In the T20 World Cup 2026, England defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets on Friday. England achieved a hat-trick of Super-8 wins with this.
In the T20 World Cup 2026, England defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets on Friday. England achieved a hat-trick of Super-8 wins with this. Harry Brooke’s team had already advanced to the semifinals. New Zealand’s loss has given Pakistan new optimism for the semi-finals. Both teams can now advance to the round of four. As of right now, the New Zealand squad has three Super-8 points.
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Pakistan failed to win any Super-8 games.
T20 World Cup 2026,The Pakistani team has participated in two Super-8 games; the first was called off due to weather, and they lost to England in the second. Pakistan has one point right now. On Saturday, the Pakistani team will play Sri Lanka. Pallekele International Cricket Stadium will host this game.
T20 World Cup 2026 ,Pakistan will also receive three points if they win this game. Pakistan’s net run rate is -0.461, while the Kiwi team’s is +1.390. Pakistan’s victory over Sri Lanka is insufficient. To have a greater net run rate than the Kiwi squad, Pakistan will need to defeat Sri Lanka by a significant margin.
According to the preliminary data, Pakistan must win by a minimum of 64 runs if it bats first. The task will be more challenging if they bat later. In such scenario, Sri Lanka will need to chase them down in 13.1 overs regardless of the number of runs they score. Pakistan may only expect to compete in the semifinals if they fulfill this requirement. If not, New Zealand will place second in the group and go to the semi-finals.
Salman Mirza of Pakistan is hopeful about making it to the semifinals. On Friday, he stated, “We have high hopes of defeating Sri Lanka. Pakistan has the potential to perform better in the World Cup in addition to making it to the semifinals. We are aware that our future is in jeopardy. We have no control over it. We are considering ourselves.
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This great of a margin is required to win the game.
T20 World Cup 2026 , Pakistan has to defeat Sri Lanka by 64 runs in their upcoming game. In addition, they have 13.1 overs to chase the target. The score from the first innings, though, might somewhat alter the situation. After losing their first two Super 8 games, Sri Lanka has already been eliminated from the semi-final race.
England defeated Sri Lanka by 51 runs on February 22. New Zealand then defeated Sri Lanka by 61 runs on Wednesday. In the group stage, Sri Lanka won three straight games. Australia lost by 8 wickets, Oman by 105 runs, and Ireland by 20 runs against the tournament co-hosts. But Zimbabwe overcame Sri Lanka by six wickets in the last group game.
England keep Pakistan’s hopes alive in World Cup
England cricketers celebrate. Photo: PTI.
T20 World Cup 2026 , Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed make Pakistani cricket players happy. It appeared that New Zealand would have to bide their time until the semi-finals after England’s innings of 17 overs. However, Glenn Phillips gave the two England batsmen 22 runs in a single over. The game changed at that point. New Zealand lost to England by four wickets. In the Super Eights, they prevailed in all three of their games. England has already advanced to the World Cup semifinals. If New Zealand had defeated England in this game, they would have advanced to the semi-finals. They were not given the opportunity. Pakistan is therefore still in the running to make it to the semi-finals.
Mitchell Santner, the captain of New Zealand, chose to bat first after winning the toss. In the last game, New Zealand had won by batting first. They therefore didn’t stray from that choice. Additionally, the initial duo got off to a good start. Finn Allen scored 29 runs off 19 balls, while Tim Seifert scored 35 runs off 25 balls. But in this game, Rachin Ravindra, who started at number three, failed to score any runs (11).
With the bat, Glenn Phillips looked good. With 28 balls, he scored 39 runs. But as the game came to a close, New Zealand was losing wickets one after another. Santner and Cole McKenzie had used the bat to revive New Zealand in the previous game. But they could not do it in this match. As a result, New Zealand scored 159 runs for the loss of seven wickets when it appeared that they would score 180 runs at one point. Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed, and Will Jacks, England’s three spinners, each claimed two wickets.
England did not get off to a good start. Neither of the openers managed to score any runs. Jos Buttler and Phil Salt 2 were out for nothing. The innings was once again managed by Harry Brooke. Jacob Bethell was with him. However, Brooke was unable to contribute significantly to this game. He was out for 26 runs. 21 runs were scored by Bethell.
Rachin attracted attention with the ball in this match as well after the previous one. In four overs, he claimed three wickets for nineteen runs. Rachin claimed the crucial wickets of Sam Curran (24), and Tom Banton (33). It appeared that England would never be able to achieve it again after this pair returned. Will Jacks, however, once again demonstrated his value to this team. He scored 32 runs in 18 balls throughout his innings. Rehan went with him. In seven balls, he scored 19 runs.
In the eighteenth over, Santner gave Phillips the ball. That’s where he erred. In that over, Phillips hit two fours and two sixes. The game changed. In the following over, Santner also scored a run. To win off the final six balls, England needed to score five runs. With three balls remaining, the match was won by England.