England vs Pakistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Harry Brook’s sensational ton helps ENG qualify for semifinal, beat PAK by 2 wickets
Harry Brook's ton helped England chase down 165 against Pakistan and qualify for the T20 World Cup 2026 semifinals.
· The Indian Express · JoinEngland (ENG) vs Pakistan (PAK) T20 World Cup Match Today Live Cricket Score Updates: England, riding on their skipper Harry Brook’s sensational century, beat Pakistan by two wickets in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 Group 2 game at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Tuesday and thus qualified for the semifinals as well.
Pakistan, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, managed 164/9 in 20 overs. It was an innings of two halves, where opener Sahibzada Farhan scored a fighting fifty, but the middle order could not withstand the pressure as Pakistan’s innings faltered towards the end.
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Chasing 165, England were off to a terrible start with opener Phil Salt being dismissed for a golden duck. Jos Buttler was removed on two off three in the third over, before Jacob Bethell fell in the fifth over, all removed by Shaheen Afridi. When Tom Banton was dismissed by Usman Tariq in the eighth over, England had only 58 runs on the board. England were pegged back with four quick wickets, but skipper Brook led from the front and added a crucial 45 runs with Sam Curran for the fifth wicket and stitched a 52-run partnership with Will Jacks for the sixth wicket.
The Shaheens are all but out of the semifinal race after their first game of the Super 8 stage against New Zealand was washed out in Colombo. With just one point from two Super 8 games, Pakistan need a lot of other results to go their way in Super 8 Group 2 for them to make it to the top four.
ENG vs PAK T20 World Cup 2026 Squads
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Khawaja Nafay.
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed
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Feb 24, 2026 10:33 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: ENG qualify for Semis
Salman Mirza to bowl the last over. FOUR! Jofra Archer finishes things off in style! England win the game by two wickets and become the first team to qualify for the semifinal! Uff, what a game this has been. Top drawer!
England: 166/8 in 19.1 overs; Beat Pakistan by 2 wickets and qualified for semifinals
Feb 24, 2026 10:31 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Three needed off last six
Mohammad Nawaz to bowl the penultimate over. OUT! Will Jacks is clean bowled! Absolutely unnecessary shot from Jacks. He goes for a glory shot but has been beaten and bowled. Any more twists left in the game? Liam Dawson is the new man in and gets a single. OUT! Another wicket! Jamie Overton dances down the track and has been stumped. England are eight down now. What a game this has been! Archer joins Dawson and manages a single off the last ball as three runs are needed off the last over.
England: 162/8 in 19 overs; Need 3 runs from 6 balls
Feb 24, 2026 10:27 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Five needed off 12
Salman Mirza in the attack. He starts with a WIDE. Jacks gets a two before Mirza bowls another wide. He ends up well to bowl four dots before Jacks ends with a single to keep the strike.
England: 160/6 in 18 overs; Need 5 runs from 12 balls
Feb 24, 2026 10:24 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook slams ton
Shaheen Afridi with his last over. Will Jacks starts the over with a quick two. FOUR! England are getting closer and closer to the target with each delivery. Jacks was looking for a pull and a bottom edge race to fine leg for a four. SIX! WHAT AN AUDACIOUS SHOT THIS FROM BROOK! Absolutely unreal. He is on 90 and plays this kind of shot. Wow. Dances down the track and smokes the short ball over long-off with a flat-batted six. FOUR! He gets to his century in 50 deliveries. Amazing knock under pressure. Leading from the front. OUT! Ton and done! Afridi yorks Brook, cleaning him up with a yorker and straightaway runs to him, shaking his hand.
Harry Brook b Shaheen Afridi 100(51)
England: 155/6 in 17 overs; Need 10 runs from 18 balls
Feb 24, 2026 10:13 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Jacks hits a flat six off Tariq
Usman Tariq with his final over. England just need to avoid a wicket in this over, and they would have a huge upper hand in this game. SIX! What a shot, Jacks! Short from Tariq, Jacks stays back, swivel pulls a flat six over deep square leg. FOUR! More runs, this time for Brook, who moves to the 90s. Outside off delivery, edge, and it races away to the third man fence.
England: 138/5 in 16 overs; Need 27 runs from 24 balls
Feb 24, 2026 10:08 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Risk aversion priority
Mohammad Nawaz returns in the attack with his second over. Brook and Jacks are content with singles and doubles as they prioritise risk aversion. A couple of twos and three singles give England seven from this over.
England: 124/5 in 15 overs
Feb 24, 2026 10:00 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook, Jacks negotiate Tariq's over
Usman Tariq with his third over. No risk taken by both batters as England manage seven runs from this over.
England: 117/5 in 14 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:57 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Jacks gets a maximum
Salman Mirza returns with his second over. SIX! Jacks shuffles to get some room and thumps the ball over extra cover for a maximum. He plays out the full over, getting only one six and five dots.
England: 110/5 in 13 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:55 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Tariq removes Curran
Usman Tariq comes back into the attack. OUT! Just four runs come from the four deliveries and Tariq strikes again. He dismisses Curran, who holes out to Mohammad Nawaz at deep mid-wicket. Just five from the over and a wicket as Will Jacks joins Brook.
England: 104/5 in 12 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:51 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook attacks Shadab
Shadab Khan again. Harry Brook unleashes his big shots, slamming Shadab for TWO FOURS and a SIX, taking 17 off his third over. The required rate trickles down to 7.5 as England get closer to the target.
England: 99/4 in 11 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:43 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook hits fifty
Saim Ayub returns to the attack. Harry Brook gets a single off the first ball to complete his well-crafted fifty. Brook punishes Ayub for bowling short by pulling him at short fine leg. 10 from this over. Productive over for England, 10 come form it.
England: 82/4 in 10 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:40 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brainfade moment for Afridi
Shadab Khan continues. Three singles come from the first three deliveries as both Curran and Brook know they need to spend time in the middle. Shadab fires one outside off to bowl a wide. FOUR! Oh god, how can you miss this one, Afirid? Brainfade perhaps? Curran goes back to pull the length ball at long-on but Afridi lets the ball go through his hands at the fence.
England: 72/4 in 9 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:33 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Tariq gets a wicket off first delivery
Pakistan's trump card, Usman Tariq, comes into the attack. OUT! Tariq gets a wicket off his first delivery! Tom Banton is dismissed off a googly from Tariq as he induces an outside edge. Sam Curran walks out to join Brook. A carefully played over fetch England five singles from the next five deliveries.
Tom Banton c Usman Khan b Usman Tariq 2(6)
England: 63/4 in 8 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:28 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Tight over from Shadab
Shadab Khan gets into the attack. Banton manages a single only after playing a couple of dots. Banton needs to make sure he gets singles and is able to rotate the strike regularly for Brook's cause. Brook gets a couple of twos as England manage five from this over.
England: 58/3 in 7 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:23 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook ends PP on high
Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack in place of Saim Ayub. New batter in the middle, Tom Banton, gets off the mark with a single. FOUR! Brook continues to put up a fight against Pakistan. Gets low, brings out the sweep to find a boundary over short fine leg. FOUR! Brook gets another boundary, this time on offside. He charges down the track and slices it through the covers this time. SIX! Quicker one from Nawaz, flat and straight, Brook muscles it straight down the ground to end the PowerPlay with a maximum. 17 off this over.
England: 53/3 in 6 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:17 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Afridi picks third, removes Bethell
Shaheen Afridi again. OUT! Jacob Bethell. short and struggleful vigil comes to an end after he pulls the length ball at deep square leg where Sahibzada Farhana slides forward to complete a clean catch. Afridi bowls fast, cramps Bethell for room and gets his third wicket from his opening spell. What a night he is having. Redemption.
Jacob Bethell c Sahibzada Farhan b Shaheen Afridi 8(10)
England: 36/3 in 5 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:13 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Tariq drops Bethell
Saim Ayub is in the attack in place of Salman Mirza. Bethell starts the over with a single before Brook returns the strike to him with a single. FOUR! Short ball, flatter, into the body, and Bethell picks up the length quickly, goes to backfoot and pulls it away nicely to find the gap through deep mid-wicket. DROPPED! Usman Tariq drops a sitter! This should have been caught, and Pakistan are doing Pakistan things. Bethell goes for a slogsweep, but a top edge was grassed by Tariq after running in from short fine leg. FOUR! Brook rubs salt to the wound by slamming the full ball towards mid-on for a boundary.
England: 29/2 in 4 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:05 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Buttler falls
Shaheen Afridi continues. Brook guides the outside off delivery to third man for a single off the first ball. Buttler gets a streeaky two to get off the mark. OUT! Afridi gets rid of both the openers in his first nine deliveries. A similar angle, away from the right-hander, induces an underedge when Buttler goes for a wild slash, and it's carried by Usman Khan. Buttler's poor run continues. Pakistan are off to a great start. Jacob Bethell joins skipper Brook. He plays a couple of dots before getting off the mark with a single off the last ball of the over.
Jos Buttler c Usman Khan b Shaheen Afridi 2(3)
England: 18/2 in 3 overs
Feb 24, 2026 09:00 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Brook attacks Mirza
Salman Mirza to operate from the other end. FOUR! Mirza starts with a full delivery, dangling down the leg, and Brook just flicks it fine to start the over with a boundary. A couple of dots to follow as Brook is cramped for room on the offside. Mirza gets the ball to wobble around with a slower delivery, beating Brook this time. SIX! Back of the length, slower delivery in the middle, early pickings by Brook as he pulls it away with rather ease over deep square leg. He takes a single off the last delivery, making it an 11-run over.
England: 14/1 in 2 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:51 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Phil Salt departs for golden duck
No surprise there as Shaheen Afridi starts the proceedings for Pakistan with the new ball. Over the wicket to Phil Salt. One slip in place. OUT! Wicket off the first delivery! Would you believe it? Afridi delivers big time for Pakistan. Salt departs for a golden duck. Full ball, angling away for the right-hander as Salt throws his bat, and an outside edge carries to the keeper, Usman Khan. Wow! This is certainly not the start England were looking for. Skipper Harry Brook walks out. He gets off the mark with a couple off the second delivery he faces. He charges down in the following delivery, but Afridi goes wide of offside to beat him. Brook gets a single off the fifth delivery before Buttler is beaten outside off. Terrific over as three comes from this.
Phil Salt c Usman Khan b Shaheen Afridi 0(1)
England: 3/1 in 1 over
Feb 24, 2026 08:48 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: All set for chase
Out walk the English openers Phil Salt and Jos Buttler in the pursuit of 165. Pakistan players also get off their huddle as they are looking to defend the total in they need to stay alive in the World Cup.
Feb 24, 2026 08:38 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK get to 164
Sam Curran bowls the final over. Salman Mirza drives through the cover and goes for a quick single. Harry Brook could have run him out with a direct hit at the non-striker's end, but fails to do so. Shadab finds a couple of twos from the next two deliveries before he plays a mini helicopter shot to get a FOUR off the full ball from Curran. RUN OUT! He has been run out while looking for his second run off the last ball as Pakistan manage 164 in 20 overs.
Shadab Khan run out (Jacob Bethell/Jos Buttler) 23(11)
Pakistan: 164/9 in 20 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:34 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Archer dismisses Shaheen Afridi
Jofra Archer to bowl the penultimate over of the innings. WICKET! Shaheen Afridi departs now. Three wickets have fallen in the last six deliveries as Pakistan's innings has fallen apart in the slog overs. Afridi pulls the short ball but finds Sam Curran at deep backward square leg. Sallman Mirza is the new batter in at No. 10 and gets a single, which brings up 150 for Pakistan. Shadab Khan ends the over with a FOUR.
Shaheen Afridi c Sam Curran b Jofra Archer 2(3)
Pakistan: 154/8 in 19 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:27 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Dawson gets two in his over
Liam Dawson now with his final over. FOUR! DROPPED! Skipper Harry Brook drops Shadab Khan at extra covers as the ball races away for a boundary. WICKET! Dawson gets his man! It's not Shadab but Usman who is caught by Jamie Overton at long-on. WICKET! Two in two for Dawson, who traps Mohammad Nawaz LBW. Shaheen Afridi is the new batter in and tasked to deny Dawson the hat-trick. He takes a single to end the over.
Pakistan: 147/7 in 18 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:24 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Expensive over but Rashid snaps up Zaman
Adil Rashid with his last over. SIX! Zaman welcomes him with a maximum, slamming it over long-on to start the over with a six. OUT! Zaman falls while looking for a big shot and holes out to Dawson. Usman Khan is the new batter in the middle. He is off the mark straightaway with a two. SIX! Usman ends the over the way Zaman started it. He goes down on his knees and Usman slogsweeps over deep mid-wicket.
Fakhar Zaman c Liam Dawson b Adil Rashid 25(16)
Pakistan: 140/5 in 17 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:17 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Overton removes Farhan
Jamie Overton returns to the attack. SIX! More runs for Sahibzada Farhan. Length ball, on middle and off, Farhan rocks back and hammers the pull over long-on for a maximum. FOUR! Wow, this time he plans his foot forward and uses the width to slam it over extra cover for a second boundary in a row. OUT! Bang! What a reply this from Overton. Bowls a full-length delivery, beats him to find his pads in front of the wicket. Farhan reviews it after the on-field umpire gives it out, but it turns out to be a wasteful DRS. Shadab Khan is the new man in. FOUR! He is off the mark with a boundary. Walks off the track and swings the length ball at offside for a boundary to start things off. 14 and a wicket from this over.
Sahibzada Farhan lbw b Jamie Overton 63(45)
Pakistan: 126/4 in 16 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:09 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Curran stops the flow of runs
Sam Curran returns to the attack. He bowls a phenomenal over, reducing the scoring rate by giving just five singles from his over, which also included a lot of slower deliveries.
Pakistan: 112/3 in 15 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:07 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Fifty for Farhan
Will Jacks again. Zaman and then Farhan slam him for SIX each as the latter also gets to his half-century, continuing his purple patch in this World Cup. 16 off the over as Pakistan go past 100 as well.
Pakistan: 107/3 in 14 overs
Feb 24, 2026 08:04 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Farhan attacks
Adil Rashid returns. A single to start the over but it has been deemed a NO BALL as England had one extra fielder outside the infield. Zaman misses the wild swing to miss out on a FREE HIT. Farhan sweeps Rashid to get a FOUR, making it a seven-run over.
Pakistan: 91/3 in 13 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:59 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Zaman breaks shackles
Will Jacks, England hero from the last game, comes into the attack. FOUR! Poor delivery from Jacks, who darts on leg, and Zaman just plays it fine at deep fine leg for a much-needed boundary. FOUR MORE! Jacob Bethell misfields results in Zaman getting another boundary, this time at deep point.
Pakistan: 84/3 in 12 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:54 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Overton cleans up Babar Azam
Jamie Overton returns to the attack. WICKET! The impending pressure finally gets the better of Babar Azam. Length ball on off, Babar Azam goes for a swing across the line but has been beaten to get clean bowled. He manages 25 off 24. Fakhar Zaman is in at No. 5.
Babar Azam b Jamie Overton 25(24)
Pakistan: 73/3 in 11 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:48 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Spinners take control
England spinners have taken full control of the proceedings in the middle overs. Pakistan are suddenly struggling to get any boundaries. Liam Dawson comes back into the attack, only to leak five singles from his third over. Adil Rashid then comes for his second over and gives only four runs. At the halfway stage, Pakistan are 70 for two.
Pakistan: 70/2 in 10 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:42 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Rashid starts with a quiet over
Leg spin now in the attack as Adil Rashid comes in for Liam Dawson. He sprays one down the leg to start his spell with a WIDE. Three singles and a two make it a six-run over.
Pakistan: 61/2 in 8 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:37 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK past 50
Sam Curran has been introduced in the attack in place of Jofra Archer. He starts with a pace-off delivery from around the wicket, angling in for Babar Azam, who starts the over with a two at backward point. Three singles follow off the next four deliveries before Farhan muscles the full delivery down the ground, ending the over with FOUR at wide long-off. 50 up for Pakistan as well.
Pakistan: 55/2 in 7 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:31 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK get to 46 in PP
Liam Dawson continues. FOUR! Farhan is in a good position to flick the flat delivery, and it runs past the diving fielder deep square leg. Dawson ends it well to give just two from his last three deliveries. Pakistan manage six runs from the over and 46 from the PowerPlay.
Pakistan: 46/2 in 6 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:29 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Babar Azam slams Archer for two fours
Jofra Archer again. He will bowl his third straight over. Three singles come from the first three deliveries before Babar Azam plays a dot. He, however, compensates by slamming Archer for TWO BACK-TO-BACK FOURS, making it an 11-run over for Pakistan.
Pakistan: 40/2 in 5overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:27 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK skipper falls
Spinner is already in the attack as Liam Dawson comes in for Jamie Overton. FOUR! First boundary for Salman Ali Agha as he shimmies down the track and then flicks it towards loeg side where Bethell misfields it to let it go to the fence. OUT! Spinner does the trick for England. Another one goes down for Pakistan as the skipper falls this time. He flat bats it to Jamie Overton at long-off. Babar Azam walks out at No. 4 and gets off the mark with a single. Six runs and a wicket from this over.
Salman Agha c Jamie Overton b Liam Dawson 5(6)
Pakistan: 29/2 in 4 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:22 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Archer removes Ayub
Jofra Archer continues. WICKET! Saim Ayub falls cheaply yet again. He is having an unforgettable tournament with the bat. Short ball, quick from Archer, 145+, and he cramps Ayub, who pulls it behind square, but a leading edge goes to Jacob Bethell. Skipper Salman Ali Agha comes in at No. 3. He gets off the mark with a single after playing a couple of dots. FOUR! The leading run-getter continues to score lucky runs. Quick again from Archer and an inside edge runs past a diving fielder at short third. FOUR! Chance for the boundary rider at deep square but it goes for another boundary.
Saim Ayub c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer 7(7)
Pakistan: 23/1 in 3 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:11 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Farhan stats the over with a boundary
Jamie Overton from the other end. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Pakistan. Farhan starts with a boundary after punishing the back-of-the-length delivery wide of offside. He uses the width and plays over the infield on the offside. A single brings Ayub back on strike. A wide and two for Ayub make it a nine-run over for Pakistan.
Pakistan: 14/0 in 2 overs
Feb 24, 2026 07:06 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Farhan, Ayub off the mark
Jofra Archer to start things for England. Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub open for Pakistan. Farhan manages to get off the mark after cutting the short ball on off side for a single. Archer welcomes Ayub with two short balls but outside off before the left-hander slashes the short ball wide over backward point for a FOUR to get off the mark. Five from the first over.
Pakistan: 5/0 in 1 over
Feb 24, 2026 07:00 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: National anthem time
It's time for national anthems as players of both teams are in the middle. We are just moments away from the live action.
Feb 24, 2026 06:52 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Pitch report by Rameej Raza and Eoin Morgan
66 and 67 metres square. It certainly looks a very good surface. It looks really, really good. A typical Pallekele wicket. England played on a couple of surfaces here the other day that were used and far more spin-friendly. This one, though, is completely different. There's a full covering of grass, clearly unused, and it feels rock-hard underfoot. Expect good pace, a bit of cut, and that familiar skiddy nature. Conditions like these often improve as the game goes on - it could well be a surface that gets better for batting later in the day.
Feb 24, 2026 06:47 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Shaheen in, Faheem out
Interesting decision from Pakistan as Shaheen Afridi, who was dropped after the India game, has made the comeback in the playing XI in place of Faheem Ashraf.
Feb 24, 2026 06:37 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Playing XIs
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq.
Feb 24, 2026 06:33 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK win toss, to bat first vs ENG
It's toss time in Kandy. Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha and England captain Harry Brook are out in the middle for the coin flip.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first in Kandy.
Feb 24, 2026 06:22 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Points Table
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Feb 24, 2026 06:21 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Michael Vaughan to ECB over PAK players not being picked by Indian-owned franchises in The Hundred
“The Hundred was set up to be an inclusive competition designed to appeal to a different audience, which is why the England and Wales Cricket Board has to act quickly if reports are true that new Indian owners will not select Pakistani players”.
“I am a huge fan of the Hundred, but it has to appeal to all supporters for it to have any credibility. This has the potential to turn away the large Pakistan population that lives in England and loves cricket. What message does that send about our game? If true, it makes a mockery of the stated aim of Richard Thompson, the ECB chairman, to make English cricket the most inclusive sport in the country,” Vaughan wrote in his Telegraph column.
Feb 24, 2026 06:14 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Sahibzada Farhan on Indian-owned Hundred outfits not picking Pakistani players
“See, it’s not in our hands to decide who will pick us or not. That is not in our hands. Wherever we get a chance, who are interested can pick us and we are ready to play in that league. And we are not interested to play with the people – the way you have spoken,” said Farhan when asked about Pakistan players not being picked in franchise leagues around the world with strong IPL ties ahead of his team’s T20 World Cup Super Eight match against England.
Feb 24, 2026 06:05 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Win toss, bat first the funda for PAK
Pakistan have won each of their last six men’s T20Is when batting first on the day, including a 102- run win against Namibia in their most recent such game – their biggest margin of victory (by runs) at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; the last time the Shaheens won more such games on the bounce was between July 2018 and February 2019 (7 games).
(Stats via Opta)
Feb 24, 2026 06:01 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Ashwin wants PAK to play Fakhar
“If Pakistan are serious about this World Cup campaign, they need to think about giving Fakhar Zaman a go in the middle order. He can sweep and use his feet against Rashid and Dawson to inflict some serious damage through the middle overs. This was Nepals success formulae against Rashid and there are some key learning’s that the other teams can try to imbibe. Access the square boundaries to earn balls in the step hit zone,” Ashwin posted on X.
Feb 24, 2026 05:51 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: ENG 3-0 up vs PAK in last three World Cup game
England have won each of their previous three meetings with Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the joint most against any opponent without a single loss (also Afghanistan); in fact, the Three Lions are currently on a five-game winning streak against the Shaheens in men’s T20Is.
(Stats via Opta)
Feb 24, 2026 05:26 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Full Schedule
The schedule for the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 was announced on Tuesday, with 12 teams competing for the T20 crown in England later this year. Hosts England will take on Sri Lanka in the tournament opener at Edgbaston in Birmingham on June 12, while Ireland and Scotland begin their campaign against each other in an all-European clash at Old Trafford on June 13.
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Feb 24, 2026 05:13 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: PAK probable playing XI
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq.
Feb 24, 2026 05:03 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Eng probable playing XI
England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.
Feb 24, 2026 04:56 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Head-to-head
Credit: ICC/Opta
Feb 24, 2026 04:42 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Squads
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Khawaja Nafay.
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed.
Feb 24, 2026 04:30 PM IST
England vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup Updates: Hello
Hello and welcome to our continued live coverage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, where Pakistan and England will take on each other in a crucial Super 8 Group 2 game in Kandy on Tuesday.
Pakistan's first Super 8 game was washed out against New Zealand as they had to share the points. Meanwhile, England defeated co-hosts Sri Lanka comfortably to begin their Super 8 campaign confidently. A win for Harry Brook's England will all but guarantee them a semifinal spot, whereas if Pakistan fail to get two points from this game, they will be staring down the barrel.
Stay tuned as we give you all the live action updates of the game happening at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has told that all-rounder Shadab Khan should silence critics through his performances after the latter hit back at criticism by stating that it was only a team in which he played that managed to beat India in a World Cup match. Pakistan had come under fire from former players after their 61-run loss to India in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Shadab then made his comments after Pakistan beat Nambia by 102 runs in their next match and thus sealed qualification to the Super Eights.
Shadab and other senior members of the current Pakistan squad like Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi played an important role in their victory over India in a group stage match of the 2021 T20 World Cup. It was the first, and thus far only, time that Pakistan had managed to beat India in any men’s World Cup match, T20 or ODI. “Shadab was absolutely right when he said that we didn’t beat India in the World Cups, but his side did. They got respect after that, but they couldn’t handle it. After they defeated India, they could not handle the issues between them. Shadab should also know that when he was not able to perform for the team, we stood up for him on national television, saying he is the backbone of the team,” said Shahid Afridi on Samaa TV. (READ MORE)
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