ENG vs PAK Super 8 - Match 5 Live Score - Kandy (24 February 2026)

OUT! TAKEN! Jofra Archer draws first blood. He bangs in a well-directed bouncer, on off, angling away off the pitch. Saim Ayub gets his front leg up in the air to play the pull shot but gets into an awkward position due to extra bounce. The ball gets big on him and takes the top edge of the bat. It flies in the air towards deep square leg, where Jacob Bethell runs forward off the ropes, gets down on one knee and takes a good catch. Archer brings out his 'C' celebration and Ayub's lean patch in the World Cup continues. Pakistan are 14/1 after 2.1 overs.

Fiery! Short of a length and on middle, jags back in sharply. Salman Agha tries to sway away from the ball but has no time and takes a blow on his chest.

Excellent bowling! Jofra Archer continues with the shorter length, delivers it just outside off this time, shaping it away. Salman Agha tries to cut it away but gets beaten by the extra bounce. Jos Buttler takes it above his head.

On a length and on off, Salman Agha looks to push it away but gets an inside edge towards square leg for a single.

FOUR! Unlucky for the bowler! Jofra Archer hits the length hard at 146.1 kph, on off. Sahibzada Farhan has a wild hack across the line. Gets an inside edge that races past short fine for a boundary.

FOUR! Superb effort in the deep but in vain! Another bouncer from Archer, on off. Sahibzada Farhan gets on top and pulls it aerially wide of deep square leg. It just holds up in the wind. Phil Salt runs a long way to his left, dives but just fails to reach it and the ball goes over the fence for a one-bounce four.

FOUR! Sloppy fielding! Floated, full and on middle, Salman Agha skips down the track and flicks it over mid-wicket. Jacob Bethell from deep square leg runs to his left, dives and tries to push it back inside, but he ends up deflecting it off his knee to the fence for a boundary.

Flatter, full and around leg, Salman Agha swipes it away to short fine.

OUT! CAUGHT! Liam Dawson strikes in his first over. He slows it up, full and on off. Salman Agha uses his feet to go inside-out over covers, but the ball does not spin much. He ends up hitting it from the bottom half of the bat and much straighter towards long off. Jamie Overton runs forward and takes an excellent sliding catch inches above the ground. Pakistan are 27/2 now.

Flighted, full and on middle, Babar Azam knocks it wide of mid on for one.

Fires this one full and on middle, Sahibzada Farhan flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Arm ball, full and on middle, angling in, Babar Azam defends it on the front foot. 6 runs and a wicket from Dawson's first over!

Back of a length and on middle, takes pace off. Sahibzada Farhan rolls his wrists and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Uppish but safe! Short of a length and on middle, Babar Azam tries to pull but gets hurried. He just chips it off the splice of the bat but wide of Archer, towards mid on. They cross.

Jofra Archer bangs it into the surface, on middle and leg. Sahibzada Farhan, too gets hurried on to his pull shot. He flat-bats it to the left of mid on for a run.

Good-length delivery, on middle, jags back in sharply. Babar Azam stays in his crease but gets squared up a bit. Gets an inside edge to the leg side. None of the Pakistani batters are looking comfortable against Archer here.

FOUR! Put away! This is on a hard length, on middle, sits up nicely for the batter. Babar Azam manages to get on top of the bounce, rolls his wrists and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

FOUR MORE! Deft touch this time. Jofra Archer lands this back of a length and just around off. Babar Azam waits for the ball, uses the pace and steers it past short third for another boundary.

Targets the stumps, on a length, on off, Sahibzada Farhan hangs back and tries to pierce the gap, but cuts it straight to the backward point fielder.

This one turns from off, on a fractionally fuller length. Sahibzada Farhan taps it to the off side.

 FOUR! Races away! Darts it in, full and on middle and leg. Sahibzada Farhan looks to flick by staying put, but gets a thickish inside edge and the ball rolls between short fine leg and square leg for a boundary. It teases Adil Rashid all the way before hugging the fence.

A touch short, on off, punched wide of cover.

Full and on middle, Farhan sweeps it to the deep square leg region. Jacob Bethell sprints across to his right from deep mid-wicket, dives and palms the ball back in to save two for his side. Excellent effort from Bethell.

Pushed through, full and on leg, Farhan whips it off the front foot to mid-wicket. End of the Powerplay and Pakistan are 46/2.

 BUZZERS! An inswinging delivery from around the stump. On a length in and around off, Babar dabs it to backward point. The fielder gets to the ball quickly and seeing Babar out of the crease for a moment, scores a direct hit at the batting end. But Babar is quick to plant the bat inside the crease before the stumps are hit. The ball then deflects through backward square leg and with no proper backup there, the batters cross for two runs.

Back of a length, outside off, punched on the rise to widish long off for a single.

The moon ball from Curran, full and on off, Sahibzada Farhan drills it down the ground to long on for a single. 50 UP FOR PAKISTAN!

On a back of a length, around off, Babar bunts it on the bounce to Curran. 

Full and on the stumps, Babar carves it past cover-point for a single.

 FOUR! A blistering hit! Curran goes full again, and outside off, Sahibzada Farhan plays through the line and smacks it gun-barrel straight down the ground, beating long off to his right for a boundary.

Wide!