England defeated Pakistan by two wickets in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 on Tuesday, led by captain Harry Brooke. England achieved the target of 165 runs with five balls to spare after Brooke scored his maiden century in Twenty20 Internationals.

England reached the semi-finals of the Super Eights with a second consecutive victory. England had defeated Sri Lanka by 51 runs in the first match. The defeat has put Pakistan in danger of being eliminated. Pakistan's first match against Sri Lanka was abandoned due to rain.

In Kandy, Brooke completed exactly 100 runs in the 17th over before being bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi in the next ball. After that, the game was up and down. Salman Mirza gave away just 5 runs in the 18th over and Mohammad Nawaz dismissed Will Jacks and Jamie Overton (0) in the 19th over. However, with 3 runs needed in the last over, Jofra Archer hit Mirza for a boundary to give England victory. 

Player of the Match Brook hit 10 boundaries and 5 sixes in 51 balls. He shared a crucial 52-run partnership with Will Jacks for the sixth wicket. Jacks played another useful innings, scoring 28 runs in 23 balls, including 1 boundary and 2 sixes. At the top of the order, Phil Salt was dismissed for nil, Jos Buttler for 2, Jacob Bethell for 8, Tom Banton for 2 and Sam Curran for 11. Afridi took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs, while Mirza and Usman Tariq took 2 wickets each. 

Earlier, England had restricted Pakistan to 164-9 after spinner Liam Dawson took 3 wickets. Dawson cost 24 runs for that. Pakistan, who won the toss and opted to bat, failed to post a big score.

Sahibzada Farhan scored 63 runs. Opener Farhan hit 2 sixes and 7 fours in 45 balls. This was his third half-century in the tournament. Archer gave England an early breakthrough by dismissing Sayyam Ayub for 7 runs in the third over. Dawson got Salman Agha out to get another wicket.