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KARACHI: England returning opener Alex Hales expressed his admiration for the cricket fans of the city who came out in number and packed the National Stadium to witness the first T20I between England and Pakistan on the latter’s home soil. 

Hales shone with a brilliant half-century on his return to England side after three years and guided his team to a comprehensive six-wicket win in the opening encounter of the historic T20I series.

Speaking at a post-match press conference, Hales stated that it was a very special feeling for him to play in front of the full house at Karachi’s National Stadium, terming it ‘one of the best atmospheres in world cricket.’

“I have played in front of full houses at Karachi but this is very different,” said Hales, who featured in the Pakistan Super League as one of the key overseas players and represented Karachi Kings and Islamabad United, respectively.

“You couldn’t believe the noise and the atmosphere. Karachi put up a show tonight,” he expressed.

Talking about his prior experience of playing in Pakistan, the England opener said he had spent a lot of time here over the last few years and had some fantastic memories on and off the field.

“It’s a place which means a lot to me,” he said. “So to be a part of the England tour, the first one in such a long time is an incredibly special feeling.”

Furthermore, Hales called his phenomenal comeback – a dream return – saying that it felt like a debut to play for England after three years.

“It’s a very special feeling to get back out on the park for England – three years felt like forever but to get a fifty on my return in a winning team is the stuff dreams are made of,” said Hales.

“There are always nerves and pressure after having not played for England for three years, it felt like a debut again, so a very special night,” he maintained.

It is apropos to mention here that England are currently on their first tour of Pakistan after 17 years. The touring side took a 1-0 lead in the seven-match T20I series with the second match to be played on September 22 at National Stadium Karachi.

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KARACHI: Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan responded to former captain Moin Khan’s statement regarding him and asserted that he does not need to play on the offside.

Rizwan, while talking to the media after Pakistan’s six-wicket loss to England in the first T20I, responded to a question regarding Moin’s statement, who called him a one-dimensional player, by stating that there is no problem if he can play on the leg side.

“If I can hit the off-stump delivery on the leg side then I think there is no problem in that. May Allah rewards those who are talking about my command on the offside,” Rizwan stated.

“I don’t need to play on offside although If I can play a shot on the leg side from off stump, I can also play from off stump to cover,” he maintained.

It is apropos to mention that Moin while speaking on ARY News’ show Bouncer highlighted a weakness in the batting approach of wicketkeeper batter Rizwan and alleged that the latter is a one-dimensional batter and prefers to score on the on-side.

“Rizwan, on the other hand, plays on one side only and he needs to score on the other side as well or else he will be trapped,” Moin stated.

Rizwan then also commented on Pakistan’s dismal performance against England in the series opener and asserted that the management is trying to make a combination for the World Cup.

“Everyone knows that little changes are being made. We are trying to make a combination for the World Cup so if you make changes, there will be an error,” Rizwan said.

The top-ranked T20I hitter responded to a question about playing too many dot balls by acknowledging the criticism and saying he and Pakistan captain Babar Azam are striving to address the issue.

“We are playing too many dot balls, we will work on it and also inform the players further,” Rizwan said.

It is pertinent to mention here following the series opener triumph, England lead the seven-match T20I series 1-0.

The action-filled T20I series is being streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

READ: Hales, bowlers power England to seal series opener against Pakistan

KARACHI: World No.1 T20I batter Mohammad Rizwan became the joint-fastest batsman to complete 2000 runs in T20 internationals in 52 innings and equalled his opening partner and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s record.

Rizwan reached the milestone during his phenomenal knock of 68 off 46 in the first T20I  against England here on Tuesday. England beat the hosts by 6 wickets and lead the historic seven-match T20I series 1-0 as the touring side is currently on their first tour of Pakistan in almost 17 years.

With the remarkable achievement, the wicket-keeper batter surpassed Indian batting star, Virat Kohli, who scored 2000 T20I runs in 56 innings.

Fastest to 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ T20I runs:
🇵🇰 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟐 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
🇵🇰 Babar Azam 52 innings
🇮🇳 Virat Kohli 56 innings
🇮🇳 KL Rahul 58 innings
🇦🇺 Aaron Finch 62 innings#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/fK2r4WcRhL

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 20, 2022

Meanwhile, Rizwan also became the fourth Pakistani batter to achieve the feat and joined the likes of Babar, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik.

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KARACHI: England veteran batter Alex Hales marked his international return with a match-winning half-century after the bowlers bounced back to restrict Pakistan to a paltry total to power the touring side to an opening victory in the historic seven-match T20I series.

Set to chase 159, England comfortably steered to victory in the final over for the loss of four wickets.

The touring side had a deplorable start to the run chase as their opener Phil Salt fell cheaply for 10 in the third over and could put on a brief opening stand of 19 with Hales.

Hales then joined hands with Dawid Malan and carried the proceedings for England as the pair added 34 runs for the second wicket before the latter fell victim to Usman Qadir after scoring 20.

Ben Duckett then put on a brief partnership with Hales and added 35 runs for the third wicket before falling short to Usman while attempting to play a reverse sweep. He scored 21 off 17 deliveries including two boundaries.

Following the slump, Harry Brook joined hands with Hales in the middle and put on a match-defining partnership before the latter fell in the 17th over briefly after amassing his ninth T20I fifty. He top-scored for England with 53 off 40 deliveries, laced with seven boundaries.

Brook, on the other hand, held his ground firm and made sure to power England over the line with an astonishing match-winning knock. He scored a quickfire 42 off a mere 25 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries.

Usman was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan as he bagged two wickets for 36, while Haris Rauf and Shahnawaz Dahani made one scalp each.

At the toss of the first T20I, England stand-in captain Moeen Ali put Pakistan into bat first after the coin flipped in his favour.

Batting first, Pakistan were off to a flying start as openers Babar Azam and Rizwan amassed 85 runs for the first wicket at a rapid pace.

The stand was majorly dominated by Rizwan as he was scoring with a healthy strike rate, while Babar, who was struggling to find the rhythm despite playing some magnificent drives, fell to Adil Rashid in the 10th over, courtesy of an astonishing googly. The right-handed batter scored 31 off 24 deliveries, laced with three boundaries.

The top-ranked T20I batter Rizwan remained unaffected by Babar’s dismissal as he continued to keep the scoreboard ticking single-handedly while Haider Ali could score a snail-paced 11.

England skipper Moeen then struck in the next over to add to the misery of the home side as he bagged the all-important wicket of Rizwan, who top-scored for the side with 68 off 46 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and two sixes.

Debutant Shan Masood’s stay also remained brief at the crease as he could score a run-a-ball seven and Pakistan, as a result, slipped to 120/4 in the 16th over.

All-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed then put on a fight with a gritty knock of 28 off 17 deliveries with the help of three sixes.

The rest of the batters, however, failed to make an impact as England’s bowling line-up did tremendously well to restrict the hosts to 158/7 in the allotted 20 overs.

Debutant pacer Luke Wood led the way for England with three wickets, while Adil bagged two. Moeen and Sam Curran, on the other hand, struck out a batter each.

The action-filled T20I series is being streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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KARACHI: England’s veteran batter Alex Hales and Harry Brook shone in the run chase after the bowlers displayed combined effort to halt Pakistan to a small total as England sealed the series opener by six wickets.

ENG 160-4 (19.2 Overs)

Dahani to bowl the final over. Can he defend three runs?

ENG 156-4 (19 Overs)

Haris comes to bowl his last

ENG 149-4 (18 Overs)

Naseem comes to bowl his last

ENG 143-4 (17 Overs)

16.4: Had a swipe but ended up skying it to mid-off, where Babar completes a running catch.

Haris comes back into the attack

ENG 136-3 (16 Overs)

Naseem comes back

ENG 122-3 (15 Overs)

Dahani comes back into the attack

ENG 107-3 (14 Overs)

Nawaz comes to bowl his last

ENG 102-3 (13 Overs)

Usman comes to bowl his last

ENG 92-3 (12 Overs)

Nawaz comes back

ENG 87-3 (11 Overs)

10.5: Clattered into the pads fairly adjacent and it’s given out. England review. Three reds, it’s hitting middle and leg, and Duckett falls

Usman comes again

ENG 80-2 (10 Overs)

Haris comes again

ENG 73-2 (9 Overs)

Usman continues

ENG 63-2 (8 Overs)

Naseem comes back

ENG 56-2 (7 Overs)

6.2: Gets this one to land and that does him a world of good, just enough purchase on the legbreak and Malan sends it back to the bowler via the inside edge of the bat. Smartly taken going to his left.

Usman Qadir comes into the attack

ENG 47-1 (6 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

ENG 43-1 (5 Overs)

Dahani continues

ENG 33-1 (4 Overs)

Nawaz continues

ENG 24-1 (3 Overs)

2.3: Haider Ali leaps to take the catch, dances along the rope, and comes up trumps! Looked like a cutter from Dahani, making it harder for Salt to get power on the shot, and it didn’t quite have the legs.

Dahani replaces Naseem

ENG 15-0 (2 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz to bowl from the other end

ENG 14-0 (1 Over)

Phil Salt and Alex Hales come out to bat for England. Naseem Shah to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs ENGLAND (2nd INNING)

KARACHI: England bowlers displayed combined effort to hold their nerves calm and restrict Pakistan to 158/7 in 20 overs despite top-ranked T20I batter Mohammad Rizwan’s brilliant half-century as the middle-order failed again.

PAK 158-7 (20 Overs)

Wood to bowl the final over

PAK 150-5 (19 Overs)

Curran comes to bowl his last

PAK 141-5 (18 Overs)

Wood comes back

PAK 137-4 (17 Overs)

Willey comes back

PAK 125-4 (16 Overs)

15.1:  He brought out the reverse sweep to clear fine leg, but never quite looked comfortable in the shot, and top edges it to the short fine fielder.

Adil comes to bowl his last

PAK 120-3 (15 Overs)

Moeen replaces Willey

PAK 110-2 (14 Overs)

13.3: It was full, and Haider looked to jab rather than hit through it, and got more height than distance, allowing deep midwicket a simple catch.

Curran comes back

PAK 107-1 (13 Overs)

Willey replaces Gleeson

PAK 104-1 (12 Overs)

Adil comes to bowl his third

PAK 93-1 (11 Overs)

Gleeson comes back

PAK 87-1 (10 Overs)

9.3: Flighted wrong’un, gets him coming forwards but he plays all around it. The ball clatters into the middle and off, and England finally break the opening stand.

Adil continues

PAK 83-0 (9 Overs)

Moeen Ali comes to bowl his first

PAK 70-0 (8 Overs)

Adil Rashid comes into the attack

PAK 63-0 (7 Overs)

Curran comes back into the attack

PAK 51-0 (6 Overs)

Wood continues

PAK 43-0 (5 Overs)

Richard Gleeson replaces Willey

PAK 36-0 (4 Overs)

Luke Wood comes into the attack

PAK 32-0 (3 Overs)

Willey continues

PAK 15-0 (2 Overs)

Sam Curran to bowl from the other end

PAK 9-0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to bat for Pakistan. David Willey to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs ENGLAND (1st INNING)

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

PLAYING XI

Pakistan: Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan Haider Ali Shan Masood Iftikhar Ahmed Khushdil Shah Mohammad Nawaz Usman Qadir Haris Rauf Naseem Shah Shahnawaz Dahani

England: Moeen Ali (c), Phil Salt (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Richard Gleeson

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-21, England-14, Pakistan-6, No Result-1

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

PLAYING XI

Pakistan: Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan Haider Ali Shan Masood Iftikhar Ahmed Khushdil Shah Mohammad Nawaz Usman Qadir Haris Rauf Naseem Shah Shahnawaz Dahani

England: Moeen Ali (c), Phil Salt (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Richard Gleeson

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-21, England-14, Pakistan-6, No Result-1

KARACHI: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) – Ramiz Raja claimed that the cricket board put a lot of effort into persuading the English cricket team to visit the nation after they cancelled their planned tour last year.

Ramiz, upon his arrival at the National Stadium Karachi to witness the first T20I of the seven-match series between Pakistan and England, interacted with the media and asserted that the PCB put in a lot of effort to successfully hosting the side after a gap of almost 17 years.

“This is an important series for the preparation of the World Cup. We tried to bring England back when they were frowned upon and withdrew from the tour, we made it possible with great efforts,” stated Ramiz.

The PCB chairman further commented on the national team’s performances and revealed that he told Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam to try to win every match to keep cricket fans happy.

“First of all, remember that we played the final of the Asia Cup and also beat India. Give this team some room to make errors,” said Ramiz.

“I tell Babar Azam the same thing, saying that supporters have short memories and that you must win every game to win their favour,” he maintained.

It is pertinent to mention here that England set foot in Pakistan to partake in the historic T20I series after a gap of almost 17 years. The side withdrew from their scheduled tour last year following the abandonment of the tour of New Zealand.

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KARACHI: The assistant coach of England’s men’s national cricket team Richard Dawson withdrew from the historic Pakistan tour after suffering an injury, sources claimed.

According to the details, Dawson sustained a groin injury during England’s training session on Saturday evening.

Following the assessment of his injury, the medical board advised Dawson to withdraw from his team’s ongoing tour to Pakistan and as a result, will fly to the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday.

The injury has also ruled Dawson out of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022, scheduled later in October in Australia and his replacement will be announced in a due course.

It is pertinent to mention here that England will lock horns with Pakistan in the first T20I of the seven-match series today at National Stadium Karachi.

The action-filled T20I series will be streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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KARACHI: Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam gave an update regarding the ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and revealed that the left-arm speedster is on a road to recovery and will start bowling soon.

Babar, while talking to the media here responded to a question regarding the unavailability of their ace pacer Shaheen and acknowledged that the team missed his services in the recently-held Asia Cup 2022, while also sharing that the latter will start bowling soon.

“We’ll definitely miss Shaheen as we did so in Asia Cup. I talked to him and he has improved a lot recently,” shared Babar.

“He has started training and will start bowling in the first week of October. So, we are hoping that he will achieve complete recovery soon,” he added.

It is pertinent to mention that Shaheen is not a part of the Green Shirts’ squad for the home T20I series against England as a result of his knee injury, which he sustained during the first Test against Sri Lanka.

The National High Performance Center (NHPC) Coach Umar Rasheed will accompany the left-arm pacer to the UK where he is now receiving rehabilitation treatment. Coach Rasheed will be in charge of the pacer’s recuperation.

READ: Pakistan to wear special kits in first T20I in solidarity with flood victims

KARACHI: Pakistan’s national men’s cricket team will wear the special kits in the first match of the home T20I series against England in an attempt to show solidarity with the flood victims.

Amid Pakistan captain, Babar Azam’s scheduled press conference ahead of the historic T20I series against England, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official made an announcement regarding the national team’s special kit for the first T20I.

According to the details, the national team will wear specially-designed kit in the first T20I, scheduled on September 20. The newly-designed kit shows solidarity with the flood victims and features players’ names and jersey numbers quarterly submerged.

Pakistan captain Babar, as a result, donned the special jersey in the trophy unveiling ceremony and the media talk before appealing to the citizens of Karachi to fill in the stadium in support of the special cause.

“I want to appeal to Karachi citizens to come to the stadium and support this worthy cause,” Babar stated.

Earlier, the PCB decided to grant free entry for the first T20I, scheduled on Tuesday to the flood affectees residing in the city upon the request of the Sindh Police.

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