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England have booked their spot in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.

Harry Brook's sensational century led them to a two-wicket victory over Pakistan in Pallekele.

The England captain promoted himself to number three after Phil Salt was dismissed of first ball and made exactly 100 in a chase of 165.
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00:00Pakistan batting first against England, Saeem Ayyub and Salman Agha not in the mix this
00:06time for any big runs.
00:11Baba Azam and Sahib Zadda Farhan were ready to get on with the match.
00:16They took the score to 73 before Azam played all around this delivery.
00:24Fakha Zaman and Shadab Khan who made 25 and 23 respectively kept going but their dismissals
00:31prevented Pakistan from running away with the match.
00:38Liam Dawson taking three wickets while Joffre Archer and Jamie Overton each taking two.
00:45Pakistan eventually restricted to 164 for 9.
00:54A reply Phil Salt was removed early.
00:58Josh Butler failed again, out for 3 in the third over.
01:02Jacob Bettel fell for 8 and Tom Banton too as England slipped to 58 for 4.
01:09But Brook hit 10 4s and 4 6s in a devastating display of batting.
01:15He was bowled by Shaheen Afridi, a ball after reaching his 100, the first of his T20 international
01:21career.
01:22England had a scare near the end as they lost a few more wickets before getting over the
01:27line.
01:28The wickets of Will Jacks and Jamie Overton followed.
01:32Joffre Archer hit the winning runs with 5 balls to spear.
01:35India.
01:35It means England returned to India for a semi-final on either Wednesday or Thursday next week.
01:41Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
01:43Joffre Archer, TV6 Sport.
01:45You
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