the decision-making at the end of the game and they said they didn't see the lightning and didn't think it was a threat," said Broad.

"You can guarantee from our team we felt like it was a threat. With a batsman pulling away from a delivery after 4.2 overs I think the batsman saw it as well.

"At the end of the day it's a game of cricket, so I wouldn't be putting the crowd and players' safety under threat."

New Zealand beat England by 9 runs following a Duckworth-Lewis calculation when the match was abandoned because oof a thunderstorm.

Knowing that five overs needed to be bowled for a result to stand, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum came down the pitch to strike Broad for a six over mid-wicket before evading the fielders with an edged four to put his side ahead of their target when time was called.

England have three group fixtures remaining and will face Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Thursday.