England cricket team created history by winning the match against Pakistan on Tuesday. England has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. In the first match of Super-8, England defeated Sri Lanka and in the second match Pakistan. Captain Harry Brook played a century against the Pakistan team, for which he was chosen Player of the Match.

England became the first team to do so

England has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the fifth consecutive edition. In 2016, the team reached the finals, where West Indies defeated them and won their second title. In its next edition (2021) also, the team reached the semi-finals, where the team could not reach the final. In 2021 also, England was eliminated after losing in the semi-finals.

In 2022, England won its second T20 World Cup title by defeating Pakistan in the final. In the last edition also, the team had reached the semi-finals, where Team India defeated them. This edition was won by India.

England has also reached the semi-finals in the ongoing edition (2026) of the T20 World Cup. With this, England also equaled Pakistan’s world record.

England has reached the semi-finals a total of 6 times

Earlier, England had won its first T20 World Cup title in 2010. Apart from this, the team could not reach the semi-finals in 4 editions (2007, 2009, 2012 and 2014). England equaled Pakistan’s world record in terms of reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup the most number of times. England and Pakistan have reached the semi-finals 6 times each. Team India has reached the semi-finals 5 times.

what happened in the match

Talking about the match, Pakistan had scored 164 runs while batting first. Liam Dawson took maximum 3 wickets, Jamie Overton and Joffra Archer took 2-2 wickets. While defending the target, Shaheen Shah Afridi got off to a good start, dismissing Phil Salt on the very first ball. In the third over, he took a big wicket in the form of Jos Buttler and also sent Jacob Batal (8) to the pavilion cheaply. England’s 4 wickets had fallen at the score of 58, but England captain Harry Brook’s century turned the tables. Brook scored 100 runs in 51 balls and England won by 2 wickets.