Rawalpindi : Arafat Minhas , a 21-year Pakistan’s cricket sensation, made it easy for Pakistan XI to secure an easy win against England by 87:runs here on Tuesday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. He knocked out 59 crucial runs to help Pakistan pile -up a total of 302 runs for England , but his real heroic performance was with the ball. He sent 6 England players back to pavelian for 40 runs only. Arafat Minhas is a composed all rounder and he is showing his great skill as an all rounder. He told PTV sports after Pakistan -England match of 50 overs that he had a well calculated plan to win today’s game against England. He said Hasan Nawaz , who scored 79 off 74 balls, was playing smoothly and going ahead as per his plan and he on joining him at the crease decided to give him a backup support so that he could play his natural game and when Hasan Nawaz got out he took charge to accelerate the score.
“Our plan was to hit one boundary in each over and keep the scoreboard ticking and we remained successful to have an easy win against England in today’s match”, Arafat Minhas told PTV Sports anchor.
Arafat Minhas had got 5 wickets when he did his debut at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium against Australia on May 30 this year. Today , he got 6 wickets to help Pakistan bag a big win against England.
Pakistan had defeated Sri Lanka in the same fashion in the first match of ODI tri series in progress between Pakistan , England and Sri Lanka.