19.2 -
Woakes to Tanvir, FOUR, this game never ceases to amaze. Swinging like a pendulum with every delivery. Length ball on middle and leg, Tanvir's bottom hand comes off looking to whack it across the line. Mistimes it. But square leg was up. Clears him and rolls away into the ad cushions. What drama
18.2 -
Willey to Sarfraz, FOUR, we are alive. 20 from 10. The slower ball gone wrong, ends up as a low loopy full toss on middle and leg, Sarfraz walks across and flicks it over square leg
16.5 -
Plunkett to Afridi, FOUR, I'll ask again, is this his night? What a start. Full on middle and leg, Afridi whips it wide of long-on. Just falls short of the ropes. Loads of bottom hand on the shot
11.1 -
Plunkett to Hafeez, FOUR, lovely roll of the wrists. Short of length delivery at the body, Hafeez picks it up with a whip behind square. Allmade possible by his rubber-wrists. Generates tremendous timing
10.5 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, wrong line. Drifts down the leg-side, Hafeez sees the opportunity and makes optimum use. Quick to bend on one knee and sweep it fine beating short fine leg
10.3 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Malik now decides to open his arms. Puts on his skates and hammers it straight. Straight enough to beat long-on
10.0 -
Parry to Hafeez, FOUR, gun-barrel straight. Meets the pitch with nimble feet. Makes sure to leave enough room for a clean flow of the arms and lofts it over the bowler's head
4.4 -
Parry to Rafatullah Mohmand, FOUR, anticipates the short ball, stays back in the crease, and thuds the pull through mid-wicket. There is a dive in the deep but the ball sneaks through
3.1 -
Plunkett to Rafatullah Mohmand, FOUR, good sharp bouncer with fine leg up, and the gamble doesn't pay off. Rafatullah is hurried on the pull, the ball gets big on him and he can only find a top edge. Lobs over the head of the fielder in the ring
3.0 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR, Willey has lost the battle in the mind. Offers a full bunger on leg-stump. Shehzad tickles it fine beating the man at short fine leg
2.5 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR, it's swinging time. Shehzad has decided that he has played enough balls to get his eye in. Clears his leg and whacks this length ball over mid-off
1.5 -
Woakes to Rafatullah Mohmand, FOUR, a forehand smash down the ground. Short of length delivery outside off, Rafatullah doesn't bother keeping it down and just biffs it over mid-on
18.3 -
Willey to Sarfraz, 6 runs, oh my god, such a nasty twist of fate. Sarfraz was diving back to complete the second, the throw hits him and deflects into the third man fence. Full delivery on middle, drags his slog off the inside half of the bat and was struggling on the second. But destiny had other ideas
17.5 -
Woakes to Afridi, no ball, SIX, unbelievable stuff. Pakistan have come roaring back. And should now be an even contest. Woakes has been rattled. That's what Afridi does. Full toss over waist height outside off, carves it over deep cover
17.4 -
Woakes to Afridi, SIX, Afridi is weaving his bat like a wand. And has injected a dose of enthusiasm into the crowd. Moves across his stumps, gets a low full toss and whips it behind square
17.1 -
Woakes to Afridi, SIX, blockbuster stuff. Afridi is in his elements. Full outside off, slaps it wide of long-off. A flat six
13.1 -
Parry to Shoaib Malik, SIX, new spell for Parry and he starts with a filthy half-tracker. Sat up to be hit. And Malik does just that. Thrashes the pull over the ropes
9.1 -
Parry to Hafeez, SIX, drops it short and Hafeez pummels it away. Much needed. Hits the pull well and over the ropes of wide long-on
3.4 -
Plunkett to Ahmed Shehzad, SIX, in the slot and kaboom! Jadzooka. Length ball on off, Shehzad punishes it with a swing over mid-wicket. Way back into the stands
2.1 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, SIX, oh what a hit! Whippy. Full on the pads, Shehzad flogs it over square leg. His feet hardly moved. Just the hands. And the wrists
19.1 -
Woakes to Sarfraz, out Bowled!! Oh he's dragged it back on. He's paddled it back on to his stumps. Low full toss outside off, Sarfraz stoops low for the scoop, doesn't make a desirable connection and only succeeds in sending the ball towards the furniture. Eight down now. Tanvir in next. He can smack a ball. Meanwhile, Woakes is on a hat-track. Sarfraz b Woakes 19(13) [4s-1]
18.0 -
Woakes to Afridi, out Caught by Plunkett!! A discernable hush descends on the stadium. Afridi, the demon Afridi is walking back. Woakes, after all the damage, has the final say. But what a knock from Afridi. Hardly any 8-ball innings can have such impact. Full outside off, might have been a cutter, Afridi swings hard looking to thwack it over mid-wicket, slices it off a thick outside edge. The ball lobs behind Plunkett at short third man, he backtracks, pouches it close to his chest and keeps control even after a nasty looking fall. Afridi c Plunkett b Woakes 24(8) [4s-1 6s-3]
16.4 -
Plunkett to Shoaib Malik, out Caught by S Billings!! Pakistan are going down rapidly. Now, it's the turn of Malik to head back. It's the cutter again. Banged in short on off and middle, Malik cracks a pull, doesn't bother to keep it down and straight to deep mid-wicket. Shoaib Malik c S Billings b Plunkett 26(21) [4s-1 6s-1]
14.3 -
Plunkett to U Akmal, out Caught by Buttler!! Umar Akmal is bewildered with the decision. Puts his hand on the hip. But has to eventually drag himself off. And has good reason to be feeling hard done by. Straight off the pad. No bat involved. Length ball drifting on the pads, Umar misses out with his whip, clips the pad and Buttler dives to his left to hang on. U Akmal c Buttler b Plunkett 3(5)
12.3 -
Adil Rashid to Maqsood, out Bowled!! Three googlies in the over, Maqsood picked neither. And this time, it crashes into off-stump. Floated up and dips nicely outside off, turns back in beating the inside edge of Maqsood's powerful swing, and clatters the timber. Maqsood b Adil Rashid 2(6)
11.2 -
Plunkett to Hafeez, out Caught by Willey!! The seasoned duo has been broken. The move to bring Plunkett back does the trick. Full delivery on middle and leg, closes the bat face too early on the flick and the ball pops up to mid-off. Hafeez, who was beginning to look good, has to make the long walk back. Hafeez c Willey b Plunkett 25(20) [4s-3 6s-1]
8.1 -
Adil Rashid to Rafatullah Mohmand, out Stumped!! And he's done in by a smart bit of bowling. The googly which was pushed through the air on seeing Rafatullah skip down. He tries to flat-bat it into the off-side but is beaten by the turn back in. Scoots under the bottom edge and through to the keeper. Buttler is quick to whip the bails off. Rafatullah Mohmand st Buttler b Adil Rashid 23(24) [4s-3]
5.0 -
Parry to Ahmed Shehzad, out Stumped!! And just as I say that .. my apologies Shehzad. But it was an ugly shot. Knew he was nowhere near the pitch after stepping out, still tries to whack it against the turn. There is a sufficient amount of it, beats the edge by a mile and an easy stumping for Buttler to effect. Ahmed Shehzad st Buttler b Parry 28(18) [4s-2 6s-2]
0.2 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, clips it to the right of Hales at mid-wicket, sets off for the run and dives at the non-striker's end. Still, a direct hit would have caught him short