On the tuesday night, England’s chase was filled with all sorts of chaotic elements, but Brook came as a saving grace for them.
Harry Brook promoted himself to no. 3 and made a blazing maiden T20I century to drag his team past Pakistan’s total. With this win, England has reached the semi-finals of the ongoing T20 World Cup. Brook won this single-handedly.
In the moderate chase of 165 runs, Pakistan sent Phil Salt back for 0, and Brook promoted himself to come at number three. Shahin Afridi took three wickets in that powerplay. After that, Usman Tariq strike wiith a wicket and reduced England to 58/4.
However, Brook continued to hit Pakistani bowlers all around the ground. He even reached his hundred by launching Afridi for a six over cover and four. Off the next bowl, Afridi bowled him with a pinpoint yorker. However, Brook’s job was done when he got out. England only needed 10 runs to win in three overs.
After that, England made it look even harder than it was by gifting two wickets to Mohammad Nawaz. This allowed Pakistan to take the game to the final over. But Jofra Archer smeared Salman Mirza through midwicket for a four to win the game for England. With this, England’s dugout breathed a sigh of relief.
With this win, Egnlish team reached the semi-final with a match to spare. They can top the group if they can beat New Zealand in Colombo on Friday. Keep in mind that England did not put up a great performance against Pakistan. They were even bad in the field as well. Despite all that, the English team has reached the semi-final of the T20 World Cup for the fifth time in a row.
On the other hand, Pakistan is virtually out of the tournament. They have to win their last game against Sri Lanka, and they rely on other results as well. Only Sahibzada Farhan was impressive with 63 runs in the batting department for Pakistan. Despite that, they looked short on runs. Pakistan were restrained in the middle overs by Liam Dawson. Dawson performed extremely well with 3 wickets for just 24 runs.
