Rawalpindi : May 25,2024 : England took a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating Pakistan by 23 runs in the second T20 match thanks to captain Jos Buttler’s brilliant fifty and the excellent performance of the bowlers.
It should be noted that the first T20 match of the series between the two teams was rained out. In the second T20 match of the series played in Birmingham, Pakistan has won the toss and decided to bowl first. When England started the innings, Buttler along with Phil Salt gave the team a 25-run start, but in the third over of the innings, Imad Wasim came to the bowling and finished Salt’s work on the first ball. Younger Will Jacques came in and the two put on a fine display and put on a 71-run partnership for the second wicket. Jacks scored 37 runs off 23 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours, but he failed to understand a slower ball from Haris Rauf and was caught by Shadab at point. Buttler at the other end scored a half-century and added 48 more runs with Jonny Bairstow to take the score to 144. Bairstow’s 25-run innings, studded with 2 sixes and two fours, was scored by Shaheen Shah Afridi. came to an end, while in the very next over, Imad finished off the dangerous Harry Brook, giving the team another crucial win. The English captain played an innings of 84 runs off 51 balls, studded with 8 fours and three sixes, but once again Harris, with the help of Shadab, walked Buttler. Shaheen gave two more victories to the team in his last over and also returned Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan to the pavilion. England team could score 183 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted overs. On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen took three wickets while Imad Wasim and Haris Rauf took two wickets each. Pakistan’s innings did not start well and Mohammad Rizwan returned to the pavilion before the team opened its account. The score had just reached 13 when the national team lost the second wicket and Saeem, who has been out of form for a long time, and a Martab could not score big again and went on only 2 balls from 7 balls. Shadab Fakhar Zaman came to support Babar Azam and both of them played a responsible game and scored 53 runs for the third wicket but at this stage the captain Babar Azam After scoring 32 runs, he gave the wicket to Moin Ali. Shadab Khan, who gave 55 runs while bowling, also failed to bat and after scoring three runs, he became the wicket of Adil Rashid. Azam Khan showed dangerous intentions by hitting fours. Jofra Archer got them going with the help of Moin Ali. Fakhr Zaman played a brilliant game and scored 45 runs with the help of three sixes to complete Pakistan’s century but Liam Livingston ended his innings on the same score. After that, Iftikhar Ahmed and Imad Wasim showed some resistance by playing innings of 23 and 22 runs respectively, but they too could not prevent the English team from victory.
Pakistan team was bowled out for 160 runs in the last over of the innings and England won the match by 23 runs. On behalf of England, Reece Topley took three wickets, while Archer and Moeen took two wickets each. Jos Buttler was declared the best player of the match for playing a brilliant innings of 84 runs. It should be clear that both teams playing the final of the 2022 World Cup The first T20 match between Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.
