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Babar Azam’s team ended the three-match series 1-1 with a thrilling 5-1 victory at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. Wayne Morgan’s team won the second after the first T20 was washed away in the rain.
England needed 20 runs in the last two overs to win, with 4 wickets in hand. Wahab Riaz turned the game around for Pakistan in the 19th with a great game of bowling and fielding. The left arm pacemaker returned to the team and caught Moin’s return after executing Chris Jordan on a direct shot.
Pakistan didn’t get off to a good start after losing the draw and opting to hit. In the second, Fakhar Zaman was knocked down by Moin’s stumps.
Tom Karan also pitched Babur, who scored 21 runs in three fours. Pakistan, who lost two starters for 32 runs, pushed ahead with the determination of two batters at both ends of their careers.
Hafeez, 39, presented a couple hundred with Haider Ali, 19. Haider, who hit a six with the second ball in the crease, made his T20I debut as the first Pakistani hitter to do so.
The youngster, who scored 54 on 33 balls with five sixes and two fours, broke the 100-run ratio. Hafeez, who had the second fifty races in a row, led the team to 200 races.
Even today he played a great pool and a direct drive. He was undefeated with six sixes and five fours for 52 balls. This is the highest number of any Pakistani hitter against England in this edition.
Pursuing the run, England’s starting pair broke the fourth ball. Shahin Shah Afridi pitched Johnny Bairstow in a great delivery. David Malan could not return to the double figures after winning the previous game undefeated fifty; Fakhar made an excellent catch on the edge with the ball from Imad Wasim.
Wayne Morgan, who was in a great rhythm, started again. But the English captain stopped with 10 runs in the race.
Tom Banton was leading the way in the reverse sweep of the spinners. Harris Rauf, who threw the first over, stopped the first pitch with a great delivery. Playing 31 balls, he averaged 47 runs in 6 fours.
England was in danger when they lost the first four batters by 69 runs.
Moin, having a hard time, gave Sarfaraz Ahmed an easy chance to replace Mohammad Rizwan at first. This experienced caregiver couldn’t stumble even after having a long time.
Moin, who made a 56-run stoppage with Sam Billings, then attacked the bowlers. Shadab Khan took 20 runs in three six in one. Afridi pitched Lewis Gregory in a great delivery.
After that, England lost 2 wickets to make 3 races in the Wahab grand finale. Moin, who scored four sixes and four sixes on 33 balls, turned the game around for Pakistan.
The last 2 balls took 12 runs to win. Karan hit a six on Rauf with a flip to give him the chance for something extraordinary. He had a chance to be a hero in the last six. But he couldn’t hit the bat in the broad yorker.
Wahab took 2 wickets for 26 runs. Afridi, who pitched at a cost in the previous game, took 2 wickets for 26 runs.
Hafeez, who got two fifty in a row, won the award for best match and series.
Short score:
Pakistan: 190/4 in 20 overs (Babar 21, Fakhr 1, Haider 54, Hafeez 8 *, Shadab 15, Imad 8 *; Mahmud 4-0-38-0, Moin 1-0-10-1, Jordan 4- 0 -29-2, Karan 4-0-32-1, Gregory 4-0-41-0, Rashid 3-0-40-0)
England: 185/6 in 20 overs (Banton 48, Bairstow 0, Malan 6, Morgan 10, Moin 61, Billings 29, Gregory 12, Jordan 1, Karan 6, Rashid 3 *; Afridi 4-0-26-2, Imad 4 -0-35-1, Rauf 4-0-41-1, Wahab 4-0-26-2, Shadab 4-0-48-0)
Result: Pakistan won by 5 runs
Series: 3-game series draw 1-1
Man of the match: Mohammad Hafeez
Man of the series: Mohammad Hafeez
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