Pakistan romp to 9-wicket win
Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Sep 7, 2016
England 135/7 20ov AD Hales 37 off 26, 5 fours, JJ Roy 21 off 20, 2 fours, 1 six, JC Butler 16 off 15, 2 fours, EJG Morgan 14 off 16, Imad Wasim 17-2, Hasan Ali 24-2, Wahab Riaz 18-3.
Pakistan 139/1 14.5 ov Sharjeel Khan 59 off 36, 7 fours, 3 sixes, Khalid Latif 59 not out off 42, 8 fours, 2 sixes, Babar Azam 15 not out off 11, 2 fours, AU Rashid 29-1
Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 31 balls remaining).
Pakistan finally produced their most vibrant display in bowling and fielding in the limited-overs to restrict England, who fielded the said which played the World T20 final in April to 135 for 7, only 58 off the final ten overs as only three boundaries were struck after Powerplay.
Both Sharheel Khan and Khalid Latif scored 59 and equalled England’s tally of 10 fours. Earlier Wasim Raiz bowled his overs from 11th onwards and took 3 wickets for 18. England were 53 without loss in the Powerplay when Roy was lbw trying to reverse sweep Imad and next ball Joe Root uppercut Hasan Ali to third man. Jos Butler craved the first delivery of Wahab’s second over to deep point. Both Ben Stokes and Eoin Morgan found it harder trying to hit the ball.