Colombo: In the Super 8 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup, England easily defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets and qualified for the semi-finals thanks to a brilliant century by Heir Brook.
In the match played in Pallekele, Pakistan captain Salman Agha won the toss and decided to bat first.
Pakistan scored 164 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, England easily achieved Pakistan’s target for the loss of 8 wickets in the last over.
One change was made in the Pakistan team for the match against England. Shaheen Afridi was made part of the playing eleven in place of Faheem Ashraf.
The Pakistani team included captain Salman Agha, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq, Muhammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan.
On the other hand, no change was made in the England team.
Pakistan’s innings
Pakistan scored 164 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs against England.
Saim Ayub 7, Salman Ali Agha 5, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman were dismissed for 25, 25, Usman Khan 8 and Shadab Khan 23.
Sahibzada Farhan once again played a brilliant innings and completed his fifty. He scored 63 runs off 45 balls. In addition, Muhammad Nawaz 0 and Shaheen Afridi were dismissed for 2 runs.
Liam Dawson took 3 wickets for England, Jamie Overton and Jofra Archer took 2 wickets each.
England’s innings
Thanks to captain Harry Brook’s brilliant century, England easily achieved Pakistan’s target for 8 wickets in the last over.
England’s first wicket fell for 0. Phil Salt fell to Shaheen on the first ball. Jos Buttler was also dismissed for 2 runs off Shaheen’s ball. Jacob Bethell returned to the pavilion for 8 runs.
In addition, Tom Bunton was dismissed for 2 runs off Usman Tariq’s ball, while Harry Brook scored a brilliant century while batting responsibly. He played an innings of 100 runs off 51 balls.
After this success, England became the first team to reach the semi-finals.
It should be noted that Pakistan’s first match against New Zealand in the Super 8 stage was canceled due to rain, both teams got one point each.
Pakistan will play its last match against Sri Lanka on February 28.
