Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 Kamran goes early, Bresnan strikes! An ugly swipe across the line from Kamran, trying to slog a pull to a ball that just wasn't short enough for the shot and his nightmare summer with the bat continues 13/1
    8.5 Shahzaib goes, paying the price for impatience! He was looking increasingly frenetic at the crease, trying to hit everything too hard. This time he charged down the track, head in the air, and flailed at a flighted delivery from Swann. Unsurprisingly, he got nowhere near it, the ball spinning in sharply, and Davies has the bails off in a flash 56/3
    6.5 gone! Yousuf falls! This time he tried to whip the ball away in the air with the turn, but succeeds only in giving Morgan an easy catch running in from the midwicket boundary. A good start from him, especially once he settled against Broad, but he's gone now 50/2
    15.1 finally the torture is over, it's been a truly awful innings and England may be disappointed to see him go, shortish ball that he ends up chipping back off the leading edge to gift Yardy a wicket. Big roar from the crowd it's BoomBoom time! 88/4
    not out
    35
    30
    43
    2
    0
    116.66
    not out
    16
    14
    19
    1
    0
    114.28
    Extras
    2 (lb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    126/4 (20 Overs, RR: 6.3)
    Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Kamran Akmal, 1.2 ov), 2-50 (Mohammad Yousuf, 6.5 ov), 3-56 (Shahzaib Hasan, 8.5 ov), 4-88 (Fawad Alam, 15.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    RJ Sidebottom403208.0042010
    TT Bresnan301816.0082000
    SCJ Broad403208.0062000
    GP Swann401423.50140000
    MH Yardy402115.25121000
    PD Collingwood10808.0021000
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    1.4 Shoaib strikes! Three dot balls and the pressure was getting to Kieswetter, he aimed an enormous swipe to leg but succeeded only in getting a thick edge. Kamran holds on to the chance, and Shoaib's trademark airplane celebration comes out! He blows a kiss to Kieswetter as he runs past him too! 9/1
    8.6 it doesn't matter, he's got a wicket with his next ball! Gul strikes to remove the set batsman and Davies departs. The ball was back of a length, but not all that short. Davies played a whipped-pull off his hip but hit the ball in the air and straight to Riaz 57/4
    5.6 what an effort! Two men with a combined age of 71 get together to remove Bopara! It was another quick, length delivery from Shoaib just outside off and Bopara tried to heave it to long-on. He got right underneath though, and Yousuf backpeddled as quickly as he could from mid-on, tottering slightly as he went but he managed to cling on. Smiles all round 42/2
    7.6 gone this time! Afridi really held this one back, very slow through the air and it was the legspinner. It was pitched slightly short and Collingwood was waiting to thump a pull over midwicket, but the ball took the inside edge of his bat and cannoned into the stumps. Afridi strikes in his first over! 55/3
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    24
    33
    6
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    158.33
    9.6 bowled! Wright shuffled across to off and tried to paddle-sweep the ball away, but it was too full for the shot, sneaking past the bat and crashing into the stumps! Afridi has another one, and Pakistan are right in this game 62/5
    not out
    35
    26
    25
    4
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    134.61
    Extras
    2 (lb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    129/5 (17.1 Overs, RR: 7.51)
    Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Craig Kieswetter, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (Ravi Bopara, 5.6 ov), 3-55 (Paul Collingwood, 7.6 ov), 4-57 (Steven Davies, 8.6 ov), 5-62 (Luke Wright, 9.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Abdul Razzaq2020010.0022000
    Shoaib Akhtar412325.75142010
    Wahab Riaz201105.5051000
    Shahid Afridi402726.7593000
    Umar Gul2.101717.8453000
    Saeed Ajmal3030010.0054000

Match Notes

  • 'Ignorance is no excuse' - Broad

    Stuart Broad believes that the same professionalism that helped England to victory in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean back in May has enabled them to keep their focus amid a torrid week

  • Brief relief after painful week

    At the end of a week in which cricket's name has once again been dragged through the gutter, England and Pakistan were left feeling grateful for small mercies in Cardiff

  • Yardy and Morgan guide England to victory

    Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy steadied England's nerves with a game-breaking stand of 67 in 7.1 overs, as Pakistan succumbed to a five-wicket defeat in the first Twenty20 at Cardiff

  • Afridi apologises for spot-fixing controversy

    Pakistan's one-day captain, Shahid Afridi, has issued a public apology on behalf of the three players suspended by the ICC

  • Pakistan look for on-field solace

    Cricinfo previews the 1st Twenty20 International between England and Pakistan at Cardiff

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9SM DaviesC Kieswetter
2nd33RS BoparaSM Davies
3rd13PD CollingwoodSM Davies
4th2SM DaviesEJG Morgan
5th5LJ WrightEJG Morgan
6th67MH YardyEJG Morgan