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Pakistan vs England স্কোরকার্ড, Super Eight Match 5, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 24 2026, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST)
PAKISTAN164/9
ENGLAND166/8
England won by 2 wickets
CRR:8.66
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Match Info
| সিরিজ : | 20/20 World Cup |
| তারিখ: | Feb 24 2026, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Kandy |
| ভেন্যু: | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| টস: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Ali Mirza, Usman Tariq |
- 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.
- 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).
- England have won four of their five games at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (L1), including each of the last three on the bounce; only twice before have the Three Lions won more games in a single edition of the competition (5 wins in 2010 & 2022).
- Pakistan have scored 8.4 runs per over in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, their second highest such rate in a single edition of the competition (8.6 in 2021); in fact, their win rate of 75% (W3 L1) in this edition is also their second best (83.3% in 2021 – W5 L1).
- England have won each of their last four men’s T20Is played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, after winning one in their first three matches at the venue (L2); meanwhile, Pakistan have won each of their previous two matches in the format at the venue.
- Pakistan have scored 190+ runs in two of their last three games in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including 199/3 against Namibia in their most recent such game; the last time they logged such scores in multiple such games in a single edition was in 2014 (191/5 vs Australia & 190/5 vs Bangladesh).
- Jofra Archer has picked up eight wickets at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and is two away from becoming the first England bowler to pick up 10+ wickets in multiple editions of the competition (also 10 in 2024); in fact, Archer has picked up at least one wicket in each of his five innings in the ongoing edition, including picking up multiple wickets in each of the last three.
- Mohammad Nawaz (98 wickets) is two away from becoming the fourth bowler to pick up 100+ wickets for Pakistan in men’s T20Is; in fact, he has picked up 12 wickets at a strike rate of 15 in the format in 2026, his second best such rate in a single calendar year (12.4 in 2025).
- Jos Buttler (98 boundary fours) is two away from becoming the first England batter sixth batter overall to strike 100+ fours at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; however, he has failed to hit a single boundary in each of his last three innings in the competition.
- Babar Azam (615 runs) is 32 away from surpassing Shoaib Malik (646) to become the leading scorer for Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; however, his 66 runs in the ongoing edition of the competition is his lowest in a single campaign.
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