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England vs Pakistan, 45th Match, Super 8 Group 2 (Y1 v Y3), ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Commentary

Pakistan opt to bat
PAK
107
-3
(14)
CRR7.64
P'SHIP34(19)
ENG
65%
PAK
35%
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
17
11
2
1
154.55
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
Drinks are on the field now..
14
6 1 6 2 0 1 (16 runs)
PAK 107-3
Sahibzada Farhan
50(37)
Fakhar Zaman
17(11)
Will Jacks
2-0-27-0
13.6
F
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, width on offer outside off, Sahibzada Farhan slaps this towards sweeper cover for a single. Sahibzada Farhan brings up his fifty - he has been one of the most consistent batters for Pakistan in this tournament. Has played quite a few match-defining knocks. On his way to play another such innings
13.5
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, driven back to the bowler by Sahibzada Farhan
13.4
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, 2 runs, width on offer outside off, slapped towards sweeper cover for a couple of runs
13.3
6
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, SIX, 100 up for Pakistan! Sahibzada Farhan goes down on knee and smokes it over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen
13.2
Will Jacks to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, drifting on the pads, nudged to short fine leg for one
Lowest SR in T20 WCs (min 500 runs)
111.5 - Babar Azam*
111.8 - Mohammed Hafeez
112.2 - Kumar Sangakkara
112.5 - Kane Williamson
113.0 - Mohammad Rizwan
13.1
6
Will Jacks to Fakhar Zaman, SIX, that's a flat six! Fakhar Zaman advances down the wicket and thumps it over long-on for a six. 84m maximum as it hits the ad hoardings beyond the boundary
Overs summary (Overs 7-13)
- Rashid begins with a tidy 6-run over
- Dawson returns for a bowl and sneaks in another frugal over
- Overton knocks over Babar for 25
- Fakhar hits Jacks for back-to-back fours in his 1st over
- Pakistan only score 45 runs in this phase and are slightly on the back foot
13
N1 0 0 0 0 1 4 (7 runs)
PAK 91-3
Sahibzada Farhan
41(33)
Fakhar Zaman
10(9)
Adil Rashid
3-0-17-0
12.6
4
Adil Rashid to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, reads the googly to perfection, goes down on his knee and plays the sweep, executing it to perfection. There were a couple of fielders in the deep converging, and Sahibzada Farhan managed to bisect both
12.5
Adil Rashid to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, fraction short outside off, Fakhar Zaman carves it through point for a single
12.4
Adil Rashid to Fakhar Zaman, no run, another similar leg-break, a lot slower through the air, Fakhar Zaman gets an inside edge onto the pads
12.3
Adil Rashid to Fakhar Zaman, no run, nicely tossed up delivery by Adil Rashid, Fakhar Zaman goes for a reverse sweep, gets an inside edge onto the pads
12.2
Adil Rashid to Fakhar Zaman, no run, a lot slower through the air around off, Fakhar Zaman gets an inside edge onto the pads
12.1
Adil Rashid to Fakhar Zaman, no run, googly outside off, Fakhar Zaman swings and misses
12.1
Adil Rashid to Sahibzada Farhan, no ball, 1 run, swept through backward square leg for a single by Sahibzada Farhan. England didn't have enough fielders inside the circle, hence it's a no ball. Free-hit coming up!
Adil Rashid [2.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
Fakhar to score 30+: Fakhar has poor matchups against Dawson and Rashid but we are expecting him to turn the tide and consolidate the innings with a breezy cameo.
12
1 4 4 1 0 1 (11 runs)
PAK 84-3
Sahibzada Farhan
36(31)
Fakhar Zaman
9(4)
Will Jacks
1-0-11-0
11.6
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, on the shorter side around middle and leg, Sahibzada Farhan pulls it towards deep square leg for one
11.5
Will Jacks to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, width on offer outside off, cut towards the off-side by Sahibzada Farhan
11.4
Will Jacks to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, spinning away from the batter outside off, Fakhar Zaman steers it towards the off-side for one