On This Day: August 28, 2006 - Pakistan played their first T20I against England

[MenInG]

 

[BunnyRabbit]

A broad's near hat trick, an Afridi cameo, an opener's fifty(Tresco's), it was a pretty a much complete T20 match

 

[MenInG]

And the rest is history!

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2006. Pakistan played its first ever T20I, beating England by 5 wickets in Bristol. Shahid Afridi was named Man of the Match after smashing 28 off only 10 balls (5 fours and 1 six) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/1aXqlNPupa">pic.twitter.com/1aXqlNPupa</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1299234322025795584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

Pakistan did well in this format, of course until now.

 

[Firebat]

Afridi must have realised at the end that he'd found the perfect format for him.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Professor and Malik played that match and are still hanging around.

If thats not an indictment on Pakistan cricket then I don't know what is.

 

[sweep_shot]

I remember this game.

Who knew at that time T20 would become so big!

 

[Smbhayi]

I think i did watch that game (from hospital).. Afridi was the MoM scoring 20 odd runs and picking 2 wickets IIRC..

 

[HappyWarsFan]

I was 5 then. May have seen this game but don't remember it sadly. My cricket memory only starts from 2008/09.

 

[The_KING]

Remember that game like it happened yesterday. Ah I miss those days.

 

[MenInG]

And look how far we have come now...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2006. Pakistan played its first ever T20I, beating England by 5 wickets in Bristol. Shahid Afridi was named Man of the Match after smashing 28 off only 10 balls (5 fours and 1 six) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/fqX8XoTme0">pic.twitter.com/fqX8XoTme0</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1563817584646135809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[BouncerGuy]

It all starts here on this day, for Pakistan.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828693873482232182

 

[BouncerGuy]

Journey till now, filled with some Ups and lots of Downs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960972529088008405