Harry Brooke and Ben Duckett scored maiden Twenty20 half-centuries as England beat Pakistan by 63 runs on Friday.
Brooke scored 81 off 35 balls and a left-handed duck scored 70 off 42 balls as England misplaced the toss and took a 221-3 lead.
Pakistan’s prime order collapsed in opposition to quick bowlers Mark Wood and Reece Topley and completed at 158-8 a day after chasing 199 runs.
“We were ruthless tonight, especially with the bat,” mentioned England captain Moeen Ali. “Bookie grows hopefully and becomes one of the top players. Wood bowled at serious pace, nice to have him back. He’s a big part of our team.”
Wood picked up the tempo at 3-24, which noticed him contact 156 kph (97 mph) and Rees took 1–22 in his first recreation of the collection as England beat him to David Willey and Luke. Brought to Wood.
England lead the collection 2-1 with 4 extra matches. They go to Karachi once more on Sunday.
Captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan couldn’t repeat their heroism on Thursday night time after they steered Pakistan to a 10-wicket victory with a scintillating double century.
Both the batsmen scored 8-8 earlier than Wood was caught by Babar within the third over and Topley clear bowled Rizwan with an outstanding sluggish supply.
Pakistan slipped 28-4 within the first six overs of the batting powerplay when Haider Ali was brilliantly dismissed by Adil Rashid at backward sq. leg and Sam Curran dismissed Iftikhar Ahmed with a short-pitch supply.
“When you lose four of your top batsmen within the first six overs, you always struggle,” Babar mentioned. “Our bowling was also not good, but we will try not to repeat the mistakes in the next matches.”
Left-armer Shan Masood, who made his T20 debut within the first recreation, scored an unbeaten 65 off 40 balls, however Pakistan at all times lagged behind the defeat of Babar and Rizwan and faster deliveries from Wood.
Earlier, Brooke smashed the Pakistan pacers within the latter a part of the innings, whereas the geese had been glorious in opposition to the spinners.
Brooke punished Shahnawaz Dahani (0-62) with a boundary within the dying overs because the pacer returned Pakistan’s second most costly figures in a T20I. Brooke hit eight fours and 5 sixes.
“It was great to be out there and put on a match-winning performance,” Brooke mentioned. “I was hitting through the line of the ball … and trying to get (Duckett) on strike – he’s so good against spin, it’s ridiculous.”
Legspinner Usman Qadir took the wickets of debutants Will Jack (40) and David Malan (14) in his first two overs after which scored 2-48 runs.
Jack, who scored a century for Surrey within the Hundred, hit eight boundaries on both aspect of the pitch instead of resting Alex Hales in his T20I debut. He is dismissed within the deep in opposition to Qadir’s googly.
Brooke and Duckett then mixed for England’s highest rating of the collection with a partnership of 139 runs off simply 66 balls.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
