Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    4.2 bowled him, Rizwan's dragged on! Fullish, slanting into a wide-ish line, inviting the cover drive. Nips back in off the pitch, and Rizwan, going hard with a diagonal bat, can only get his inside edge to it 29/1
    11.1 caught and bowled! That's the vital scalp, and Rashid has bagged it! it's another googly, another big wind-up from Babar, looking to take it on in the second half of the innings, but the ball gripped and turned back into his attempted cut/slash through the off-side, and looped back to the bowler off the splice! Huge turning point 84/3
    7.1 and he strikes first ball! #MCGsobig strikes again. Tossed up fairly slow, and Haris steps out and tries to take on Stokes, who seems to be stationed a good few yards inside the rope at long-on. Can't really middle it, and Stokes moves in a little more to take a straightforward catch 45/2
    16.3 flicked in the air to Livingstone at midwicket! Don't play roulette with Sam Curran! Masood shimmied to leg, tempting Curran to reconsider his options, he simply bowled his best ball, shaping away on a tight off-stump line, and the lofted cross-bat clip didn't have enough on it. A simple take in the deep, and Dr Death has done the trick once more... 121/5
    12.2 nibbles outside off, thin edge to Buttler! Line and length from Stokes, extra lift off the seam, a thin but audible nick and that's a huge five minutes for the balance of play! More evidence, though, that this pitch is offering plenty to the seamers... and Pakistan have plenty of those! 85/4
    17.2 another slap across the line, another miscue! Into the pitch once more from Jordan, Shadab tries to impart some oomph through the rising ball, but it's a simple take for Woakes at mid-off, on the edge of the ring. This innings is starting to splutter now 123/6
    18.3 fires in the full length, chipped to Livingstone in the deep! Curran is making his play for man of the tournament here! Nawaz thought this was his release ball, tailing into his toes, but with these vast square boundaries, he needed more elevation than that to beat the man in the deep. 129/7
    19.3 slower ball, back of a length, hoisted to Livingstone in the deep once more! Wasim had to take it on, wide long-on was lurking, ready to pounce, he had to make good ground but held on well while falling forward. Pakistan's innings is sliding away now 131/8
    not out
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    166.66
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    100.00
    Extras
    9 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    137/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.85)
    Did not bat: Naseem Shah
    Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Mohammad Rizwan, 4.2 ov), 2-45 (Mohammad Haris, 7.1 ov), 3-84 (Babar Azam, 11.1 ov), 4-85 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 12.2 ov), 5-121 (Shan Masood, 16.3 ov), 6-123 (Shadab Khan, 17.2 ov), 7-129 (Mohammad Nawaz, 18.3 ov), 8-131 (Mohammad Wasim, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BA Stokes403218.0061021
    CR Woakes302608.6672120
    SM Curran401233.00150000
    AU Rashid412225.50101010
    CJ Jordan402726.7593000
    LS Livingstone1016016.0011110
  • BATSMEN
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    5.3 now the edge! Finally the edge! Naseem kept going past it, and perhaps he was moving the ball too much. This is quick, in the corridor, back of a length, and he hits the pitch hard and gets it to nip away just a little bit, while getting it to bounce steeply. Jabs at a back-foot defensive, and the edge carries comfortably to Rizwan 45/3
    0.6 bowled him, Shaheen does what Shaheen does best! Perfect length, big swing into the stumps. Straightens towards leg stump, and Hales, feet stuck, ends up completely cramped for room while desperately swishing across the line. Misses the bat, deflects off the pad, and rattles the stumps 7/1
    3.3 now there is a midwicket, and Salt has picked him out. The fielder was at slip earlier, and he moved to midwicket after the boundary. After those two full balls, Rauf goes to what he does best - hard length, into the pitch. Gets up to hip height, cramps Salt on the pull, and he swats it straight into the midriff of Iftikhar at midwicket 32/2
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    106.12
    12.3 crashed hard, flat, straight to long-off! Brook falls, you sensed he had to take this over on with Pakistan's quicks so rampant. He connected well with a hard-handed drive, but Afridi reached above his head, clung on coolly, and the pendulum swings again! 84/4
    18.2 full and straight, and Moeen is gone! Fires in the yorker, takes the inside-edge, onto leg stump. Not much celebration from Wasim, but it's a glimmer... 132/5
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    Extras
    9 (lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    138/5 (19 Overs, RR: 7.26)
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Alex Hales, 0.6 ov), 2-32 (Phil Salt, 3.3 ov), 3-45 (Jos Buttler, 5.3 ov), 4-84 (Harry Brook, 12.3 ov), 5-132 (Moeen Ali, 18.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi2.101316.0061000
    Naseem Shah403007.50153110
    Haris Rauf402325.75133010
    Shadab Khan402015.00101000
    Mohammad Wasim(1)403819.5055020
    Iftikhar Ahmed0.5013015.6001100

Match Notes

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7AD HalesJC Buttler
2nd25JC ButtlerPD Salt
3rd13JC ButtlerBA Stokes
4th39BA StokesHC Brook
5th48MM AliBA Stokes
6th6BA StokesLS Livingstone

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138