England (166/8) edge past Pakistan (164/9) by 2 wickets, leaving Pakistan on the brink of elimination from T20 World Cup 2026

[emranabbas]

Pakistan are not winning anything with shaheen babar and damaad in the line up

Glad we got rid of rauf and rizwan

 

[Omer2002]

no luck with the game i am afraid..england can chase anything i am afraid...Afridi coming in has now worsen the somewhat batting depth Faheem gave so it is already game over

 

[IAJ]

Guess who is back

Dua kartay hain yeh aaj dimagh istemaal kartay hue bowling karay. I just hate watching him run and serve half-volleys to batsmen. He should mix it up and not be predictable. With his height he should look to get bounce as well.

 

[Devadwal]

The data suggests that England, apart from Salt and, to a lesser extent, Buttler, don't play left arm seamers well at all.

Whether it actually works out with Shaheen or not is left to be seen.

Pakistan is playing with two left arm seamers.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Playing XIs:
England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Jacob Bethell, 4 Tom Banton, 5 Harry Brook (capt), 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Jamie Overton, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Adil Rashid

Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Salman Ali Agha (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Fakhar Zaman, 6 Shadab Khan, 7 Usman Khan (wk), 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Salman Mirza, 11 Usman Tariq

 

[PakPremi]

Faheem drop good news but wrong bowler replacing him, should had been Naseem, who is even better batsman than Shaheen.

 

[IAJ]

no luck with the game i am afraid..england can chase anything i am afraid...Afridi coming in has now worsen the somewhat batting depth Faheem gave so it is already game over

Faheem has only 3 more runs in the tournament, so I don't think it will make any difference. I am more worried about Shaheen's bowling lol. Could have given chance to Naseem. Khair, jou hai woh hi hai. Let's hope for the best.

 

[Kroll]

Just hope match isn't over before it's began like against India unless of course its in our favour.

 

[Kroll]

Fingers being pointed at Babar Azam, but Ali Agha and Ayub also need to step up this time.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Premium fast bowler back

 

[t_kaay]

I like the team we are putting out. They will naturally go after Shaheen Afridi which is expected in this part of the world. If he can get early swing or his length right he might prove good.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Needed to bring in Abrar for Babar. That would've made this perfect

 

[aboveandbeyond]

England continue to have no luck with the Toss. But all the pressure on Pakistan.

Hopefully, England will play with freedom knowing they already have points on the board with a healthy run rate

 

[RidiculousMan]

Premium fast bowler back

Aar ya paar

 

[Asif321]

We can defend 170-180 here

 

[Asad T]

Fingers being pointed at Babar Azam, but Ali Agha and Ayub also need to step up this time.

even faheem instead of babar would have been better
babar is a sitting duck to rashid

 

[emranabbas]

Aar ya paar

Stadium ke paar

 

[Asif321]

Can saim finally score

 

[deltexas]

Babar has excellent stats against England. He should play... People were supporting fakhar based on same thing agianst Kiwis. Where is the support for babar now??

Because of late he has been useless. This cljnging on some old match somewhere is hurting Pak chances..

 

[Kianig89]

Even 220 is possible if all.of them click , long batting lineup for Pakistan it is

 

[IAJ]

I have a feeling we will see a different Babar today, In sha Allah!

 

[emranabbas]

We need to win this... indians are sharpening their knives to troll us if we lose

 

[RidiculousMan]

Can saim finally score

Has to. By the looks of it. Today is the best pitch he will play on.

 

[emranabbas]

Even 220 is possible if all.of them click , long batting lineup for Pakistan it is

Not possible with babar in line up

 

[Kianig89]

Saim
Farhan
Agha
Babar
Fakhar
Shadab
Usman
Nawaz
SSA
Mirza
Tariq
========
6 openers, 7 bowlers , 4 allrounders

It's a beastly lineup atleast on paper

 

[Kianig89]

Not possible with babar in line up

Let's back the team

 

[RidiculousMan]

I have a feeling we will see a different Babar today, In sha Allah!

If he can smoke Adil Rashid for 2 sixes in an over. That'll be job well done.

 

[mesmerizer85]

I believe Babar is still calling the shots on who should play as his mates Nawaz,Shadab,Shaheen are looking irreplacable.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Even 220 is possible if all.of them click , long batting lineup for Pakistan it is

Need to play around Farhan like the Namibia game.

 

[emranabbas]

Let's back the team

Babar isnt team player he will play at strike rate of 120 to get his 50

 

[TheSultan]

I can’t believe those 3 roti losers are playing? What has shaheen done to get his place back? Free 15 runs an over minimum for England

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Pakistan is playing with two left arm seamers.

Yes. It's a good selection against this lineup. Between them, Shadab and Tariq, England have their work cut out.

 

[imshally81]

So question is... Should agha salman bowl today?

 

[emranabbas]

Waiting for Pakistan anthem its so peaceful

 

[IAJ]

wow those were som big flags kids are carrying

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Is match ka mujarim thread still alive?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Archer against Usman Khan will be some sight.

 

[Error404]

Surprised with Shaheen getting the nod ahead of Abrar. Maybe it's because of the shorter boundaries of this ground

 

[t_kaay]

I can’t believe those 3 roti losers are playing? What has shaheen done to get his place back? Free 15 runs an over minimum for England

Have to cover all bases. England are a big hitting side. They can easily take spinners apart and we need to mix it up with pace as well.

 

[emranabbas]

Pak sar zameen shad baad

 

[RidiculousMan]

Hopefully the boys have kept their hands light on Pakoras in Iftari today

 

[Justcrazy]

Big game for Pakistan here.

 

[Asif321]

God save our gracious Pakistan

 

[GudduBadmash]

Alot will depend on Farhan again, the only batsman in this team who is not mentally weak

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Hopefully the boys have kept their hands light on Pakoras in Iftari today

Hopefully "Tunday ke kabab" isn't available in Srilanka.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Even 220 is possible if all.of them click , long batting lineup for Pakistan it is

Pakistan has never even scored 200 against a minnow side in a T20 World Cup

 

[Justcrazy]

Jamie Overton batting at 9 , it shows depth in their batting.

 

[emranabbas]

Is kandy big ground?

 

[NeVerMind]

Both Damaads playing...Double Damaad!

 

[chinaman00]

Pakistan still going for a conservative lineup even though this style hasn’t served them well in the past. They should have dropped Shadab for Nafay.

 

[Kianig89]

Saim Ayub get the basics right , opening partnership is very crucial

 

[shariqnoor]

Forget Rashid, these guys will probably crumble against Overton and Curran.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan play Shaheen instead of Faheem Ashraf.

 

[run-out]

Is this the same ground where zimbabwe chased against srilanka ?

 

[saabir]

Salman Agha is so good for winning the tosses

 

[t_kaay]

Waqar in the commentary.....he always jinxs it.....with his Ramiz style words.....

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Let's go boys.

I think we will win every game from here to win World Cup.

 

[Kianig89]

Archer will cl0ck up 90Miles ??

 

[KingKhanWC]

Akram worried about an early collapse lol

 

[emranabbas]

Looks flat like pancake

 

[saabir]

Why Shaheen playing ..wastage of space. They should have either picked Naseem or Abrar

 

[Justcrazy]

Good start by Archer here.

 

[emranabbas]

Pakistan just has to be careful of short balls

 

[Kianig89]

Dot balls that's the issue

 

[AAli98]

Matter of time when archer bowls bouncer to farhan

 

[Omer2002]

great technique Farhan i mean is he an opener of a tail ender

 

[m.shah]

Pakistan is cursed by Damads ..How can Shaheen come into playing 11 after getting smashed everyday

 

[deltexas]

We need to win this... indians are sharpening their knives to troll us if we lose

Dude it's a game of cricket and the better team on the day will win. Just hope its a well contested close exciting game and not a one sided game. The Ind loss was not disappointing because Ind lost but because it was so one sided and boring to watch.

Eng is fave though to win this. They have a betyer batting team and Adil Rashid and Will Jacks firing.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Slower ball wasn’t required there

 

[Kianig89]

Pick the bowlers to hit bat sensibly

 

[emranabbas]

Dot balls that's the issue

Shakur hai bhai you realised

 

[m.shah]

Saim is sleeping

 

[Omer2002]

now explain what is saim doing ....this is bad

 

[imshally81]

Some swing

 

[emranabbas]

Saim looking clueless

 

[IAJ]

Shabash Saim

 

[Ali Active]

nice saim

 

[hamzie]

shottttt saim bhaii

 

[KingKhanWC]

Disrespect to archer

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Saim as usual playing like tail ender