Pakistan (203/0) emphatically defeat England (199/5) by 10 wickets - Series is level at 1-1

[Rohan]

Hardly any bad balls. Rizwan was moving around a lot and hitting balls to the leg-side.

Must be great to watch, feeling bad for missing this kind of batsmanship by both openers

 

[asadee]

We deserve this humiliation

 

[Vorador]

It's interesting though how chasing high totals brings the best out of Babar. It kind of gives weight to the theory that the conservative approach by our openers batting first/chasing low scores is not for want of ability but a conscious decisions out of a lack of faith in the middle order (justifiably so).

 

[shamaan]

What a performance absolutely stunning.

 

[shamaan]

Actually this won't help pakistan at all, here openers does all the work, middle order yet to fire..

Stil have 5 games left their will be games we're the middle order will have to get a big score or fail.

 

[Bilal7]

It's interesting though how chasing high totals brings the best out of Babar. It kind of gives weight to the theory that the conservative approach by our openers batting first/chasing low scores is not for want of ability but a conscious decisions out of a lack of faith in the middle order (justifiably so).

It's also a mental thing. No different to how Kohli was a beast at chasing totals a few years ago and Amla was a monster at setting targets.

Some batsmen like chasing, others like batting first.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan mounted a great comeback into the series on the back of a stunning century from Babar Azam along with a brilliant 88* from Mohammad Rizwan in the second T20I against England.

Toss: England opted to bat

Result: Pakistan won by 10 wickets

England falter after fiery start

Alex Hales and Phil Salt put on a quickfire 42-run partnership in the first five overs. Salt got England up and running with a six against Mohammad Nawaz and Hales followed it up with a four and six in the next over.

Shahnawaz Dahani turned it around for Pakistan in the final over of the Powerplay and was on a hattrick with the wicket of Hales and Dawid Malan. England, however, did not go into a shell with Ben Duckett counter-attacking with the bat. England scored seven boundaries in the next eight overs and all of them came from Duckett en route to his 22-ball 43.


Moeen Ali finishes on a high

Just when England were once again looking dangerous, the hosts struck back with two wickets in two overs with both set batters heading back to the pavilion. Once again, the visitors fought fire with fire and took the attack to Pakistan.

Harry Brook and Moeen Ali added 59 runs in just 27 balls in a partnership laced with three fours and five sixes. The captain made Pakistan pay for the dropped catch in the 18th over and finished with a flurry. With two sixes off the last two balls, Ali got to his fifty and set Pakistan a daunting target of 200.


Babar, Rizwan put on a stunning partnership

Needing to chase at 10 runs an over, Mohammad Rizwan made his intent clear with two boundaries in the very first over. Babar Azam too got in on the act with two boundaries of his own in the third over against Sam Curran.

The carnage continued in the remaining overs of the Powerplay as the two took Pakistan to 59/0 at the end of six overs. The boundaries continued to flow even after the fielding restrictions ended as both Rizwan and Babar got to their fifties in 30 and 39 balls respectively.

Moeen's decision to bring himself on backfired as the two openers smashed three sixes to accumulate 21 runs from the over. Adil Rashid was dealt with similar disdain as he was smacked for two sixes in the 15th over.


Babar back in form

The Pakistan captain became even more dangerous once he got to his half-century. After reaching his fifty in 39 balls, he only needed 23 more balls to reach his three-figure milestone. With his 62-ball century, he became the first Pakistani batter to score two T20I centuries.

The two star batters remained unbeaten as they chased down the total with three balls to spare and level the series 1-1.

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[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam "I had belief in myself. As a sportsman you have ups & downs but you have to believe in your own ability. My team-mates supported me a lot as they always do. It's all about unity and you have to support your team-mates and lift them when it's needed" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1573014756398714883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam "Mohammad Rizwan deserves a lot of credit for the way he batted. He took it to the opposition and we both wanted to ensure that we stayed there to the end" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1573014013654568961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam "the discussions were in the dressing room that we can chase the target as we had done it before. We just had to believe in ourselves" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1573013373247422464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Highest successful run chases for Pakistan in T20Is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvsEng?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvsEng</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/sAW37IoBjy">pic.twitter.com/sAW37IoBjy</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1573019163928535040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[AZulfi]

Phenomenal opening partnership but let's not get carried away by this. Pak batting is not yet up to the mark imo. The reason the weak and inconsistent middle-order. Today the two openers clicked. If they fail, the rest of the batting does not have the quality to put a decent total on the board or chase down 150+ on most days. What Kushdil Shah offers to the team baffles me. You know with this Pakistan side that getting Babar or Rizwan out early changes the game. The rest of the batting is rubbish. Let's hope they never get out because Pakistani batting ends with these two and tail-enders start at number 3..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Jason Rizwan/Josh Babar. what a carnage. Amazing consistency by Rizwan.

 

[yadunoe]

All Haters R.I.P

 

[LegendAli]

It's interesting though how chasing high totals brings the best out of Babar. It kind of gives weight to the theory that the conservative approach by our openers batting first/chasing low scores is not for want of ability but a conscious decisions out of a lack of faith in the middle order (justifiably so).

Relax.

What did Babar do in the Asia Cup while chasing high totals?

One game and all the sudden "It's interesting though how chasing high totals brings the best out of Babar."

 

[Kianig89]

Looks like that was something extraordinary amazing win

 

[Farabi]

Rubbish captaincy by Moeen.

Quite terse.

 

[Vorador]

Relax.

What did Babar do in the Asia Cup while chasing high totals?

One game and all the sudden "It's interesting though how chasing high totals brings the best out of Babar."

Lol. Start watching more cricket. No need to be salty.