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President Alvi, outgoing COAS Bajwa attend PCB dinner for national team

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ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi and outgoing Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday attended the dinner hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in honour of the national cricket team.

Following the national team’s impressively consistent performance, specifically in white-ball cricket, the cricket board held an honourary dinner to laud the players and management for their tireless efforts.

President of Pakistan and outgoing COAS Bajwa also attended the ceremony as special guests. Taking to Twitter, the PCB shared the pictures.

“President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa join us on the evening honouring the achievements of our cricket stars,” the caption read.

Pakistan white-ball team’s put on a remarkable performance in the last couple of months as the team played the finals of the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2022, while also winning a T20 Tri-series in New Zealand.

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‘Well Played’: President Alvi, PM Shehbaz back Pakistan following WC loss

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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif have backed the Pakistan team following its loss to England in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, ARY News reported on Sunday.

Taking to Twitter, President Dr Arif Alvi said Pakistan tried their best despite a low score while congratulating England to win the World Cup.

“Congratulations England, good all-round performance to lift the cup. Well played Pakistan, you bowled good and tried your best despite a low score,” the President wrote.

Meanwhile, PM Shehbaz credited the team for ‘hard and brave’ fightback and hailed the bowling performance. “We are proud of our boys in green for making it to the final match of this mega tournament,” he tweeted.

All-rounder Ben Stokes held his nerves strong to cruise England to their second T20 World Cup victory as they defeat Pakistan by five wickets in the final, here at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.

Set to chase 138, England completed the tricky run chase in 19 overs despite a strong attack put up by the Pakistan bowling department, thanks to their all-rounder Stokes, who powered his side to victory at the back of his brilliant half-century.

England were off to a poor start to their run chase as they lost their in-form opener, Alex Hales, in the first over, courtesy of a magnificent in-swinger by Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Jos Buttler and Harry Brook then attempted to anchor the run chase with a scratchy 25-run partnership for the second wicket but Haris Rauf struck in his first over to break the budding partnership as he removed the latter for just 10.

Haris then struck in his next over to put an end to Buttler’s struggling knock, who could manage to score 26 off 20 deliveries.

With England 45/3 in the sixth over, Stokes then stitched two vital partnerships with Harry Brook (20) and Moeen Ali (19) and added 39 and 48 runs for the fourth and fifth wicket respectively.

With 12 required in 18 deliveries, Stokes held his nerves calm and steered his side to second T20 World Cup glory with six balls to spare. The left-handed batter top-scored for England with an unbeaten 52 off 49 deliveries, laced with five boundaries and a six.

Haris led the bowling attack for Pakistan with two wickets, while Shaheen, Shadab and Wasim Jr made one scalp each. Sam Curran starred with impressive bowling figures of 3/12 as England bowlers ran through the batting line to restrict Pakistan to 137/8.

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