New Zealand vs Pakistan: T20 World Cup Super Eights – teams, start, lineups
Al Jazeera
New Zealand and Pakistan play the first game of the Super Eights stage at the T20 World Cup with both eyeing title tilt.
Who: New Zealand vs PakistanWhat: 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super EightsWhen: Saturday, February 21, at 7pm (13:30 GMT)Where: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri LankaHow to follow: We’ll have all the buildup on Al Jazeera Sport from 10:30 GMT in advance of our text commentary stream.
The Super Eights stage of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup starts on Saturday with a match between two sides considered dark horses for the title, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Pakistan are the previous winners of the competition, but sit outside those ranked as favourites in this edition, as do New Zealand.
Both, however, have the capability of taking down the game’s top names in an instant.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at the match-up between two of the pretenders for the crown, who will hope to lay down a marker as the second phase of the tournament gets under way.
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