England Beat Pakistan in 1st T 20 of Series,2015

Pakistan and England were scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in United Arab Emirates in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 1stT 20international match was to be played on Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 24th Nov, 2015. England already won the One Day International series earlier 4-1.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Pakistan team and 11 was looking like in this 1^st T 20 international match: S Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), W Riaz, Anwar Ali, Azhar Ali (c), Sohail T, Yasir Shah, Babar A, M Rizwan, I Ahmed

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 1^st T 20 international Match: Eoin Morgan (c), Sam B, Jos Buttler (wk), James Taylor, Jason Roy, David Willey, James V, M Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Reece T

England batted very well and aggressively and was able to post total of 160 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of Sam B who made 53 runs in 25 balls with 5 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 212 runs in 100 balls and E Morgan who made 45 runs in 38 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 118 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 161 runs in 20 over’s to win this match and take lead of 1-0 in this 3 International T 20 match series.

Pakistan batted poorly and was unable to chase the total of 161 runs and was bowled out for 146 runs in 20 over’s and top scored by S Tanvir who made 25 runs in 22 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 114 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 14 runs and leads the series 1-0 in the 3 match T 20 series with 2 more games still to play.

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