Summary Pakistan restricted hosts to 135/7 in 20 overs before explosive stuff from openers Sharjeel, Khalid
MANCHESTER (Dunya News) - England won the toss against Pakistan and elected to bat first in the only T20 match of the series in Manchester, reported Dunya News.
England had won the ODI series 4-1 whereas Test series was drawn 2-2. Sarfraz Ahmad is leading Pakistani side for the first time in the T20 format.
Team England: 1 Alex Hales, 2 Jason Roy, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 David Willey, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Liam Plunkett
Team Pakistan: 1 Khalid Latif, 2 Sharjeel Khan, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Rizwan, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt/wk), 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Hasan Ali
England innings
England lost their first wicket for 56 when opener Jason Roy was dismissed by Imad Wasim. The left-arm slow bowler dismissed the second opener Alex Hales as well. Joe Root was third batsman to be dismissed, as Hassan Ali got his wicket.
England were 67 when they lost their third wicket. The hosts were 89/3 after 12 overs. Wahab Riaz showed a great performance as he picked up 3 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs. His heroics restricted England to just 135/7 in 20 overs. Muhammad Amir and Sohail Tanvir did not pick any wicket whereas Hasan Ali got one.
Pakistan innings
Openers Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif gave Pakistan a great start and scored first 36 runs in boundaries. 73 runs were scored without any loss in first six overs by Pakistan. Left-handed opener Sharjeel Khan scored fifty off just 30 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes.
Pakistan lost their first wicket at 107 runs when Sharjeel Khan was dismissed after scoring 59 runs. Khalid Latif also remained not out on 59 whereas Babar Azam scored 15.
