Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
76(57) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 19 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
3 15 8 1 7 4 21 17
JJ Roy
JJ Roy
64(36) 12x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 20 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
8 0 12 0 6 4 12 22

Best performances - Bowlers

AU Rashid
AU Rashid
O4
M0
R35
W4
Eco8.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
O4
M0
R28
W3
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 3-match series 2-1

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

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

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Andrew Miller

10.17pm Well, that's your lot. Another humdinging match in a thrilling series. Pakistan's entire visit has been a richly entertaining set of games, for various different reasons. England take the series and extend their home record in T20Is. From all of us at ESPNcricinfo, thanks and goodnight, and don't forget to tune in tomorrow, for the start of a brave new world at The Oval... it's the start of the Hundred!

Time for some presentations First up, the Player of the Match is Jason Roy for his bifftastic half-century in the chase.

"I just went out and had a bit of fun, against the new ball which was slightly easier, frustrating to get out when I did, lazy again on the dismissal, but you had to have a very specific gameplan so very rewarding on a pitch like that. We play incredible cricket on flat pitches, but have struggled in the past on slower pitches. This will give us a huge amount of confidence."

The Player of the Series is Liam Livingstone. "Very happy to win a series on my home ground, the way Rash and Mo bowled and Jason set it up. That six at Leeds, the lads take the mick out of me for swinging hard but I've worked on it hard. Nice to contribute to a series win. My spin, it feels at home as I bowl a lot for Lancashire here. The hairstyle, maybe me and Jase will have to keep it."

Babar Azam, speaking in Urdu, says he's very pleased with the efforts, and their fight, but perhaps 15 short, if Rizwan could have carried on. Shot selection against the spinners today was poor. He also thanks the crowd for their support, and confirms that Mohammad Hafeez is very much part of their World Cup plans.

Eoin Morgan: "It means a huge amount, this is the worst wicket for our gameplan so we've managed to win against a very good side, so we will learn a huge amount. I don't think the ball will spin like that in the UAE, it didn't spin like that in the IPL, but unnatural as it is to play like that for Jos Buttler, the partnership with Roy set up the chase. Guys have achieved when they came in and played, plenty of options when it comes to selection. We have 17 or 18 vying for 15 places."

9.55pm: A frantic end, the vuvuzelas screeching, and the home side scraping through by the skin of their teeth! It went deep, but Eoin Morgan found the boundary at crucial times, then Liam Livingstone had his moment of swag, smoking his first ball for six to bring the requirement down from 12 off 8 to 6 off 7. Morgan also fell right at the death, but Pakistan's gamble with Hasan for the 18th may have cost them in the end. All about spin at Old Trafford tonight, and England rode the roulette wheel to victory to take the series 2-1 and a further boost of confidence ahead of a UAE-based T20 World Cup.

19.4
2
Hasan Ali to Jordan, 2 runs, squeezed out into the leg side, and they are going to scamper back for a second... England win by three wickets and take the series!
19.3
2
Hasan Ali to Jordan, 2 runs, fired in straight and Jordan clips it off his pads behind square on the leg side

Surely not? Surely?

19.2
W
Hasan Ali to Morgan, OUT, Morgan attempts to hit the winning boundary but is caught at long-on! Hasan keeps Pakistan scrapping! The captain looking to finish it, may have been a cutter, mistimed and it went straight up

EJG Morgan c Shadab Khan b Hasan Ali 21 (25m 12b 1x4 2x6) SR: 175.00

Alan Hardy: "That six should be as good as any indication for livingstone to have a permanent spot" Fair

19.1
2
Hasan Ali to Morgan, 2 runs, hacked high, high, to short midwicket, and dropped! Wow, Morgan is through the stroke too soon, Hasan calls early and sprints, but can't close his fingers round it!

Six to win, five for ... you know... A ring of fielders saving one, but leg side is open

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | ENG: 149/6 (6 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.84, RRR: 6.00)

  • Eoin Morgan19 (10b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez4-0-28-3
  • Hasan Ali3-0-22-0
18.6
W
Mohammad Hafeez to Livingstone, OUT, six and out! Livingstone wanted to finish in one ball, but instead, he's cuffed it to short third man! To be frank, it was there, but just skidded on... but still, a 300 strike-rate on a night like this isn't to be sniffed at!

LS Livingstone c Sohaib Maqsood b Mohammad Hafeez 6 (3m 2b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300.00

18.5
6
Mohammad Hafeez to Livingstone, SIX, Livingstone launches it! Gadzooks, is there nothing he can't do! Down on one knee, slamming high and glorious into the night sky! Confidence pumping and that's changed the game!

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st67JJ RoyJC Buttler
2nd25DJ MalanJJ Roy
3rd12DJ MalanJM Bairstow
4th8MM AliDJ Malan
5th31EJG MorganDJ Malan
6th6EJG MorganLS Livingstone
7th2EJG MorganCJ Jordan
8th4CJ JordanDJ Willey