Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Well, that just about wraps things up for us here. Thanks for joining us, and we'll see you guys again in a couple of days.

Moeen Ali saunters up. "Brilliant performance. We pulled the game back really well. A lot of praise to the bowlers who set it up nicely for our batters. Those crucual wickets around the 10th over made a difference. It wasn't an easy wicket for the new batters. Luke Wood and Adil Rashid were excellent."

Babar up now. "The way we played the first Powerplay was great. After 10 overs, there was a swing of momentum, which you have to credit England for. We didn't have enough big partnerships. Our batters need to step up."

Luke Wood wins the Player of the Match award. "Very enjoyable performance. It's my debut, so can't complain. It's obviously different to England. They had a good start, but you kind of work it out quickly. We kept taking wickets, which was key, and had a pretty good backend."

Luke Wood wins the Master Blaster of the match, while Rizwan wins the complete performer of the match.

Alex Hales wins the best batter of the match

The, ahem, feel-good player of the match award goes to Adil Rashid.

Luke Wood wins the Best bowler of the match award. This isn't the player of the match award, mind

We're about to have the presentation ceremony.

Pakistan comprehensively beaten, and never had control ever since England broke Pakistan's opening partnership really. The home side fell well short of a par score, and England took full advantage to draw first blood.

Sankalp: "Turing team won handsomely. Just plucking low hanging fruit:)" I'll allow this one

19.2
4
Shahnawaz Dahani to Brook, FOUR, and there's a high full toss, which Brook carves over extra cover to get the boundary, and wrap up a comfortable win for England
19.1
0
Shahnawaz Dahani to Brook, no run, excellent wide yorker to start with. 3 off 5

Jamil: "Comparison of number of fours of both teams is difference between both teams" It's been known to be used as a tiebreaker in England's favour in the past, I've heard

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs | ENG: 156/4 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.21, RRR: 3.00)

  • Harry Brook38 (23b)
  • Moeen Ali7 (9b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-23-1
  • Naseem Shah4-0-41-0
18.6
1
Haris Rauf to Brook, 1 run, eased into the onside to keep the strike, and leave the visitors with three to get in the final over

Sajeel: "I think he meant turning guys" No way

18.5
1
Haris Rauf to Ali, 1 run, squeezed into the offside for a single. Moeen struggling for timing slightly

Ed R: "I think Turing was more into Tests than T20s"

18.4
0
Haris Rauf to Ali, no run, another swing and a miss

Abhi: "Spare a thought for @Yasir. It's just a typo after all lads haha!!" One that's provided a fair few light-hearted moments

18.3
0
Haris Rauf to Ali, no run, slower bouncer that beats Moeen all ends up

Tayyab: "How many times have we seen Pakistani batters giving bowlers totals of less than 170 to defend? The bowlers perform out of their skins every other match but for how long, they will snap soon and when they do, Pakistan cricket team well fall on its knees dramatically."

18.2
1
Haris Rauf to Brook, 1 run, clipped towards square leg for one
18.1
4
Haris Rauf to Brook, FOUR, classy little shot. Sees short fine up, and uses the pace to steer the ball past him with an open bat face and pick up another four. Gem of an innings, this

CharlieJ: "I believe a Turing point is a cryptic point calculated using an algorithm need a computer to calculate its exact position" Memories of one of my university philisophy classes flooding back

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs | ENG: 149/4 (10 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.27, RRR: 5.00)

  • Moeen Ali6 (6b)
  • Harry Brook32 (20b)
  • Naseem Shah4-0-41-0
  • Haris Rauf3-0-16-1
17.6
0
Naseem Shah to Ali, no run, Tucked him up, and Moeen's happy to defend
17.5
1
Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 run, yorker at full pelt. Squeezed out for one
17.4
0
Naseem Shah to Brook, no run, banged in fast, and it beats Brook on the bounce

Afeef: "It was really unfair to leave out Hales for 3 long years. A one year exile should have been enough for him. England wasted a gem." To be fair, they were absolutely teeming with white-ball talent, so they could afford it

17.3
1
Naseem Shah to Ali, 1 run, pushed out into the offside for a single
17.2
4
Naseem Shah to Ali, FOUR, but that's not what's going to happen, as Mo times a gorgeous cover drive, taking advantage of the pace on the lower full toss
17.1
0
Naseem Shah to Ali, no run, banged in on a length, and the England captain defends. A really good over from Naseem might make things interesting

Hayes: "What's Alan Turing got to do with this?" I wanted to see this comment, and wasn't disappointed

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 143/4 (16 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.41, RRR: 5.33)

  • Moeen Ali1 (2b)
  • Harry Brook31 (18b)
  • Haris Rauf3-0-16-1
  • Naseem Shah3-0-35-0
16.6
1
Haris Rauf to Ali, 1 run, this one's an outside edge that trickles through to Rizwan on the bounce, and England get a single
16.5
0
Haris Rauf to Ali, no run, thick inside edge through to the keeper on the bounce

Yasir : "That drop catch of Hales was a Turing point"

16.4
W
Haris Rauf to Hales, OUT, and falls the next delivery. Had a swipe but ended up skying it to mid-off, where Babar completes a running catch. Pakistan have a sniff, but barely a sniff

AD Hales c Babar Azam b Haris Rauf 53 (79m 40b 7x4 0x6) SR: 132.50

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19AD HalesPD Salt
2nd34DJ MalanAD Hales
3rd34AD HalesBM Duckett
4th55AD HalesHC Brook
5th18MM AliHC Brook