Watch the highlights of England vs Pakistan - The 45th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between England and Pakistan played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele on February 24, 2026.
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| Harry Brook's classy century steered the England chase © Getty Images |
Bowlers shines before A record-breaking maiden T20I hundred by captain Harry Brook leads to England tense two-wicket victory over Pakistan, despite a Shaheen Shah Afridi's four-for and England into the semi-finals in a historic game of the 45th match of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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- Pakistan's 46 for 2 was their 14th highest powerplay total against England in T20 international and It is their highest powerplay-total against England in T20 World Cups, previous highest powerplay-total against Pakistan was 44 for 1 at Bridgetown in the 2010 World Twenty20.
- Pakistan's 164 was their ninth highest score against England in T20 international and It is their highest-score against England in T20 World Cups, previous highest was 147 at Bridgetown in the 2010 World Twenty20.
- England's 53 for 3 was their joint tenth highest powerplay total against Pakistan in T20 international and It is their second highest powerplay-total against Pakistan in T20 World Cups after their 63 for 2 at The Oval in the 2009 World Twenty20.
- Harry Brook became the second England batsman to score a century against Pakistan in T20 international after Liam Livingstone.
- Harry Brook became the sixth England batsman to score a hundred in T20Is.
- Harry Brook became the third England batsman to score a century in T20 World Cups after Alex Hales and Jos Buttler.
- Harry Brook hammered a 50-ball fifth fastest century for England in T20 international and the fastest hundred by an England batsman in T20 World Cup history, surpassing the previous record of 60-ball century held by Alex Hales against Sri Lanka at Chattogram in 2014 World Twenty20.
- Harry Brook's 100 was the ninth highest score for England in T20 international, It is the second highest-score by an England batsman against Pakistan in T20Is after Liam Livingstone's 103 at Nottingham in 2021 and the third highest-score by an England batsman in T20 World Cups after Alex Hales' unbeaten 116 against Sri Lanka at Chattogram in the 2014 World Twenty20 and Jos Buttler's unbeaten 101 also against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
- Harry Brook became the first captain to score a hundred in T20 World Cup history.
- Harry Brook's 100 was the highest-score by any captain in T20 World Cup history, surpassing the previous record of 98 held by Chris Gayle against India at Bridgetown in the 2010 World Twenty20.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi's 4 for 30 was his joint second best bowling performance for Pakistan in T20 international, his best bowling figures in T20 World Cup and the second best-bowling-figures by an Pakistan bowler against England in T20Is after Saeed Ajmal's 4 for 23 at Abu Dhabi in 2012
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Pakistan scored 164-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Sahibzada Farhan blasted a 63 off 45-balls including 7-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 140.
Fakhar Zaman hammered a 25 off 16-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 156.25, Babar Azam scored 25 off 24-balls included 2-fours and Shadab Khan blasted a 23 off 11-balls contained 4-fours with strike rate of 209.09.
England best bowler by Liam Dawson picked up 3-wickets for 24-runs in 4-overs, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer both took 2-wickets and one for Adil Rashid.
England chase down the target of 165, finishing at 166 for 8 in 19.1 overs with top scorer by Harry Brook hammered a career-best 100 off facing 51-balls - which was his 1st T20I hundred.
Will Jacks hit 28 off 23-balls including 2-sixes & a four and Sam Curran scored 16 off 15-balls included a boundary.
Pakistan best bowler by Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed a 4-wickets for 30-runs in 4-overs, Mohammad Nawaz and Usman Tariq both took 2-wickets.
Harry Brook named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to smashed a career-best sparkling 100-runs knocked off facing 51-balls including 10-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 196.07.
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