The Pakistan team was brutally controlled by passionate cricket fans after losing the second T20I to England at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Sunday. Despite posting a stiff total, they were disappointed by the bowlers when the former top-ranked T20I team suffered a bitter defeat in the contest.
‘Zimbabwe is coming’
As soon as the match ended, fans came forward and taunted the Pakistani players by suggesting they play against the cricket minnows. These are some of the reactions.
Literally in today’s comments all the English commenters were bullying Pak, sometime preparing the defensive field by the Captain, sometime Amir warming up and confusing the Captain and then he left, someone from the PAK support staff behind from the side screens teasing Malan, oh that’s a great comment😂
– SANDEEP VISHWAKARMA (@the_karmayogi_) August 30, 2020
Don’t worry Guys Zimbabwe will arrive in October in Pak, we will blanch them, each player will choose 5 fer ✌👍 #ENGvPAK
– Hamza Kaleem Butt (@ hamzabutt61) August 30, 2020
Morgan showed Babar how to play match winning innings in T20I.
– Kaptaan Kohli ~ (@siedry_) August 30, 2020
Eng beat Pak by 5 wickets
English captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to pitch first. Starters Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman added 72 runs to the starting box before Zaman was fired.
Nonetheless, Babar took matters into his own hands when he anchored Pakistan’s innings, and just when it looked like he would lead his team to a formidable total, the batting sensation was dismissed by leggie Adil Rashid in 13th. The captain’s hit included seven limits with a strike rate of 127.27.
After Babar’s firing, Hafeez made his presence felt and added a 50-run position with Shoaib Malik for third field. The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy winner made a tremendous impact towards the end of innings when he scored a 69 of 36 balls that included five limits and four highs with a strike rate of 191.67. He was eventually fired by Tom Banton on the penultimate ball of the first inning when the 2009 T20 World Cup winners recorded 195/4 in their 20 overs.
In response, starters Tom Banton and Jonny Bairstow played with the Pakistani bowlers as they added 66 runs to the opening wicket before leggie Shadab Khan counted them from successive deliveries. However, Captain Morgan and Dawid Malan added 112 runs to the third wicket tier and though Morgan was fired for a 36 of 33 balls and England lost a couple more wickets, Malan anchored the run chase and helped the hosts to get over the line. five wickets with five balls to spare.
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