A four-pronged spin attack took Pakistan to a 102-run win, which also ended USA's hopes of making it to the next stage
Scorer: Thilak Ram | Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah
6:33pm Right, that's it from here. Congratulations to Pakistan for making it through to the Super Eight. All quite straightforward in the end here in Colombo. That's all from here, but hop on over to India versus Netherlands in Ahmedabad. India are batting first...
6:25pm Unsurprisingly, Sahibzada Farhan is the player of the match for his 100 not out off 58 deliveries. It's his first in T20Is but fifth in all T20s since 2025, the most of any batter. Wasim Akram is with Farhan to translate in the post-match presentation:
"He has been playing domestic cricket for the last four years on a regular basis. He doesn't miss a match! His hard work has paid off particularly for what he was doing in first-class cricket in Pakistan.
"Early on, the wicket wasn't that easy to bat on. He realised it, he told his captain as well. We'll play normal cricket and then I'll play my own game."
On the 81-run stand with Shadab Khan that propelled Pakistan to 199 for 3: "We lost a couple of wickets in succession so the idea was to build a partnership and then get going."
6:17pm "Procrastinator... seems more lethal," adds Ali to the suggestions for Usman Tariq's nickname. Like it, though he's wasted no time this afternoon, polishing off Namibia who were rarely in the chase, and finish with a 0 and 4 record in Group A.
WP Myburgh c †Usman Khan b Usman Tariq 8 (18m 14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 57.14
No.11 batter Jack Brassell, who stated he thought 200 was par at the halfway stage, for the final throe
BM Scholtz b Usman Tariq 1 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
Tariq with his final over
The Pakistan opener started slow but batted through the innings against Namibia to take them to their second-highest total in T20 World Cups
The Pakistan captain also praised Tariq and hoped he would "win us more games" in the upcoming outings
Sahibzada Farhan outscored Namibia, who became the first team to get bowled out for less than 100 in this World Cup
A four-pronged spin attack took Pakistan to a 102-run win, which also ended USA's hopes of making it to the next stage
In the Super Eight stage, India, Zimbabwe, West Indies and South Africa will be in Group 1, and England, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group 2
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |
