Captain Harry Brook hit a superb 100 as England recovered from a poor start to their innings to chase down 166 and beat Pakistan to seal a place in the last four of the T20 World Cup.
England were reeling at 17-2 and 35-3 as Phil Salt, Jacob Bethell and Jos Buttler coughed up cheap wickets but Brook steadied the ship before hitting some trademark blows to accelerate to victory.
He fell shortly after bringing up his first T20 hundred in Pallekele in just 50 balls and it was left to Jofra Archer to hit the winning runs in the last over.
South Africa or West Indies look England’s most likley semi-final opponents. India are still technically in the running but are in trouble after their heavy defeat to South Africa and need big wins with a good run rate to squeeze through.
More to follow.
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