Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Babar Azam
Babar Azam
110(66) 11x4 - 5x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 0 6 6 12 6 45 31
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
88(51) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 21 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
2 15 13 5 2 3 30 18

Best performances - Bowlers

Haris Rauf
Haris Rauf
O4
M0
R30
W2
Eco7.50
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Shahnawaz Dahani
Shahnawaz Dahani
O4
M0
R37
W2
Eco9.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Andrew Miller

7.15pm And with that, that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us, it's 1-1 with five to play, and it's set up to be a belting series. From Miller, Alan, Thilak and the team, good night!

7.04pm Here's Moeen Ali: "A really good wicket in the end, thought we batted well, but we dropped a big catch. But the momentum changed when I bowled my over. Duckett's partnership with Salty was fantastic and me and Brooksy played nicely. It was different to the first game, looked worse but played better, and the two openers were brilliant. I know they get a lot of stick for their strike-rates but they are brilliant and you can't afford to bowl off spin to them."

Babar Azam has been talking in Urdu (and mera bahut kamzoor hai)... but the gist of it is they had belief they could chase it down, the wicket is always better under lights but proved better than even they expected. The team always believed and supported him during his run of poor form.

8.57pm Babar and Rizwan have broken their own record for T20I second-innings partnerships. And Babar has gone to 8000 T20 runs in 218 innings, the second-fastest after Chris Gayle (213)

6.50pm What an implausible drubbing! At the halfway mark, it seemed England's target was some 30 runs above par, but this pair could have paced a 220 chase with room to spare, you sense. And it is the perfect tonic for what should now be a magnificent series. Seven matches too long? Not if they provide entertainment like this!

As for England, there will be no lack of bemusement. Moeen's 23-ball fifty, and some canny improv from Duckett had put a big total on the board, and it seemed that three spinners would be handy on this deck. But Babar and Rizwan put them to the sword, with Moeen and Rashid going for a combined 55 runs in four overs.

Taabish: "On-air commentators lauding Babar and saying Rizwan played an excellent supporting role. I'd say it was the other way around. Rizwan led the way throughout always keeping the game in hand - and let Babar play himself in until he could launch." Yes, I rather agree. Babar's fifty was from 39 balls, compared to Rizwan's 30. But the acceleration thereafter was formidable.

Rana Jee: "Eng boundaries 26, one more than Pak, ..." Well there we go... as we all know, boundary countback is the only thing that truly matters...

Jamal: "Great chase. A very responsible and wonderful batting by both the openers, Babar and Rizwan who carry their bats and at the same time it is the highest T20 chase. Congratulations to Pakistan winning and leveling the series. "

19.3
4
Willey to Babar Azam, FOUR, inside-out and drilled through the covers! Babar whips off his helmet, performs the sajdah and takes the handshakes from a well-thrashed England! A staggering display!

Wajid Jawaid : "Don't worry England, we know this feeling. These two did the same to us. Love, India."

19.2
1
Willey to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, strides out of the crease, meets the leg-side delivery on the full, pushes the single to leg and the scores are level!
19.1
1
Willey to Babar Azam, 1 run, fired in on the full length, jabbed to the off side and that's a world record for the highest partnership in a T20I chase

END OF OVER:
19 | 17 Runs | PAK: 197/0 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 10.36, RRR: 3.00)

  • Mohammad Rizwan87 (50b)
  • Babar Azam105 (64b)
  • Luke Wood4-0-49-0
  • Sam Curran4-0-29-0

Ahsan Butt: "Miller, can you be a little less biased please?" Sorry, but Babar has been on a different level tonight!

18.6
2
Wood to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs, swung hard to the leg side, and mopped up in the deep, but the damage has been done. What a chase this has been!
18.6
1w
Wood to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 wide, leg-sided, whoops. And a full-toss too. Wood on a bit of a hiding to nothing here
18.5
2
Wood to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs, dropped in the covers! It was a seriously tough chance to Moeen, tight in at short cover and reaching high! Gets a hand to it but can't cling on!