{"id":102063,"date":"2026-02-24T22:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102063"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:56:52","slug":"t20-world-cup-england-wins-super-8-match-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/t20-world-cup-england-wins-super-8-match-against-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: England wins Super 8 match against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KANDY: In the Super 8 stage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/haris-rauf-might-be-excluded-from-team-for-icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup<\/span><\/span><\/a>, England defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in a thrilling contest at Pallekele to qualify for the semi-finals, thanks to a brilliant century by captain <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Harry Brook<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"633\">Pakistan captain <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Salman Ali Agha<\/span><\/span> won the toss and chose to bat first. Pakistan posted 164 runs for 9 wickets in their 20 overs. In reply, England chased down the target in the final over, finishing at 165 for 8.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s batting struggled to build strong partnerships, as Saim Ayub scored 7 runs and captain Salman Ali Agha made 5. Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman contributed 25 runs each, while Usman Khan added 8 runs and Shadab Khan scored 23.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1188\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sahibzada Farhan<\/span><\/span> once again impressed, scoring 63 runs off 45 balls. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mohammad Nawaz<\/span><\/span> was dismissed for 0, while <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/span><\/span> made 2 runs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1374\">For England, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Liam Dawson<\/span><\/span> took 3 wickets, while <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jamie Overton<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jofra Archer<\/span><\/span> picked up 2 wickets each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1401\" data-end=\"1605\">England had an early scare as Phil Salt was dismissed on the first ball by Shaheen Afridi. Jos Buttler scored 2 before falling to Shaheen, and Jacob Bethell managed 8 runs. Tom Banton was dismissed for 2.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1743\">However, Harry Brook played a match-winning knock of 100 runs off 51 balls, leading his team to victory. Will Jacks contributed 28 runs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1850\">For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi took 4 wickets, while Mohammad Nawaz and Usman Tariq claimed 2 wickets each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1946\">With this win, England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"2177\">It is worth noting that Pakistan\u2019s earlier Super 8 match against New Zealand was washed out due to rain, with both teams receiving one point each. Pakistan will now play their final Super 8 match against Sri Lanka on February 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANDY: In the Super 8 stage of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup, England defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in a thrilling contest at Pallekele to qualify for the semi-finals, thanks to a brilliant century by captain Harry Brook. Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha won the toss and chose to bat first. Pakistan posted 164 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":102014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[36466],"class_list":["post-102063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-sports","tag-england-wins-against-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102145,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102063\/revisions\/102145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}