Ahead of England's must-win contest against Pakistan at The Oval, the question on everyone's lips is 'Will Kevin Pietersen (pictured, left) be fit to play?' - and to the delight of home fans, the answer is 'Yes'
Pakistan have a large following inside the ground as their team, captained by Younus Khan, look to send the tournament hosts packing
Pietersen is soon out in the middle as Shoaib Malik takes an excellent catch moving to his left at backward point to send England opener Ravi Bopara on his way in the second over
After easing himself into his innings with ones and twos, Pietersen begins to open his shoulders as he and Luke Wright put on 53 for the second wicket
Luke Wright hits England's first six of the tournament but the introduction of Umar Gul, the highest wicket-taker at the 2007 World Twenty20, brings an abrupt end to his innings
Owais Shah shares a 66-run partnership for the third wicket with Pietersen but goes the same way as Wright when Umar Gul (pictured) hits the stumps for the second time
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is among the crowd to cheer on England as they look to build a match-winning score in the closing overs of the innings
Pietersen finally goes for 58, made from just 38 balls, as spin bowler Saeed Ajmal claims a second victim with his doosra - but England eventually finish on 185-5
England skipper Paul Collingwood has a safe pair of hands and easily takes a skier from Ahmed Shahzad as Pakistan make a poor start to their run-chase
Pace bowler Stuart Broad strikes with successive deliveries to remove Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt to leave Pakistan facing an uphill struggle
Pakistan skipper Younus Khan plays some powerful strokes to try and revive his team but it looks like a lost cause as the asking rate moves above 15 an over
The overhead clouds look threatening at The Oval but England's supporters are jubilant because they are well ahead if the Duckworth-Lewis calculations are necessary
The rain holds off and England win by 48 runs to book their place in the Super Eights
Earlier, South Africa make their entry into the World Twenty20 against a Scotland side which must win to stay in the competition and Jacques Kallis makes 48 off 31 balls to give the Proteas a positive start
Off-spinner Majid Haq checks South Africa's progress by removing Kallis and Graeme Smith in the space of four deliveries after they share an 87-run opening partnership
Albie Morkel hit the biggest six seen during the 2007 World Twenty20 and he winds up another at The Oval as South Africa pile up the runs in the second half of their innings
AB de Villiers is the star of South Africa's innings, hitting six sixes and five fours in an unbeaten 79 to see them to 211-5 - their highest total in Twenty20 internationals
Scotland's Kyle Coetzer receives a deserved ovation after pulling off a stupendous one-handed catch on the boundary edge to dismiss Mark Boucher in the last over of South Africa's innings
South Africa's new-ball bowlers are too much for Scotland and Colin Smith departs for a first-ball duck after being cleaned up by Dale Steyn
The decline continues when Neil McCallum plays across the line to a full-length ball from spinner Johan Botha which makes a mess of his stumps
Coetzer produces a show of defiance with three sixes in his 42 off 32 balls but Scotland eventually lose by 130 runs and are out of the tournament on only the third day
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