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England defeated Pakistan by two wickets in the semi-finals, Harry Brook scored a century.
Samira Vishwas | February 25, 2026 5:24 AM CST

England defeated Pakistan and made it to the semi-finals

Colombo. England beat Pakistan by two wickets in an inspiring T20 World Cup match. The captain who was the main architect of this victory harry brook He scored a brilliant century and helped his team chase the target. Batting first, Pakistan scored 164 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, England won the match by scoring 166 runs for eight wickets in 19.1 overs.

Brook’s brilliant innings

With this victory, England won the Super Eight stage for the second consecutive time and confirmed their place in the semi-finals. On the other hand, the way forward for Pakistan has become complicated. After a detrimental result due to rain in the first match, Pakistan now have only one match left. Even if they win that match, they will have only three points in their account, whereas Sri Lanka And new zealand Will give them an opportunity to move forward.

Pakistan’s batting performance

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and among their batsmen Farhan Was the best performer, scoring 63 runs in 45 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes. However, for England liam dowson Made an important contribution to his team by taking three wickets, while jofra archer And jamie overton Took two wickets each.

Analysis of Pakistan’s innings

Due to Farhan’s brilliant innings, Pakistan was able to score a challenging score. However, England got off to a good start by taking two wickets in the powerplay. Farhan has Babar Azam Together with , added 46 runs for the third wicket. Babar scored 25 runs on 24 balls. After this Farhan and Fakhar Zaman A partnership of 49 runs was seen for the fourth wicket.

Contribution of other batsmen

Apart from Farhan from Pakistan Fakhar Zaman said 25, Shadab Khan ne 23, Osman Khan ne 8, Saim Ayub ne 7, salman agha 5 more Shaheen Afridi scored 2 runs, while salman mirza Remained unbeaten after scoring 2 runs.

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