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England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

England won by 2 wickets

England
166/8 (19.1 ov)
Pakistan
164/9 (20 ov)
Date
Tuesday 24 February 2026 · England in 2026
Start
13:30 UK
Venue
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan T20I scorecard

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan · Innings 164/9 (20 overs)

Pakistan · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Sahibzada Farhan lbw b J Overton 63 45 7 2 140.0
Saim Ayub c JG Bethell b JC Archer 7 7 1 0 100.0
Agha Salman c J Overton b LA Dawson 5 6 1 0 83.3
Babar Azam b J Overton 25 24 2 0 104.2
Fakhar Zaman c LA Dawson b AU Rashid 25 16 2 2 156.3
Shadab Khan run out (JC Buttler/JG Bethell) 23 11 4 0 209.1
Usman Khan c J Overton b LA Dawson 8 5 0 1 160.0
Mohammad Nawaz lbw b LA Dawson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Shaheen Shah Afridi c SM Curran b JC Archer 2 3 0 0 66.7
Salman Mirza not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 1) 4
Total 20 overs 164/9

Did not bat: Usman Tariq

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Saim Ayub, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Agha Salman, 3.3 ov), 3-73 (Babar Azam, 10.5 ov), 4-122 (Sahibzada Farhan, 15.4 ov), 5-132 (Fakhar Zaman, 16.3 ov), 6-146 (Usman Khan, 17.4 ov), 7-146 (Mohammad Nawaz, 17.5 ov), 8-149 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 18.3 ov), 9-164 (Shadab Khan, 19.6 ov)

Pakistan · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 4 0 32 2 8.00 0 0
Jamie Overton 3 0 26 2 8.67 1 0
Liam Dawson 4 0 24 3 6.00 1 0
Sam Curran 3 0 24 0 8.00 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 31 1 7.75 1 1
Will Jacks 2 0 27 0 13.50 0 0

England · Innings 166/8 (19.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Phil Salt c Usman Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 1 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler c Usman Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 2 3 0 0 66.7
Harry Brook b Shaheen Shah Afridi 100 51 10 4 196.1
Jacob Bethell c Sahibzada Farhan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 8 10 1 0 80.0
Tom Banton c Usman Khan b Usman Tariq 2 6 0 0 33.3
Sam Curran c Mohammad Nawaz b Usman Tariq 16 15 1 0 106.7
Will Jacks b Mohammad Nawaz 28 23 1 2 121.7
Jamie Overton st Usman Khan b Mohammad Nawaz 0 3 0 0 0.0
Liam Dawson not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Jofra Archer not out 5* 2 1 0 250.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) 4
Total 19.1 overs 166/8

Did not bat: AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (PD Salt, 0.1 ov), 2-17 (JC Buttler, 2.3 ov), 3-35 (JG Bethell, 4.5 ov), 4-58 (T Banton, 7.1 ov), 5-103 (SM Curran, 11.5 ov), 6-155 (HC Brook, 16.6 ov), 7-160 (WG Jacks, 18.1 ov), 8-161 (J Overton, 18.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 30 4 7.50 0 0
Salman Mirza 3.1 0 26 0 8.21 2 0
Saim Ayub 2 0 21 0 10.50 0 0
Mohammad Nawaz 3 0 26 2 8.67 0 0
Shadab Khan 3 0 31 0 10.33 1 0
Usman Tariq 4 0 31 2 7.75 0 0

Player of the match: Harry Brook · Umpires: Nitin Menon, SJ Nogajski · TV umpire: AT Holdstock · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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