Pakistan steamroll England in one-off T20I by nine wickets

Openers Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif score fifties to guide visitors to victory


Abdul Majid September 07, 2016
Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif combined for a 100-run opening stand against England. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistan ended their tour of England on a high note with a nine-wicket victory over hosts in the one-off T20I in Manchester on Wednesday.

Openers Sharjeel Khan (59) and Khalid Latif (59*) went after the English bowlers from the word go in their chase of 136-run target set by the hosts.

England's only successful bowler was Adil Rashid who bagged the wicket of Sharjeel.

Earlier, Sarfraz Ahmed was already looking at a win in his first-ever T20I as a captain after Pakistani bowlers restricted England to a total of 135-7 in 20 overs at Old Trafford.

England opted to bat first but with extended boundaries and Eoin Morgan's batsmen struggled to score against a good Pakistan bowling attack.

After a 56-run opening stand, England regularly lost wickets and managed to set a 136-run target for Pakistan.

Alex Hales was the highest scorer for the hosts with 37 off 26 balls. For Pakistan, Wahab Riaz made a comeback after the record-bashing in the fourth ODI and bagged three wickets in his four overs for just 18 runs.

Hasan Ali and Imad Wasim also bagged two wickets each.

Man-of-the match is Wahab Riaz: "We needed wickets to put them under pressure. We bowled in good areas. The wicket was very slow. We bowled a lot of slower balls. He [Sarfraz] gave good vibes to us. He lead from the front. It was a good tour but we have to look at our performances individually."

Teams

Pakistan: Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed*†, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali

England: AD Hales, JJ Roy, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, BA Stokes, JC Buttler†, MM Ali, LE Plunkett, CJ Jordan, DJ Willey, AU Rashid

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Over 14.5: PAK 139-1



Liam Plunkett will now try to belate Pakistan's victory.

Over 14: PAK 130-1





Adil Rashid.

Over 13: PAK 122-1



Moeen Ali.

Over 12: PAK 110-1

Also this.



Three runs and a wicket off the over.



Adil Rashid.

Over 11: PAK 107-0



Moeen Ali.

Over 10: PAK 100-0

Only two runs.

Adil Rashid again.

Over 9: PAK 98-0

Just five off his over. Second over without a boundary for Pakistan. All others were punished.

Moeen Ali.

Over 8: PAK 93-0





Adil Rashid, the leggie now.

Over 7: PAK 77-0

Only four runs off the over. First over without a boundary.

Stokes.

Over 6: PAK 73-0





Joe Root the part-timer now.

Over 5: PAK 63-0







Stokes.

Over 4: PAK 47-0





Liam Plunkett now.

Over 3: PAK 32-0





Willey.

Over 2: PAK 24-0









Chris Jordan now.

Over 1: PAK 8-0





Sharjeel and Khalid Latif open the chase for Pakistan as David Willey bowls the first over.

Over 20: ENG 135-7



Dot, double, OUT.



Wahab to bowl the last over.

Over 19: ENG 130-6

No wicket for Amir today. He ends his spell with 33 runs off his four overs.



Mohammad Amir to bowl the penultimate over.

Over 18: ENG 124-6

Eight runs off the over.



Sohail Tanvir in to bowl his last over. 

Over 17: ENG 116-6

Only six runs off the over. No boundary in last few overs; they are hard to come by.

Mohammad Amir is back to bowl to Moeen Ali and David Willey.



Over 16: ENG 110-6

Wahab bowling his heart out today. What a comeback by the left-arm quickie.



Wahab steams in again. He has Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan to bowl to.



Over 15: ENG 105-5





Hasan Ali in for his last over.

Over 14: ENG 100-4

Ben Stokes joins the captain of England, Eoin Morgan.



Wahab Riaz now.

Over 13: ENG 93-3



Hasan Ali now.

Over 12: ENG 89-3

Four runs off the first five balls and another single off the last ball. Only five off the over by Wahab.

Wahab Riaz has been called on to bowl till the end. Has he recovered from the bashing in the fourth ODI against Engalnd - 110 off 10 overs for no wickets.

Over 11: ENG 84-3



Five singles off five balls and England end it with a double.

Imad Wasim now to Morgan and Buttler.

Over 10: ENG 77-3

Two new batsman, Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler out there for England.



Hasan Ali in for his second over.

Over 9: ENG 67-2

What an over by Imad, again!



Imad Wasim now.

Over 8: ENG 63-1



Hasan Ali is given the ball by Sarfraz. He is on his debut. He did bowl well for Pakistan in the ODI series.

Over 7: ENG 57-1

Pakistan have finally got a wicket. Can they shift the momentum in their favour now?



Imad Wasim is back with some spin after the end of powerplay.

Over 6: ENG 53-0





Sohail again.

Over 5: ENG 39-0





Amir steams in again.

Over 4: ENG 26-0

Good over for England.



Sohail Tanvir.

Over 3: ENG 18-0





Mohammad Amir introduced into the attack.

Over 2: ENG 8-0

Six runs off his over. No boundaries yet.

Letf-arm unorthodox pacer Sohail Tanvir has the ball now.

Over 1: ENG 2-0

Just two runs off the first over. A quiet start from England and a good over from Imad.

Imad Wasim has the new ball, surprisingly. Meanwhile, Jason Roy and Alex Hale are out there to open for England.



Toss

Sarfraz Ahmed: I would have batted first. I am really excited. We want to finish on a high note.



COMMENTS (13)

a&a | 8 years ago | Reply Well done Paki guys....
Parvez | 8 years ago | Reply The best part is..........we did it without Afridi.
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