| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to our coverage of the second T20I between England and Pakistan. The weather would be the utmost thing in all your concerns now, we understand. Right now, we have no issues as the toss is getting underway at the scheduled time. But we are given to hear that we could expect some showers later on. And that matters in the larger context of the series - how, you may ask. Well, the first game was washed out after just around 17 overs of play and the forecast for the third game looks |
| TOSS - Toss time at Manchester. The spin of the coin lands in England's favour. THE HOSTS WILL BOWL! The teams remain unchanged from the first T20I it seems. |
| 0.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Babar Azam, FOUR! Pakistan are underway and in a laudable fashion. Mahmood starts with a short ball on middle, Azam rocks on his back foot and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. The fielder chases after it and dives in an attempt to stop it but the ball wins the race. Good start for Pakistan. |
| 0.0 : Eoin Morgan, England's captain, opted to field first, citing the slowness of the pitch. Conveys that the side remains unchanged from the previous encounter. Is happy that Chris Jordan is back in English colours. |
| 0.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Babar Azam, Azam taps this length ball to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Babar Azam, Pakistan's skipper, says that he would have bowled first had he won the toss but that the same is not in his hands. Expresses confidence that the team will post a big total on the board. States that his side is unchanged from the last game. Wahab Riaz has been rested because of the team combination, Azam says. |
| 0.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Babar Azam, A single. Fullish on the stumps, Azam tucks this towards square leg and runs to the other side. |
| 0.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Fakhar Zaman, Fullish on the stumps, Fakhar knocks this to the leg side. |
| 0.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Fakhar Zaman, On a length outside off, Zaman looks to work it towards point, ends up getting a bottom edge and the ball goes just wide of him on the off side. |
| 0.0 : Well, we go again! Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman walk out into the pitch for Pakistan. They will be looking to start off with a bang. Saqib Mahmood will start proceedings with the ball for the English Lions. And we are underway! |
| 0.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Fakhar Zaman, An appeal for LBW turned down! Pitched outside leg probably! Good length ball on the pads, Zaman looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but the umpire shakes his head. England do not take the review. Good decision as the Ball Tracker shows that it is pitching outside leg. |
| 1.5 : Moeen Ali to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! The outfield is quicker today. Flatter ball outside off, Fakhar stays in his crease and cuts this finely in the gap between point and short third man for a boundary. |
| 1.1 : Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, Starts off with a flatter one, Azam whips this to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1.2 : Moeen Ali to Fakhar Zaman, Flatter on off, Fakhar plays this to square leg. Yet another single. |
| 1.3 : Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, Floated around off, Babar knocks this wide of long on. The shout is for two as he completes the single and he gets a couple. |
| 1.4 : Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, Around off, pushed to wide long on. Only a single this time though. |
| Chris Jordan to Babar Azam, 2 runs, The batsman goes back in his crease and guides it through backward point for a couple of runs. |
| 2.5 : Chris Jordan to Babar Azam, 1 run, The batsman goes back in his crease and flick it away through square leg, for a single. |
| 3.1 : Tom Curran to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, That is punched off the back foot for a single. |
| 3.3 : Tom Curran to Babar Azam, No ball. |
| 0.0 : England (Playing XI) -Â Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (C), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Lewis Gregory, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood. |
| Pakistan (Playing XI) -Â Babar Azam (C), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi. |
| 0.6 : Moeen Ali will bowl from the other end for the hosts. |
| Moeen Ali to Fakhar Zaman, Advances down the track and works the fuller one to long on. Zaman gets a single. |
| Chris Jordan will grip the ball now, replacing Saqib Mahmood. |
| 2.1 : Chris Jordan to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! And Jordan is greeted with a boundary by Zaman. Not a good start from the bowler. Way too full outside off, all Zaman had to do was get bat on ball. He did that and guides that to the extra cover boundary for four. The fielder in the deep gives chase but this outfield is lightning quick. |
| 2.2 : Chris Jordan to Fakhar Zaman, On a length outside off, the batsman guides this to backward point. Zaman looked for a single but Azam sends him back. |
| 2.3 : Chris Jordan to Fakhar Zaman, A single as the full length delivery is worked to long on. |
| 2.6 : Chris Jordan to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, played pull shot towards square leg. |
| 3.2 : Tom Curran to Babar Azam, No run. |
| 2.3 : Tom Curran will bowl now, repacing Moeen Ali. |
| Adil Rashid will bowl now for the hosts. |
| Gregory Lewis will grip the ball now. |
| Mohammad Hafeez will walk out to bat now, replacing Fakhar Zaman. |
| 2.1 : Lewis Gregory to Babar Azam. |
| 2.3 : Saqib Mahmood will grip the ball now. |
| Shoaib Malik walks out now, replacing the skipper Babar Azam. |
| 2.1 : Lewis Gregory to Mohammad Hafeez. |
| 2.3 : Saqib Mahmood will replace Adil Rashid here. |
| Tom Curran is back into the attack. |
| Tom Curran to Shoaib Malik. |
| Chris Jordan will replace Saqib Mahmood here. |
| Mohammad Rizwan will walk out now onto the pitch, replacing Shoaib Malik. |
| The umpires want the third umpire to have a look at this. |
| Eoin Morgan asks for a review here as he thinks this could be LBW. |
| Before we begin talking about the first innings, let us just be grateful to the English weather gods for letting us watch an innings play out without the interuptions of bad light or rain. Now that the |
| England's bowling was very tame in comparision to the batting by their rivals here. |
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