Pakistan steamroll England in one-off T20I by nine wickets

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

Over 14: PAK 130-1

Over 13: PAK 122-1

Over 12: PAK 110-1

Also this.

Three runs and a wicket off the over.

Over 11: PAK 107-0

Over 10: PAK 100-0

Only two runs.



Over 9: PAK 98-0

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



Over 8: PAK 93-0

Over 7: PAK 77-0

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



Over 6: PAK 73-0

Over 5: PAK 63-0

Over 4: PAK 47-0

Over 3: PAK 32-0

Over 2: PAK 24-0

Over 1: PAK 8-0

Over 20: ENG 135-7

Dot, double, OUT.

Over 19: ENG 130-6

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

Over 18: ENG 124-6

Eight runs off the 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

Over 14: ENG 100-4

Ben Stokes joins the captain of England, Eoin Morgan.

Over 13: ENG 93-3

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.



Over 11: ENG 84-3

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



Over 10: ENG 77-3

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

Over 9: ENG 67-2

What an over by Imad, again!

Over 8: ENG 63-1

Over 7: ENG 57-1

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

Over 6: ENG 53-0

Over 5: ENG 39-0

Over 4: ENG 26-0

Good over for England.

Over 3: ENG 18-0

Over 2: ENG 8-0

Six runs off his over. No boundaries yet.



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.