The T20 World Cup 2022 final will be played between Pakistan and England on Sunday, November 13 at Melbourne cricket stadium. Two days ago, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology had predicted heavy rain on the final day, November 13 (Sunday) and Monday, November 14. However, now the Australian Meteorological Department has predicted more confidently about the rain on Sunday. The Australian Meteorological Department has said that there will be a chance of rain on Sunday morning, but there is less chance of rain during the match in the afternoon. The final will start at 1 pm according to Pakistan time but it will be 7 pm in Australia. ICC has also increased the specific time to make the final a decider.
Earlier, the Australian Meteorological Department predicted that there is an 80% chance of rain on the final day of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. In this situation, the question is who will be the champion? And what does the ICC law say in case of rain? According to Australian weather forecasting websites, there is a more than 80% chance of rain in Melbourne on the evening of November 13 and also a strong chance of more than 80 percent rain on Monday, the second day allotted for the final.
As per the schedule released by ICC, an attempt will be made to complete the final on the same day. If the match does not take place on November 13, then the final will be held on November 14. Duckworth-Lewis law can be applied to reduce the overs when the final starts and when an innings is completed. According to the ICC rules, any match will be declared finished until both teams have played at least 5.5 overs. If this cannot be done on both days, then both the teams that reach the final will be jointly called the champions.
It must be noted that qualifying for the World Cup final this time was even more difficult than 1992 World Cup for Pakistan.
The bowlers performed well throughout the World Cup, the fielding wins the matches, and New Zealand fielded poorly in the semi-final, which led to New Zealand losing the match. In the final, Pakistan should maintain the bowling combination, and the national team must score at least 190 runs while batting first, then there is a high chance of becoming the world champion. Pakistan has / ability to make winning score and the bowlers know to defend such a winning total.
Many upsets were also seen in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka to Namibia, and England to Ireland and South Africa to the Netherlands. Despite the upset, the team Pakistan and England team are in the final. The circumstances and events of the Pakistan team in the current World Cup are surprisingly similar to the circumstances and event of 1992 World Cup. In the 1992 World Cup, the Pakistan team lost its opening match in Melbourne. Just like the 1992 World Cup, Pakistan was defeated by India in the opening group match. In the 1992 World Cup, the national team won the last three matches of the group stage and in the current World Cup also the last three of the group matches. The national team qualified for the semi-finals in both events by just one point on the final day of the group stage. If we look at the matches in the T20 World Cup, it seems that history is repeating itself because like rhe1992 World Cup, the current T20 World Cup has seen many similarities. Speaking of which, Pakistan lost their opening match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, while in the current T20 World Cup, Pakistan also played their opening match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in which they lost. Pakistan also lost in their group stage. In 1992 World Cup and the current T20 World Cup for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals.
There has been a lot of struggle as Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the World Cup by just one point. Another similarity we can see is when the Pakistan team defeated New Zealand in the semi-final of the 1992 World Cup, reached the final. The former Test captain of England, Joy Root, has described the Pakistan team as dangerous and said that there are
excellent players in Pakistan. ‘’Pakistan are a dangerous team with some great players’’,’’ while England will have to get their squad right for the final’’ he said.
As history repeats itself, will Pakistan defeat England again like in 1992 and become the uncrowned king of T20 cricket or will England take their 30-year old revenge on Pakistan? It will be decided in the final match on Sunday.
If we look at the matches in the T20 World Cup, it seems that history is repeating itself because many similarities 1992 and this year’s tournament. In both, Pakistan had a weak start, in 1992 the national team started with a 10-wicket defeat against the West Indies and a few days later lost against India by 43 runs. In 1992, in Pakistan’s third match in the tournament, it rained during the match against England and the result was in their favor, both teams got one point each, so Pakistan was ahead of Australia in the points table.
In this year’s T20 match, although rain did not play a direct role in Pakistan’s matches, the rain lifted the team from the last position on the points table because South Africa and Zimbabwe. During the match between, it rained and the match was cancelled.
In 1992 Pakistan had qualified for the final by defeating the Kiwis, Inzamam-ul-Haq, despite being out of form, scored 60 runs off 37 balls to lead the team to the final. In the recent T20, Pakistan once again defeated New `Zealand in which national cricket team player Mohammad Haris’ 30 off 26 balls helped seal a crucial victory. Both left-arm pacers and leg-spinners were Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker until the finals in the 1992 World Cup. This feat was accomplished by Wasim Akram and Mushtaq Ahmed and this year the magic of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan worked. In the final of the 1992 World Cup, Pakistan faced England and the national team made history.
Pakistan and England had lost their matches against Ireland and Zimbabwe, but perhaps it is the charm of nature that just as the final was between England and Pakistan in the ODI World Cup to be played on Australian soil, in the same way this country These two teams are also going to play the final of the first T20 World Cup to be held after 30 years and 7 months.
The final scheduled in Melbourne on November 13 is the third T20 World Cup final for these two teams and both the teams have been world champions in this format once. Pakistan won this honor by defeating Sri Lanka in 2009, while in the next year in 2010, England achieved this feat by defeating Australia.
If we expand the mention of coincidences further, it also comes to light that when the national team stepped on the soil of West Indies to play the T20 World Cup in 2010, it was kept as the defending champion. And still the next edition of the T20 World Cup is going to be played in the West Indies, so will Pakistan once again travel to the West Indies as the defending champions?
Pakistan have a successful and experienced opening pair in the form of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. This duo has scored 2509 runs at an average of 51.20 so far in T20 cricket. Both these players of Pakistan were a bit dull in the early matches of the tournament, but gradually their form recovered and in the semi-final, they both made a partnership of 105 runs and laid the foundation for their team’s victory.
This partnership also made Babar and Rizwan the first duo to have 3 century partnerships in T20 World Cup.
As history repeats itself, will Pakistan defeat England again like in 1992 and become the uncrowned king of T20 cricket or will England take their 30-year old revenge on us?
After 30 years Pakistan and England will face each other again in the T20 World Cup 2022 final, will history repeat itself?
Another difference between the two teams is that while Pakistan’s relatively weak middle order scares our openers and prevents them from playing openly, England’s strong middle order allows their openers to play without fear. Gives full permission and this quality was mentioned by England captain Jos Buttler after the win against India. Pakistan have a strong a
experienced bowling.
Bowling has played a key role in Pakistan’s success in this tournament so far and India is the only team to have scored 160 or more runs against Pakistan in the entire event.
In the Power play against Pakistan’s bowling, runs were scored at an average of 6.19 while they bowled at a strike rate of 18.58 in this phase. This performance is enough to prove them unique and strong compared to all other bowling lines in the tournament.
Pakistan’s bowlers have taken 12 wickets in the power play so far and this is a weapon that England’s openers and team management will definitely be considering to counter. Has been His average in this phase is 37.67 while his strike rate is 30 and this is the third worst performance of this tournament.
Looking at the power play statistics, it seems that Pakistan’s batting is heavy, but in the middle and last overs of the innings, England’s bowlers take a different form and this changing form also plays a big role in reaching the final. K leg-spinner Adil Rasheed has produced outstanding performances against New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India and can pose a threat to Pakistan as well. England’s fast bowlers Mark Wood could not play the semi-final due to injury and the national team should pray that he is not part of the team in the final as well because his pace bowling is very difficult for our batsmen to cope with. Maybe.
Fielding is the area where England has a clear advantage over Pakistan. All England players have the ability to go to any lengths to take difficult catches and stop runs.
If you look at Pakistan team, this team usually puts unnecessary pressure on itself by making fielding mistakes. But sometimes the situation is different, like in the semi-final against New Zealand. If Pakistan are to take on England and restrict them to a manageable score or defend their target, the fielders will need to support their bowlers to the fullest. Harris being part of the team and ever since he came into the team, he has created a movement in Pakistan’s batting. In this important final, Harris can prove to be the target for Pakistan. It is important for Harris to play a long innings in this big and important match and play an important role in the performance of the team by showing his talent in front of the world.
So far these two teams have competed twice in the T20 World Cup. England won both times. But on the other hand, if we examine the knockout stage of the tournaments played under the ICC, these two teams have met in the final of the 1992 World Cup and the semi-final of the 2017 Champions Trophy, and in both these competitions, the goddess of victory. Against expectations, Pakistan’s feet kissed.
So will Pakistan be able to maintain its record of winning against England in the knockout stages or will England defeat Pakistan once again in the T20 World Cup and become the world champions? Maybe these two teams will not have the answer. But an interesting thing here is that if the England team is victorious in this final, then it will become the first team to be the champion of ODI and T20 cricket at the same time. In retrospect, there is still some swing and lack of consistency in the Pakistani team. Therefore, if you want to achieve success, it is necessary to evaluate the shortcomings before the World Cup Final, but the question is that ‘’who will win ‘’? Pakistan, England or rain?
