Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
103(43) 6x4 - 9x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 24 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
11 1 6 13 7 7 27 31
Babar Azam
Babar Azam
85(49) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 4 7 6 11 4 17 32

Best performances - Bowlers

Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah Afridi
O3.2
M0
R30
W3
Eco9.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
O4
M0
R52
W3
Eco13.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

16 July 2021 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew Miller

10.25pm Well, that was fun. A full house, a full-throttle game. And Pakistan are off the mark with a scorching display in a run-laden evening. 433 runs in 39.2 overs. Yes please! From Miller, Danyal, Venkat and the rest of the team, goodnight!

Presentation coming up

The Player of the Match is Shaheen Shah Afridi for figures of 3 for 30 in 3.2 overs. High-scoring game, he says in Urdu, a good start by the batters put them in the position, then they bowled well. A short boundary, so using yorkers was important. We wanted to attack the batters and keep a positive mindset.

Where were you lacking, Eoin Morgan is asked? He seems taken aback: "When you look at the chase, only one of us got going in Liam Livingstone... it's a hell of a line-up in our changing room but it was Pakistan's day. There were a lot of positives, this ground replicates Sharjah where we might play World Cup games. We play a lot of cricket at Trent Bridge, we know it's high-scoring, but it's good to be under pressure to find out more about the team. Liam, an incredible knock, over the last six years as a group we've watched incredible knocks from Buttler, Roy, Ali, that was as good as any of them. Moeen and Liam will be in the middle order to try and score runs, that opportunity will continue, because it's about establishing guys before World Cup selection."

Babar Azam, who struggles to get a word in edgeways over the excitement of Pakistan's fans. Speaking in Urdu, he says how he switched his mindset for the format. He praises all his bowlers, they learnt from their mistakes in the ODIs, and fielded better today. They will carry this momentum forward and carry on playing this way.

22.10pm Gosh. Where do we start with that? Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were superb in an opening stand of 150, before Pakistan's middle order all matched their 150-plus strike rate to post their record total of 232. They had a record 12 sixes to that tally too, but England outgunned that with 15 of their own, as Liam Livingstone romped to a 42-ball century, the fastest in England's T20I history. But Shaheen Shah Afridi, at the top and tail, and Shadab Khan, through the middle with his legbreaks, and around the boundary in a breathtaking fielding display, kept their side on top! That's about it, I think? Breathe!

Umar: "For all the hype and England batting praises . Looking at the card - Livingston carried the game. Rest were pretty ok. As opposed to Pak - who had atleast 3 excellent performances!" Splitting hairs, but yes. That is probably why they finished on top. Losing four wickets in the first seven overs was sub-optimal!

hadi: "You often don't associate Pakistan with such high scoring nail biters. They're either boom or bust. Lovely to see, this one."

Vinith: "You get whitewashed pathetically by a team where the captain doesn't know the name of any teammate but his own and next match score loads of runs and win by a significant margin against the full strength squad of the same team. I've given up on trying to understand Pakistan team" Would you have it any other way? Honestly? Certainly is so dull!

19.2
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Parkinson, OUT, leg-stump yorker, the zing bails are zinged! Parkinson isn't equipped to resist that, too full and fast for the tailender, but what a magnificent match!

MW Parkinson b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.1
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Parkinson, no run, full outswinging yorker, can't do much with that, cuffed down into the crease

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 201/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 10.57, RRR: 32.00)

  • Saqib Mahmood0 (2b)
  • Matt Parkinson0 (0b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-44-1
  • Mohammad Hasnain4-0-28-1

Pakistan are not losing this one. But England will be delighted with the resolve they've seen

18.6
0
Haris Rauf to Mahmood, no run, fires in the leg-side yorker, passes in front of the toes, through to the keeper
18.5
0
Haris Rauf to Mahmood, no run, a flat-footed waft across the line, can't connect there

This one is toast. But the very finest type of toast. Crispy on both sides and with lashings of butter

18.4
W
Haris Rauf to Willey, OUT, smashed high to wide long-on, but superbly taken inside the rope! That was in Willey's slot, he did his best to find the elevation on the swing across the line, but Shadab has been outstanding in the deep tonight. Reverses his hands and guzzles the offering!

DJ Willey c Shadab Khan b Haris Rauf 16 (16m 11b 2x4 1x6) SR: 145.45

18.3
0
Haris Rauf to Willey, no run, swings into another slower ball, almost topples over on impact as the ball dribbles to the keeper. Two huge balls in this over already

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12DJ MalanJJ Roy
2nd30JM BairstowJJ Roy
3rd6MM AliJJ Roy
4th34JJ RoyLS Livingstone
5th51EJG MorganLS Livingstone
6th44L GregoryLS Livingstone
7th6DJ WilleyLS Livingstone
8th8DJ WilleyTK Curran
9th10DJ WilleyS Mahmood
10th0S MahmoodMW Parkinson