- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 and he gets his breakthrough; Imad Wasim's done his job! Flighted up for Roy to try and hit back down the ground, but the Englishmen lost his shape slightly and he rushed through that shot, only to get an outside edge that ballooned up for backward point 11/113.2 smashed straight to mid-off! Nearly took Babar with it, that shot! But it's a vital breakthrough for Pakistan, with Buttler set and looking to cause carnage. Pitched up by Hasnain, 86mph/139kph and Buttler drilled his shot, didn't quite get the elevation and ended up picking out the man 137/42.3 first aggressive shot from Malan, and he pays for it with his wicket!. He tried to sweep it over midwicket, forced the issue a little bit, perhaps, and gets a top edge. Azam Khan runs in from shirt third and takes a really simple catch. Pakistan all over England at the moment! 18/27.4 but this is one way to do it, get them out!. Smart bowling from Hasnain, rolled his fingers over it, forcing Moeen to rush through his shot, and chipping it straight to mid-off. Absolutely crucial wicket for Pakistan, and this has been an excellent comeback over from the young Hasnain 85/315.3 attempted scoop, balloons up leg side... and now Livingstone is diving for his ground at the bowler's end! This could be a run-out! Livingstone didn't want the run, but Curran was already three-quarters of the way down. Hurled to the other end by Azam Khan coming from square leg, Rauf actually knocked a bail off with his leg as he collected the throw, but then dislodged the second bail with the ball in hand before Livingstone got in. Livingstone is querying it but the on-filed umpire is telling him he's got to go 164/614.5 done in the flight and Bairstow holes out! Flighted and it grips just enough, YJB looking to smash the cover off it, but his lofted drive ends up gifting a catch to long-off coming in, Zaman has time to settle under it and complete the dismissal 153/517.2 skewed up over point for a simple catch running in! Hasnain produces a slower ball at just the right moment, Curran couldn't control his attempted meaty blow, all height and no trousers - and England are seven down, with 16 balls still to play 182/718.3 slapped to deep midwicket! Full toss does the trick! Rauf picks up a wicket, though the ball was of a piece with his mixed bag today... It was full and in the arc for Jordan, but he only managed to swipe it low towards the boundary rider, Shadab, who held it well plunging forward 191/818.4 Two in two! Rashid shuffles a long way across, 87mph/141kph full toss cleans him up round his legs as he tries to whip through fine leg 191/919.5 but that's as good as it gets for England! Yorker from Shaheen in response, and Parkinson, who had stepped away to the legside again, drags it back onto the stumps! Pakistan need 201 to win this series! 200/10Extras10 (lb 3, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL200 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 10.08)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Jason Roy, 0.4 ov), 2-18 (Dawid Malan, 2.3 ov), 3-85 (Moeen Ali, 7.4 ov), 4-137 (Jos Buttler, 13.2 ov), 5-153 (Jonny Bairstow, 14.5 ov), 6-164 (Liam Livingstone, 15.3 ov), 7-182 (Tom Curran, 17.2 ov), 8-191 (Chris Jordan, 18.3 ov), 9-191 (Adil Rashid, 18.4 ov), 10-200 (Matt Parkinson, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 37 2 9.25 11 2 3 1 0 Shaheen Shah Afridi 3.5 0 28 1 7.30 10 3 1 0 0 Mohammad Hasnain 4 0 51 3 12.75 4 7 1 1 1 Haris Rauf 4 0 48 2 12.00 8 7 2 1 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 33 1 8.25 7 2 1 3 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 blinder! Rashid takes it one-handed in his follow through! Rizwan had got bogged down and now he's sent back... Taken on the full but it came off the toe of the bat and Rashid threw himself to his left to hold a brilliant catch! 82/35.4 no sooner than the 50-stand comes up that Babar departs. He pulled his length back and startles Babar with the extra bounce, who slices it to mid-off, with Malan taking a fairly straightforward catch 50/18.1 think that's Maqsood done. What a ball that was! Drift, and then grip and spin away. Maqsood came out onto the front foot to drive it back down the ground, but utterly, hopelessly beaten by the turn. Wicketkeeper whips off the bails, and Maqsood doesn't even wait for the third umpire's call before walking off 71/212.1 swings leg side but this hasn't got the legs! Taken looking into the sun by Bairstow, safe hands out on the boundary rope, and Pakistan are in real trouble! Nothing special about the ball but there wasn't quite room for Hafeez to free the arms 93/412.4 bowled 'im! Perfect length from Moeen, turning past the bat as Zaman advances, rattles the top of off! Trying to come down, would have been a stumping chance had it not pinged the bails. England riding the wave out there 95/513.6 no doubt about this one! Stumped by a distance... Khan was stuck looking over his shoulder towards deep midwicket as the ball straightened past his outside edge, Buttler didn't have to move, just took the ball and nudged off the bails. Wheels coming off the tuk-tuk here 105/617.1 slower ball, scooped down the ground, straight to long-on! TeeCee gets in on the act, foxing Wasim with a floaty half-tracker, he's completely out of shape swinging to leg, and the ball pops into the hands of Roy walking in 142/718.3 88mph short ball, Afridi holes out to mid-on! Cross-seam from Mahmood, skidding on to hit high up the bat as Afridi swung for the fences, sent a looping catch up to safe hands CJ. Could we see both teams bowled out here? 147/818.6 cleaned up first ball! Rauf opens up his shoulders and mows across the line, only to hear the crash of ash behind him. Looks like Mahmood actually ran in with one of the 30-yard circle markers stuck to his spikes, which then flew up behind him. But Rauf is heading off regardless, and this one is almost done 154/9Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL155/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Babar Azam, 5.4 ov), 2-71 (Sohaib Maqsood, 8.1 ov), 3-82 (Mohammad Rizwan, 10.3 ov), 4-93 (Mohammad Hafeez, 12.1 ov), 5-95 (Fakhar Zaman, 12.4 ov), 6-105 (Azam Khan, 13.6 ov), 7-142 (Imad Wasim, 17.1 ov), 8-147 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 18.3 ov), 9-154 (Haris Rauf, 18.6 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50
Match days
18 July 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 2 wickets)
- England: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (JC Buttler 24, MM Ali 25, Ex 1)
- England: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- JC Buttler: 50 off 33 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (JC Buttler 24, LS Livingstone 24, Ex 3)
- England: 150 runs in 13.6 overs (85 balls), Extras 7
- England: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: England - 200/10 in 19.5 overs (S Mahmood 3)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 26, Babar Azam 22, Ex 2)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 2
- Over 13.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - Azam Khan (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 4
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