England Beat Pakistan in 2nd 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 2nd T 20international match was to be played on Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 27th Nov, 2015. England already won the One Day International series earlier 4-1. And leads the T 20 series 1-0.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Pakistan team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd  T 20 international match: S Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), W Riaz, Anwar Ali, Azhar Ali (c), Sohail T, A Shahzad, Babar A, M Rizwan, I Ahmed

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd  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 172 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of James V who made 38 runs in 24 balls with 3 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 158 runs in 100 balls and Jos B who made 33 runs in 22 balls with 1 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 173 runs in 20 over’s to win this match and to tie the series 1-1 in this 3 International T 20 match series.

Pakistan batted well but was unable to chase the total of 173 runs and was able to make 169 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and top scored by A Shahzad who made 28 runs in 18 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 156 runs in 100 balls.

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

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