FIH World Cup 2010
Dates: 28 Feb-13 March Venue: Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi
Coverage: Daily video highlights of all games at bbc.co.uk/sport (available to all users); reports on every England match
Jonty Clarke and Barry Middleton both scored twice but an injury to Richard Mantell overshadowed England's 5-2 World Cup Pool B win over Pakistan.
Mantell suffered a suspected broken leg in the build-up to Pakistan's second goal but England recovered to maintain their 100% record after three matches.
Clarke's superb sliding effort and an Ashley Jackson strike had put England 2-0 up before Pakistan levelled.
Two late goals by Middleton and one by Clarke sealed the victory in New Delhi.
England, who beat tournament favourites Australia and South Africa in their opening two matches, lead Pool B by three points and have matches against hosts India and Spain to come.
The European champions began brightly, with James Tindall having an early goal ruled out after a referral to the video umpire showed he had raised the stick above his head.
But Tindall made amends when he set up Clarke for a superb sliding effort into the roof of the net to put England in front.
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Four minutes before half-time, Jackson doubled England's lead when he nipped in on the left-hand side to steer home a fierce cross-field pass from outside the area.
Pakistan upped the pressure after the break and eventually got their deserved reward when Shakeel Abassi picked his way through a string of challenges to bury the ball in the right-hand corner.
Within minutes they were level as Reehan Butt poked home from close range following a penalty corner, a sequence of events that saw Mantell - England's penalty corner specialist - stretchered off and taken to hospital after a collision with Muhammad Irfan.
In an increasingly fractious match, Iain Mackay was sent to the stands for five minutes for a shove on Irfan but the one-man disadvantage did not prevent England regaining the lead, with captain Middleton netting from close range.
Clarke's angled shot made it 4-2 then he set up Middleton for his second goal.
Earlier, Australia set a new World Cup record with their 12-0 win over South Africa.
Australia, who led 5-0 at half-time, surpassed Pakistan's 12-3 romp over New Zealand in the 1982 tournament in Mumbai.
India and Spain, with three points each, meet in Thursday's final match.
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