105dMatt Roller

Spinners, Farhan seal comfortable win for Pakistan

Shadley van Schalkwyk and Shubham Ranjane were impressive for USA again, but they never came close to threatening Pakistan

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Sahibzada Farhan
73(41) 6x4 - 5x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 18 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
4 4 0 0 10 18 9 28
SS Ranjane
51(30) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 9 3 0 7 8 19 4

Best performances - Bowlers

SC van Schalkwyk
O4
M0
R25
W4
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
Usman Tariq
O4
M0
R27
W3
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

United States of America , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

10 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Pakistan 2, United States of America 0

Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | USA: 158/8 (33 runs required, RR: 7.90)

  • Ehsan Adil1 (2b)
  • Shadley van Schalkwyk1 (2b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-42-1
  • Usman Tariq4-0-27-3

10.33pm: Presentations time, starting with Player of the Match Sahibzada Farhan: [waits for Urdu translation] ... USA captain Monank Patel is next up: "Thought we bowled well in the powerplay but not the middle overs, we gave up a lot of runs. Came back at the death, the pace bowlers bowled well. We were in the game, did well in the powerplay but again in the middle overs we couldn't show intent and lost wickets. Their spinners weren't putting pace on the ball and it was hard to hit boundaries and sixes. We've been playing good cricket, coming here we were confident but small mistakes cost you. We want to finish this WC strong with two wins. Not easy playing a different venue, we have one session in Chennai [before facing Netherlands] but we'll utilise that and make sure we come back stronger."

Pakistan's Salman Agha: "Clinical performance, we started well with the bat and batted really well in the middle. When we come to bowling, we have a world-class attack and scoring 190, we know we could defend that. I would have batted as well, if we score 160-170, we know we can defend that. [Teams prefer chasing?] We are Pakistani, we do it differently. We are comfortable chasing, but we try to bat first and put up above par, then try to defend. We have a flexible order, first three ready to go and then finishers can go early, or if we lose wickets we have batters who can take the game deeper. Always room for improvement, we'd like to bowl better in the powerplay, be more clinical. These are the things we want to improve."

Okay, that's a wrap for tonight's action from Colombo. Matt Roller's report is in the slot, and we'll have more to come from our team at the ground. Join us again tomorrow for another World Cup triple-bill. Bye!

10.28pm: No dramas for Pakistan against the US this time around. Donald will be disappointed. It would have been a YUGE upset after Pakistan put up a more-than-decent score, and their spin-heavy attack defended it comfortably in the end, despite handy knocks from Shayan Jahangir and Shubham Ranjane. The USA players are going on a tour of the boundary to salute their supporters after a triumphant first night of floodlit cricket at the SSC

19.6
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Ehsan Adil, no run, round the wicket, wide yorker and it's chopped into the ground. Pakistan win by 32 runs and take another step towards the Super 8s
19.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to van Schalkwyk, 1 run, low full toss, bunted to mid-off and Babar does well to collect and fire in a throw as they scurry for one
19.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Ehsan Adil, 1 run, full, straight and dug out into the covers

Ehsan Adil is in at No.10

19.3
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Ranjane, OUT, pinned dead in front! Shaheen strikes, Richard Illingworth raises his finger... but Ranjane opts to review, because why not? Full length, beats him on the inside edge to smack the back leg above the ankle. That is plumb, and Shubham is salmon and trout

SS Ranjane lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi 51 (41m 30b 3x4 3x6) SR: 170

19.2
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Ranjane, no run, full and wide of the stumps, punched to the cover sweeper, but he doesn't run
19.1
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Ranjane, FOUR, full and wide, drilled through the covers! Fifty for Ranjane! He has played a defiant hand in the face of a mounting asking rate. Just 28 balls to get there

Shaheen to close out

U.S.A. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42AGS GousShayan Jahangir
2nd16Shayan JahangirMD Patel
3rd11Milind KumarShayan Jahangir
4th54Milind KumarSS Ranjane
5th1SS RanjaneSP Krishnamurthi
6th28Harmeet SinghSS Ranjane
7th0SS RanjaneMohammad Mohsin
8th4SC van SchalkwykSS Ranjane
9th2SC van SchalkwykEhsan Adil

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426