Pakistan Back with a Bang to Stun Hosts England.
Pakistan the Upredicatables back with a bang to notch up the mighty English side. This is the same Pakistani team who couple of days before was banged by Carribean bowlers for a mere 105. Today on a flat trent bridge wicket pakistan were put in by Eion Morgan to bat first but they proved him wrong when imam ul haq and fakhar zaman took off the bowlers with a strong opening stand. Later on Babar azam and Mohammad hafeez added icing on the cake and pakistan notched up the highest total in this years event.
In the late overs for England chris woakes was the star of the show who bring in the pakistan collapse and took of 3-71 after moeen ali bowled well in the earlier part of the game.
Moeen ali was also the pick off the bowlers for England with a figures of 3-50. In Reply England responded strongly and at one stage it looked england might pull it out when Joe root and jos Buttler were batting for the 5th wicket partnership. Both joe root and jos buttler went on to make fine hundreds which later on went on the losing side.
This is also the first time in world cups for England that even after two batsmen scored 100s The team went on to loose that match.
For Pakistan wahab riaz and shadab khan was the pick of the bowlers with a figures of 3-82 and 2-63 respectively.
When Mohammad amir dismissed Jos Buttler that was the turning point in the run chase as england never looked in the Chase after that. Mohammad amir also took couple of wickets and became the leading wicket taker for Pakistan in this event with a tally of 5. This is England's first loss at home since 2017 while chasing in an odi game and Pakistan's first win in last 12 odi's overall. With this win Pakistan have set an alarm bells ringing for other teams who were taking them as underdogs but they are unaware of the fact that, England has been pakistan's ever time favorite whether its 1999 world cup, 2009 T20 world cup or 2017 ICC champions trophy.
With this win competition has become even more tougher and interesting to watch out far. Lets hope and see what happens in the comming games.
The Scores
Pakistan 348-8 overs 50
Mohammad Hafeez 84
Babar Azam 63
Ali 3-50
Woakes 3-71
England 334-9 overs 50
Root 107
Buttler 103
Wahab 3-82
Shadab 2-63
Pakistan beat England by 14 runs.
In the late overs for England chris woakes was the star of the show who bring in the pakistan collapse and took of 3-71 after moeen ali bowled well in the earlier part of the game.
Moeen ali was also the pick off the bowlers for England with a figures of 3-50. In Reply England responded strongly and at one stage it looked england might pull it out when Joe root and jos Buttler were batting for the 5th wicket partnership. Both joe root and jos buttler went on to make fine hundreds which later on went on the losing side.
This is also the first time in world cups for England that even after two batsmen scored 100s The team went on to loose that match.
For Pakistan wahab riaz and shadab khan was the pick of the bowlers with a figures of 3-82 and 2-63 respectively.
When Mohammad amir dismissed Jos Buttler that was the turning point in the run chase as england never looked in the Chase after that. Mohammad amir also took couple of wickets and became the leading wicket taker for Pakistan in this event with a tally of 5. This is England's first loss at home since 2017 while chasing in an odi game and Pakistan's first win in last 12 odi's overall. With this win Pakistan have set an alarm bells ringing for other teams who were taking them as underdogs but they are unaware of the fact that, England has been pakistan's ever time favorite whether its 1999 world cup, 2009 T20 world cup or 2017 ICC champions trophy.
With this win competition has become even more tougher and interesting to watch out far. Lets hope and see what happens in the comming games.
The Scores
Pakistan 348-8 overs 50
Mohammad Hafeez 84
Babar Azam 63
Ali 3-50
Woakes 3-71
England 334-9 overs 50
Root 107
Buttler 103
Wahab 3-82
Shadab 2-63
Pakistan beat England by 14 runs.
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