Pakistan’s Poor Show Against England Puts Semi-Final Hopes in Danger

Pakistan’s Poor Performance Against England Hurts Semi-Final Chances

It was a very disappointing performance from the Pakistan national cricket team as they lost a must-win game against the England cricket team. Batting first, Pakistan scored 165 runs. Sahibzada Farhan played a responsible innings and scored a fifty, carrying the team when wickets kept falling. Fakhar Zaman made 25 runs and gave some momentum, while Shadab Khan provided a good finish at the end. But the middle-order batters failed again and could not support Farhan, which stopped Pakistan from reaching a bigger total.

In the second innings, Pakistan got a dream start as Shaheen Afridi dismissed Phil Salt on the very first ball and later took the important wicket of Jos Buttler. However, after that strong start, Pakistan lost control of the game. Harry Brook scored a brilliant century and attacked the Pakistani bowlers from all sides, hitting boundaries all around the ground and taking the match away from Pakistan.

After this loss, Pakistan are now third on the points table, and their semi-final chances look difficult. The situation depends on other matches. If New Zealand national cricket team lose both of their upcoming games and Pakistan beat Sri Lanka national cricket team in the last match, Pakistan can still qualify. But if New Zealand win even one game, then it will become very hard for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals, even if they defeat Sri Lanka.