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

[JaDed]

Awful fielding by English today, 2-3 4s given one-of them was a catch.

Pakistan’s game to lose, 20 runs too much for English that can’t play spin.

 

[Human786]

Target 165 - defendable imo

You guys are S L O W

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England gifted them 15 in the field

So it is a good 25 runs short

 

[Rajdeep]

165 is the target. Can we do it?

C'mmon

 

[CricVet]

England has bowled well and fielded horribly.

Pak has batted quite well facing very good bowling on a tricky pitch (except for a few) & Coached horribly. Let's see what costs more.

 

[KingKhanWC]

This is a decent total as long as England don’t get off to a flyer .

Massive day for shaheen afridi , can’t go for runs today .

Slow slow spin can win this .

55/45 England

 

[DeadlyVenom]

15 under par atleast

If England fielded better would have been 30 under par

Yeah definitely but we are still in it. A good start with the ball and we will be on top and pressure on England.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Pakistan got to 164 with 3 extra boundaries gifted by England because Pakistan weren't scoring more than 150.

 

[RidiculousMan]

8.2 an over is going to be tough with our spinners from the offset. Tight pp and rrr climbs

I hope so. Lack of Abrar is worrisome for me.

 

[JaDed]

165 is the target. Can we do it?

C'mmon

Nope .. unless a blinder happens

 

[Justcrazy]

165 is the target for England.

 

[Kroll]

Nawaz and Usman are passengers, need much better quality down the order.

 

[hur rizvi]

Need to start well

Salt and butler can kill the game in PP

 

[Thephenom]

This has to be the end for Azam and Nawaz, 2 tortoises in a world of hares

 

[Asif321]

Imagine not able to score 170 despite farhans 65 . How crap is this line up

 

[PakFan2010]

England will chase this down in 15 overs.

 

[shah9425]

180 is par

As we have player who play for opposition

 

[Rana]

Plenty on the board I recon

 

[Bhaijaan]

Pakistan are 75-25 favorites as far as your Bhaijaan is concerned

 

[khyberlion]

This has to be the end for Azam and Nawaz, 2 tortoises in a world of hares

Add salman, Shaheen and fakhar to this list as well.

 

[t_kaay]

Need to start well

Salt and butler can kill the game in PP

Game will be decided in the 1st 6 overs

 

[PakFan2010]

Shadab faced 11 balls in that innings.

Babar faced 24 balls.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Ahhhhh sometimes English supporters and sometimes Pakistan. @Rajdeep

I taught him the shot he played for 4 .

England will win tournament, let Pakistan win the match .

 

[RidiculousMan]

Banton and Curran have played Tariq before. That battle will be critical.

 

[saabir]

Without Farhan , This team's Batting is minnow level and we dnt beat USA , Netherlands or Nam either

Farhan only reliable batter in this line up. All other are just not good enough at this level..Babar , Saim and Agha are so poor in this WC

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

The Babar effect came back to haunt Pakistan. He should have never batted. Fakhar should have come instead. Could have given them a 180 minimum score with so much hitters in the side.

 

[mrtaim3]

It was painful to watch Babar. He is done. With the Tummy, he can’t even play the shots he had full command on.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Plenty on the board I recon

no its not. Its well below Par of 175 . Only hope if Eng messes up otherwise they will Canter home

Usual suspect Babar is only batter in line up who used up 24 balls at SR of 104 , all others who played 10 plus balls ended up 140 Plus SR

 

[t_kaay]

England's pacemen went for over 8 an over. Shaheen will hopefully be better than that.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Will pitch break it up? Lets see

 

[Boyka]

Need to swap Babar for Agha in the order, or just drop him

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Nawaz and Usman are passengers, need much better quality down the order.

They are better than the snail batting of Babar.

 

[emranabbas]

Need to open with spin

 

[KingKhanWC]

165 is the target. Can we do it?

C'mmon

You were deported

 

[Rajdeep]

Nope .. unless a blinder happens

We will chase it with ease. Butler, Brooks, Curran etc too strong for Pak bowlers

165 is a small total

 

[JaDed]

It was painful to watch Babar. He is done. With the Tummy, he can’t even play the shots he had full command on.

The worst shot ever.. wasn’t able to even read Adil before that

 

[Thephenom]

We’re so obsessed with spin that we’ve turned Saim from a opener who bowls occasionally to a all rounder that can bowl but can’t bat

 

[Ahmed216]

It's going to be a v close match

Hopefully. I feel Shaheen needs to step up which is obviously very unlikely

 

[Champ_Pal]

Below par. But Pak has a chance if their spinners step up their game.

70-30 in England’s favor.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Nawaz tu mera match winner must bowl well today. He has been so useless in important games.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Need to swap Babar for Agha in the order, or just drop him

1000000000000000000000% correct. The vastly overrated Babar denied Pakistan from scoring 180 minimum

 

[emranabbas]

Ahhhhh sometimes English supporters and sometimes Pakistan. @Rajdeep

He's British hes a England supporter

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

no its not. Its well below Par of 175 . Only hope if Eng messes up otherwise they will Canter home

Usual suspect Babar is only batter in line up who used up 24 balls at SR of 104 , all others who played 10 plus balls ended up 140 Plus SR

It makes a lot of difference if you come at crease with couple of balls as cushion which Our Batsmen did nt have because Babar consumed 4 overs. It makes a huge difference.

 

[Savak]

Too many problems with this team

- Potentially our best T-20 players like Saim are not consistent enough

- Bits and Pieces Cricketers like Shadab, Nawaz are not consistent enough

- Only Orthodox batter like Babar is no longer a T-20 player

- Our captain i.e. Salman Ali Agha is imposed and is not a T-20 player

 

[Deewana Mastana]

We’re so obsessed with spin that we’ve turned Saim from a opener who bowls occasionally to a all rounder that can bowl but can’t bat

This has happened he can't focus on all 3 aspects of his game

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

It was painful to watch Babar. He is done. With the Tummy, he can’t even play the shots he had full command on.

I could not curse.. I am fasting

 

[The_KING]

Should be an easy chase for England on this pitch. We needed at least 190 on this pitch.

 

[shariqnoor]

SL beats NZ
Eng beats NZ
Pak beats SL

Pakistan will be through. Not improbable.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Drop zimbru first and foremost along with that useless agha good for nothing

 

[JaDed]

We will chase it with ease. Butler, Brooks, Curran etc too strong for Pak bowlers

165 is a small total

If you say so.. last I saw England play spin I thought they were blind.. maybe they improved

 

[CricVet]

Need to open with spin

There is plenty of swing available. The problem is low IQ of Shaheen. Let's see how he bowls. He has to bowl out ALL of his overs before the last 5 overs. He will either cost the game (more likely) or win big. That is the risk this stupid board has taken with such players.

 

[Kroll]

Spin chokehold incoming, congrats on great victory

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Too many problems with this team

- Potentially our best T-20 players like Saim are not consistent enough

- Bits and Pieces Cricketers like Shadab, Nawaz are not consistent enough

- Only Orthodox batter like Babar is no longer a T-20 player

- Our captain i.e. Salman Ali Agha is imposed and is not a T-20 player

Lol, your points doesn't matter at all. They are all below par sportsman and parchees.

 

[batandballbattle]

his 4th t20 world cup and the temu king has not changed his approach one bit
get him out of my team, I am sick of seeing this misfit play as a 12th man for the opposition

 

[AAli98]

If the pitch is spinning eng will be sitting ducks

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Abrar nerd could have been picked instead of garbage shaheen.

 

[shariqnoor]

Time for Butler to get into form.

 

[deltexas]

Eng gave away 20 runs extra easily. Their fielding was subpar today. It shouldnt come back to haunt them though.. 165 should be a comfortable chase. If Butler gets going, could be one sided

 

[hamzie]

imagine if SSA for once thinks and uses his brain and starts with an out swinger for once

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shaheen opening the bowling

OUT

SALT GONE FIRST BALL CAUGHT BEHIND

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026303505745527232

 

[globetrotter]

Shaheen opening the bowling

Advantage england

 

[Kianig89]

Keep it tight from start, rest the spinners will do the job. Let's do this

 

[Asif321]

I’m so scared about Shaheen . He can mess up bad

 

[CricVet]

Butler always have trouble with outswing in my observations. Let's see if Shaheen has brain to use this weakness.

 

[hamzie]

ssa YOU ARE BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Babar Scored 2 back to Back boundaries against archer which means against Adil and Dawson he managed only 16 off 20 odd balls

 

[batandballbattle]

time for run machine shaheen to put us on the backfoot early

 

[hamzie]

imagine if SSA for once thinks and uses his brain and starts with an out swinger for once

SSA read this before first ball i just know it

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Kroll]

Eng gave away 20 runs extra easily. Their fielding was subpar today. It shouldnt come back to haunt them though.. 165 should be a comfortable chase. If Butler gets going, could be one sided

But but but we have the best spin attack in the world, we have the best batsmen in the world, the bestest of best teams in the world.

Edit: Shaheen you beauty!

 

[JaDed]

lol @Rajdeep bro tera time nahi chalraha danger man out

 

[emranabbas]

Butler always have trouble with outswing in my observations. Let's see if Shaheen has brain to use this weakness.

I can't believe you are expecting shaheen to havd brains

 

[msb314]

Good ball Shaheen credit where credit is due

 

[t_kaay]

Lol......game on

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Brook comes in at 3 today

 

[Kianig89]

Premier Fast bowler in
Brisbane Heats , Welsh Dragons ,

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Shaheen is back. Game on..

 

[Omer2002]

Goneeer

 

[t_kaay]

I can't believe you are expecting shaheen to havd brains

U wanna think about that?