Pakistan and England fans welcome the arrival of the teams for the opening match of the Super Eight phase on a hot and sunny day at the Kensington Oval in Barbados
England win the toss and decide to field but Ryan Sidebottom, again preferred to James Anderson, gets hit for six first ball by Kamran Akmal
Tim Bresnan proves expensive as defending champions Pakistan make a good start, bringing up their fifty in the seventh over
Kamran falls over while hitting a boundary and shortly afterwards is caught behind by wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter as Stuart Broad claims the first wicket
Salman Butt hits an aggressive 34 but holes out to England captain Paul Collingwood at cover as Graeme Swann regains the initiative for his side
Michael Yardy keeps things tight with his left-arm spin and dismisses Mohammad Hafeez for 18 when the batsman picks out Broad at short third man
Shahid Afridi is dismissed next ball after a terrible mix-up with Umar Akmal gives Luke Wright and Kieswetter plenty of time to run out the big-hitting captain - Pakistan 77-4 after 10.4 overs
Misbah-ul-Haq gets himself into a shocking mess and is clean-bowled by Yardy when he attempts to switch-hit the spinner but misses the ball
Kevin Pietersen takes a stunning high catch at full pace on the boundary to dismiss the dangerous Umar Akmal for 30 - Pakistan 118-6 after 16.4 overs
Abdul Razzak tries to pick up the pace but Sidebottom grabs his second wicket and then Bresnan removes Mohammad Aamer but some sloppy England bowling enables Pakistan to finish their innings on 147-9
Saeed Ajmal has a nightmare 20 minutes in the field, dropping Kieswetter twice and Michael Lumb once in the first five overs of England's reply
Helped by Ajmal's slippery fingers, Lumb and Kieswetter get England off to a superb start, reaching 44 when Lumb is stumped off Saeed Ajmal for 25 in the sixth over
Kieswetter blasts a six high onto the roof of the Garfield Sobers Pavilion and the ball, which leaves a dent in a wall, is beyond retrieval, however, the Somerset man is out for 25 in the ninth over
Pietersen, having already complained about some disco lights on the boundary edge, needs treatment after smacking the bat into his ankle while attempting a big hit
Pietersen dominates a stand of 60 with Collingwood as England close in on victory, but the skipper misses out on the chance to hit the winning runs after being caught for 16
Pietersen finishes unbeaten on 73 from 52 balls as England seal a comfortable six-wicket victory with three balls remaining - and they now look forward to facing South Africa on Saturday
South Africa win the toss and decide to bat first in their Group F match against New Zealand and skipper Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis put on 40 for the first wicket
Kallis gets to 31 before Tim Southee takes a superb diving catch on the boundary to dismiss him off the bowling of Jacob Oram, but South Africa are in the driving seat
Herschelle Gibbs hits two massive sixes as the batsmen continue to dominate the bowlers, but he is out for 30 after Brendon McCullum takes the catch off his brother Nathan's bowling
AB de Villiers takes up the assault with an unbeaten 47 off 39 balls, sharing in a match-winning stand of 72 with Albie Morkel
Morkel with a fantastic 40 off 18 balls, featuring five massive sixes, propels the final score to an imposing 170-4 - and it's advantage to South Africa
Skipper Smith rushes to congratulate Gibbs after he catches the big-hitting Brendon McCullum off Charl Langeveldt off only the fifth ball of New Zealand's reply
Jesse Ryder hits two sixes to give his side hope but South Africa bowl and field well to stay on top of their opponents
When Morne Morkel dismisses Ross Taylor the Black Caps are 87-4 and in desperate need of someone to step forward and play a big innings
However, wickets keep falling and New Zealand are restricted to 157-7, meaning South Africa win by 13 runs and go top of Group E on run rate.
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