The England Cricket Team created history after reaching the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup with a tense two-wicket win over Pakistan at the Pallekele International Stadium to seal their place in the semi-finals of the mega event. The Harry Brook-led side is the first team to confirm their place in the knockout stages of the competition after winning both their Super Eight stage games so far , having earlier also beaten co-hosts Sri Lanka by 51 runs.
Skipper Brook was the star of the show as his move to promote himself to number three proved a masterstroke. The 27-year-old played arguably the greatest knock in the tournament's history as he made 100 runs in just 51 balls to arrest a top-order collapse.
The result means that England has reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the fifth edition in a row. The streak started 10 years ago in 2016, when they lost the final against the West Indies. They were knocked out in the last four stages in 2021 and 2024 but lifted the trophy in 2022. The record previously belonged to Pakistan, who made the semis in each of the first four editions. Sri Lanka also had equalled it later.
Overall, the Three Lions are only the second team to make the last four of the same men's ICC event five times in a row after New Zealand, who have achieved the feat in the Cricket World Cup (ODI WC) by making it to this stage of the tournament in 2007, 2011, 2025, 2019, and 2023.
England have given themselves a golden chance of becoming the first team to lift the trophy for the third time after winning the title in 2010 and 2022. India and the West Indies also have two titles to their name.
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