Tag: Pakistan vs England Third T20I

KARACHI: Pakistan speedster Haris Rauf hugged England batter, Harry Brook, after delivering a fierce bouncer that hit the latter’s helmet and stuck in it.

The video showed that the English batter Harry Brook was puzzled by the vigorous bouncer of Haris Rauf and the ball got trapped into his helmet grill.

Later, Rauf ran toward Brook and hugged him. The heartwarming moment was captured by camera during the third T20I between Pakistan and English played at the National Stadium Karachi.

The video was posted on the Twitter account of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with the caption, “Caught in the grille’ Brook gets a hug from Rauf after the sharp bouncer.”

"Caught in the grille"

Brook gets a hug from Rauf after the sharp bouncer 🤝#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/UZRljMQt9C

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 23, 2022

England’s middle-order batter Harry Brook took on Pakistan bowlers and scored a quickfire 81 runs before right-arm pacer Mark Wood wreaked havoc over the Pakistan batting line-up and powered the touring side cruise to a resounding 63-run victory in the third T20I.

READ: ‘Pakistan is almost like a home to me’ says Harry Brook

KARACHI: England’s right-handed batter Harry Brook shared his affiliation with Pakistan and termed it almost like a home to him.

Brook, who played a quickfire match-winning knock of 81 runs to aid England’s resounding victory over Pakistan in the third T20I shared that the right-handed batter likes Pakistan and partaking in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) helped him a lot.

“I like Pakistan. Obviously, I had a bit of success in the PSL so, it feels like I’m almost at home here. It’s been good and I really enjoyed batting out there,” said Brook.

The right-handed batter then went on to reveal that he had no certain plan for his knock and was just playing according to the situation.

“I was just playing according to the situation. I didn’t plan anything and just enjoyed my knock and thankfully it proved out to be beneficial for the team,” he shared.

It is pertinent to mention that Brook’s quickfire 81-run knock bolstered England to a massive total of 221/3 in 20 overs before England bowlers displayed combined effort to restrict Pakistan to 158/8 and guide their side to a convincing 63-run victory.

For his magnificent knock and two catches, Brook was awarded the player of the match.

READ: ‘These are our best players, keep faith in them’ Saqlain on Pakistan’s loss 

KARACHI: The head coach of the Pakistan Men’s Cricket Team Saqlain Mushtaq once again backed the national cricketers following their defeat at the hands of England in the third T20I of the historic seven-match series.

Saqlain, while talking to the post-match press conference after Pakistan’s 63-run loss to England in the third T20I, displayed his support for the national team and coined them as the best available players.

“We’ve picked the best available players so we should keep faith in them. Winning and losing are parts of the game, who does not want Pakistan to win,” said Saqlain.

In a query to the team’s struggling middle-order, Saqlain urged the media to stop repeating the same thing and creating doubts.

“I think, being Pakistani, we should support our team. See, we are in a preparation phase for the World Cup, so, I think, we should not be creating doubts as they put psychological pressure on the players even if they are doing well,” Saqlian stated.

The head coach then went on to laud left-handed batter Shan Masood, who put on a fight for Pakistan in a one-side clash with a gritty knock of 66 and said, “Shan Masood played tremendous cricket.”

It is pertinent to mention that England’s middle-order batters Harry Brook and Ben Duckett charged Pakistan bowlers with blistering hitting and powered the touring side to a mammoth 221/3 in 20 overs before Mark Wood-led England bowling attack restricted Pakistan to 158/8 to hand their side a resounding 63-run victory to lead the seven-match series 2-1.

READ: Brook, Wood star as England sink Pakistan by 63 runs in third T20I

KARACHI: England’s middle-order batter Harry Brook took on Pakistan bowlers and scored a quickfire 81 runs before right-arm pacer Mark Wood wreaked havoc over the Pakistan batting line-up and powered the touring side cruise to a resounding 63-run victory in the third T20I.

Set to chase a mammoth 222, Pakistan were off to a deplorable start as the hosts lost four wickets for a mere 28 runs inside the powerplay with their last match heroes Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan also walking back after scoring eight runs each.

Left-handed middle-order batters Shan Masood and Khushdil Shah put on a brief fight with a gritty 62-run partnership for the fifth wicket and kept Pakistan in the hunt.

The pair appeared solid but Adil Rashid outdid Khushdil with a googly in the 12th over to enhance England’s dominance over Pakistan. The left-handed batter scored 29 off 21 deliveries with the help of a boundary and two sixes.

Shan, on the other hand, stood firm and kept the scoreboard ticking single-handedly while the home side was losing wickets at an alarming rate with Mohammad Nawaz also falling after scoring 19.

Shan scored an unbeaten 66 off 40 deliveries, laced with three boundaries and four sixes and top scored for Pakistan, while the rest of the batters failing to make significant contributions resulted in the men in green finishing at 158/8 in response to England’s 221/3.

Mark Wood was the pick of the bowlers for England as he claimed three wickets for 25, while Adil Rashid bagged two. Reece Topley and Sam Curran, on the other hand, struck out a batter each.

Batting first on the invitation of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, England’s batting line-up displayed combined effort to power the side to a massive total of 221/3 in 20 overs at the back of brilliant half-centuries from Brook and Duckett.

The touring side was off to a poor start as opening batter Phil Salt (8) perished cheaply at a combined score of 18 in the third over.

Debutant Will Jacks and Dawid Malan then anchored the innings for England with a gritty 43-run partnership for the second wicket. Malan, who was struggling to score freely fell to Usman Qadir in the seventh over after scoring a snail-paced 14.

Jacks, on the other hand, who was looking solid to score a half-century on his debut, fell 10 runs short of the feat as he too, fell victim to Usman after scoring 40 off just 22 deliveries, laced with eight boundaries, while England, as a result, slipped to 82/3 in the ninth over.

Following the slump, Brook and Duckett stood up for their team and put on a match-changing partnership. The pair stitched an unbeaten 139-run partnership for the fourth wicket and scored at an astonishingly rapid pace.

Brook top-scored for the side with a blistering 81 off just 35 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries and five sixes, while Duckett scored 70 not out off 42 balls including eight boundaries and a six.

Usman led the bowling attack for Pakistan with two wickets, while Mohammad Hasnain bagged a wicket.

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PAK 158-8 (20 Overs)

Topley to bowl the final over

PAK 149-8 (19 Overs)

Wood comes to bowl his last

PAK 142-6 (18 Overs)

17.6: Lofted to mid-off, and that’s the end of Nawaz. Lovely flighted googly, dipping as he swung through the line, not dissimilar to Rashid’s first, as Brook swallows with ease.

Adil replaces Curran

PAK 133-5 (17 Overs)

Topley replaces Wood

PAK 127-5 (16 Overs)

Curran comes to bowl his last

PAK 115-5 (15 Overs)

Wood replaces Moeen

PAK 105-5 (14 Overs)

Curran comes back

PAK 98-5 (13 Overs)

Moeen continues

PAK 91-5 (12 Overs)

11.5: Skewed to long-off, and Brook swallows the offering! The googly makes the breakthrough, Khushdil was aiming over leg from the full length, but the ball bent off a leading edge.

Adil replaces Curran

PAK 86-4 (11 Overs)

Moeen replaces Adil

PAK 75-4 (10 Overs)

Curran comes back

PAK 60-4 (9 Overs)

Adil continues

PAK 46-4 (8 Overs)

Moeen Ali comes into the attack

PAK 35-4 (7 Overs)

Adil Rashid comes to bowl his first

PAK 29-4 (6 Overs)

5.3: Curran outdoes Iftikhar with the short ball. An interesting shot, trying to flat bat it away, gets a bottom edge and it scoops up to mid-off.

Sam Curran comes into the attack

PAK 24-3 (5 Overs)

4.1: A 151 kph shortish delivery, around off, Haider tries to pull but is hurried into the shot. Ends up mistiming it aerially towards square leg and Adil Rashid takes a fantastic catch, diving to his right.

Wood continues

PAK 21-2 (4 Overs)

3.6: Slower delivery from Topley, executing his variations to perfection. It goes through the batter and clatters into leg stump.

Topley continues

PAK 18-1 (3 Overs)

2.4: Flashed to third man, and it’s straight to third man. Babar Azam falls, and it’s Wood’s extra pace that does the trick. Babar’s slash carries all the way to Topley, who makes no mistake.

Mark Wood replaces Dawson

PAK 12-0 (2 Overs)

Reece Topley comes into the attack

PAK 6-0 (1 Over) 

Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam walk onto the crease to start the chase. Liam Dawson to open the attack for England.

PAKISTAN vs ENGLAND (2nd INNING)

England’s middle-order batters Harry Brook and Ben Duckett decimated Pakistan’s bowling attack with a half-century each and powered their side to a mammoth 221/3 in 20 overs.

ENG 221-3 (19 Overs)

Haris Rauf to bowl the final over

ENG 211-3 (19 Overs)

Dahani to bowl second last over

ENG 192-3 (18 Overs)

Hasnain to bowl his last over

ENG 178-3 (17 Overs)

Rauf back into attack

ENG 168-3 (16 Overs)

Dahani replaces Rauf

ENG 152-3 (15 Overs)

Hasnain back into attack

ENG 139-3 (14 Overs)

Rauf replaces Nawaz

ENG 128-3 (13 Overs)

Usman Qadir continues with his last

ENG 116-3 (12 Overs)

Nawaz to bowl his last over

ENG 104-3 (11 Overs)

Usman Qadir continues

ENG 89-3 (10 Overs)

Nawaz continues

ENG 84-3 (9 Overs)

8.3: Will Jacks caught out! It was a googly, so he was hitting with the turn, and Nawaz takes a good catch in the deep.

Usman Qadir continues

ENG 77-2 (8 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Dahani

ENG 71-2 (7 Overs)

6.2: Qadir gets rid of Malan. Googly, long hop, loose delivery, wicket!

Usman Qadir replaces Rauf

ENG 57-1 (6 Overs)

Dahani continues

ENG 45-1 (5 Overs)

Haris Rauf joins the attack

ENG 36-1 (4 Overs)

Dahani comes into attack

ENG 21-1 (3 Overs)

2.1: Salt Gone! Babar holds on to the catch. High pace, over 148.3kph, and Hasnain and Babar nearly collided into each other in pursuit.

Hasnain continues

ENG 18-0 (2 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz to bowl from other end

ENG 7-0 (1 Over)

Phil Salt and Will Jack came out on crease to open for England. Mohammad Hasnain to open the attack

PAKISTAN vs ENGLAND (1st INNING)

KARACHI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first against England in the third match of the historic T20I series.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Haider Ali, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani

England: Moeen Ali (c), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-23, England-15, Pakistan-7, No Result-1