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T20 WC, England beat Pakistan by six wickets

T20 WC England beat Pakistan by six wicketsEngland beat Pakistan by six wickets in the opening Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 here on Thursday.
Earlier, England captain Paul Collingwood won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in the teams' opening Super Eights match in the World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval.
England were unchanged from the side that played in the no result washout against Ireland in Guyana on Tuesday.
But Pakistan made one change to the team that lost by 34 runs to Australia in St Lucia on May 2, with Mohammad Asif replacing fellow fast bowler Mohammad Sami.
Teams
England: Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy, Ryan Sidebottom
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi (capt), Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
TV umpire: Simon Taufel
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
Brief scores
Pakistan 147-9, 20 overs
England 151-4, 19.3 overs (K Pietersen 73 no)
Result: England won by six wickets

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