So, all set then. You might have heard making-mountain-of-a-molehill often but Pakistan have to do it the other way down to level the series, which given Pakistan's history looks a long shot away at the moment. Buttler and Co. spring towards the middle. Willey is on his mark and rolling his wrists. Shehzad makes his series-debut. Here we go.
In case you've just joined us, one witnessed Buttler unleash what was a memorable and rollicking knock on a typical Dubai wicket. Here are a few set of records he has managed to break while achieving his 3rd ODI ton
* Jos Buttler, now has the quickest ODI ton for England. His century was also the fastest against Pakistan in ODIs
* The first three fastest tons by an Englishman are now all in the names of Joseph Charles Buttler
* He also equalled Jesse Ryder's record for the sixth quickest century in ODIs
* Buttler's blazing knock helped England post their highest total overseas. It is also their 6th highest total in ODIs
It felt like there were two games going on. The first 30-35 overs, and then the Buttler onslaught. Jason Roy and Joe Root stabilized the innings and set a platform. In fact, before it slips my mind - Roy registered his maiden ODI ton. Pakistan struck back removing both the set men. But little did they know what was to follow. Now have a job on their hands to level the series. We'll be back for the chase in around 30 minutes.
I'm out of breath. Wait a minute. Meanwhile, the crowd stands to applaud what has been a once-in-a-season innings. Is he the same bloke who was struggling for every run a month back. Wow. Just wow. What more can I say? Came out and started swinging. And it kept going further, and further, and further. 355/5, oh my. Pakistan, fancy that! They'll have to produce something seriously special.
49.6 -
Riaz to Buttler, 2 runs, not quite the picture-perfect finish. Speared in wide, Buttler only manages to get it off the bottom of the bat over extra-cover. Before the sweeper tidies up he's back for two
49.5 -
Riaz to Buttler, 2 runs, full and wide, Buttler bends low and squeezes it through the cover region. Run, run, run. They do and Buttler's back for two
49.4 -
Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, everything's going to the fences. Pakistan are going to the cleaners. And the crowd is going berserk. Slower ball clobbered across the line wide of long-on
49.3 -
Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, off-cutter on the pads, now some elegance from this marauder. Glances it fine, to beat square leg in the ring. Slick!
49.3 -
Riaz to Buttler, no ball, oh dear, as if he needs a free-hit at this stage. Attempted yorker gone wrong. Well over waist height outside off, Buttler tries to reach out but misses
49.2 -
Riaz to Buttler, no run, slower delivery outside off, Buttler swings and misses
49.2 -
Riaz to Buttler, 5 wides, this sums up the slog overs for Pakistan. They have lost the plot. Slips out of the hand and down the leg-side. No way the keeper is stopping that
49.1 -
Riaz to Moeen Ali, 1 run, slingy fuller length delivery, driven down to mid-off
48.6 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, wherever you are, stop for a minute. Stand up and applaud. I'm doing the same. Just 46 deliveries for a ton. Sixth fastest in ODIs. He jumps and roars in delight. His teammates are doing the same. They are beyond themselves and overcome with joy. Length ball angled into him, smashed over mid-wicket. Played Sir Jos!
48.5 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, oh, look at that. 98 now. I am out of words. Joe Root is jumping around like a maniac on the balcony. Fuller length ball just outside off, looks at that bottom hand. Uses the long-handle and spanks it over long-off
48.4 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, 2 runs, low full toss on the stumps, Buttler drags it off the inside half of the bat through mid-wicket
48.3 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, he's bludgeoned his way into the 90s. Slower good length delivery following Buttler as he's backing away. He absolutely murders this over mid-wicket. Meets it with a full-blooded swipe
48.2 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, no run, sees Buttler shaping for the scoop, bowls a slower one on a good length on off, Buttler was through with the shot, it hits the back of his bat and rolls away to the keeper's right leaving him wrong-footed. Did well to collect
48.1 -
Anwar Ali to Moeen Ali, 1 run, advancing before the bowler is into his delivery stride, Anwar bangs it in short. Was the slower bouncer I suspect. Moeen waits and pulls it along the carpet through mid-wicket
Anwar Ali [8.0-0-54-0] is back into the attack
47.6 -
Riaz to Moeen Ali, 1 run, yeah, that's where the cheddar is. Right in the blockhole again. Squeezed down towards mid-off
47.5 -
Riaz to Buttler, 1 run, very full on off, just missed the blockhole by a couple of inches. Buttler opens his stance and spears it straight. So straight that it clatters the set of stumps at the other end
47.4 -
Riaz to Buttler, 2 runs, what did I tell you? There are only gaps for him. Skies his pull off a thick top edge. And it teases a backtracking square leg and a hurtling deep mid-wicket to bisect them to perfection
47.3 -
Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, there are only gaps on the field for Buttler, no fielders. Slingy full toss outside off, he deliberately slices his push and hits the gap between short third man and backward point
47.2 -
Riaz to Moeen Ali, 1 run, yanks his pace right back on this back of a length delivery, Moeen is way too early with the pull, has to hold it back and check his shot towards square leg
47.1 -
Riaz to Moeen Ali, no run, speared full and wide, wide enough for Moeen to miss with his drive
Wahab Riaz [7.0-0-42-0] is back into the attack
Moeen Ali, left handed bat, comes to the crease
46.6 -
Irfan to James Taylor, out Caught by Ahmed Shehzad at !! No, this doesn't quite seem to be his game. Slogging I mean. And also, he was hoodwinked by the lack of pace. Off-pace length delivery around off, Taylor is way too early in the slog. Spoons it off the bottom towards long-on. They don't come much easier. James Taylor c Ahmed Shehzad b Irfan 13(14) [6s-1]
Irfan to James Taylor, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
46.5 -
Irfan to James Taylor, no run, clever bowling. Taylor is a short man with short arms. Had to reach out to connect with this one fired wide. Can't quite do so
46.4 -
Irfan to James Taylor, 2 runs, oh, Taylor is still batting. Quietly watching the massacre from the other end. Now it's his turn to swing. Fraction full outside off, he looks to go inside-out but plays inside the line slightly. Ends up slicing it off a thick outside edge over backward point. Right between two fielders
46.3 -
Irfan to Buttler, 1 run, that's the only way you are going to tie him down. Speared into the blockhole. Dug out in front of mid-wicket
46.2 -
Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, Bumble has one word to describe this shot "Outrageous". I can't find anything more apt. Moves well outside off, nearly touching the wide tramlines. Gets it on a length and scoops it over a helpless keeper
46.1 -
Irfan to James Taylor, 1 run, Taylor gives the charge, makes it into an overpitched delivery and laces it through the covers
Mohammad Irfan [9.0-0-56-1] is back into the attack
45.6 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, now a high full toss. Smited over square leg. It's going down the fielder's throat. Is it? Is it? No. Oh boy. He was atleast 3-4 yards inside the rope. And that has ended up costing heavily. Evades his leap and just about clears the fence
45.5 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, Buttler, Buttler, Buttler! He's on the rampage. Just slightly short, caned away over square leg. This is some hitting. Ferocious. Just transfers his weight back and thumps it hard
45.4 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, FOUR, this is quite an extraordinary shot. Length ball angling in on leg, Buttler's feet don't move at all. It's like playing French cricket. He just reverses his hands and scoops it over short third man. Brilliant
45.3 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, 2 runs, the good 'ol yorker, can't do much with that can you? Buttler still manages a couple by squeezing it in front of long-on
45.2 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, FOUR, slower bouncer, climbs nicely towards head-height, this time Buttler knew what was coming. Waits on the pull and then clanks it away behind square
45.1 -
Anwar Ali to Buttler, no run, that's the way to go. Just don't give any pace. Slowed it right down on a length outside off, the ball refused to get up from the pitch and scooted under the bottom edge of Buttler's heave through to the keeper
Anwar Ali [7.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack
44.6 -
Riaz to Buttler, 1 run, bangs it in short, was another cutter, Buttler saw it late and dragged the pull down to fine leg off the bottom of the bat. Brings up fifty in just 30 balls
44.5 -
Riaz to Buttler, 2 runs, another off-pace delivery, ends up being a low full toss following the batsman who was backing away, Buttler tries to flick it away but is deceived by the lack of pace. Ends up popping a leading edge towards long-on
44.4 -
Riaz to Buttler, no run, Buttler moves leg-side, and he's left looking a touch embarrased. Slower fuller ball from Riaz outside off, Buttler didn't even try to a shot
44.3 -
Riaz to Buttler, SIX, wallop! Buttler's in the mood. Slightly short on the stumps, Buttler transfers his weight on the back foot after the initial stride forward and smacks the pull over mid-wicket. Buckle up fellas
44.2 -
Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, length ball outside off, and bang! He doesn't bother to move across with his front foot. Just throws his arms after it and laces it over extra-cover
44.1 -
Riaz to James Taylor, 1 run, back of a length delivery angled away, Taylor drops it in front of backward point and hustles away
Wahab Riaz [6.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack
43.6 -
Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Buttler extends his arms and squeezes the drive behind square. Yasir Shah runs around from sweeper cover, puts in the dive but in vain
43.5 -
Irfan to Buttler, 2 runs, full toss on off, Buttler is rapped on the pad after missing his flick. Don't think he was expecting the full bunger at this stage. The ball rolls away to backward point who fires in a direct hit at the striker's end. Ends up costing an extra run. Actually, it was a good shout for LBW. Very close
43.4 -
Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, what was that? First he walked across looking to scoop, saw that the line is a bit wide, then adjusts to open the face and ramp it over the pseudo slip cordon. Third man runs in for the catch. But the ball was always dipping on him. In the end, he neither catches the ball nor prevents the boundary. Got it? Good.
43.3 -
Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, blimey. Watch out Pakistan. Watch out. Nothing wrong with the delivery. Perfectly on a good length and deliberately bowled wider of off, Buttler moves across and just spanks it over mid-wicket. Made a musical sound off the willow
43.2 -
Irfan to James Taylor, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle, Taylor tucks it wide of mid-wicket
43.1 -
Irfan to James Taylor, no run, length ball gunning for the top of off, Taylor's upper body leans into an attempted cover-drive but his front foot doesn't listen. Nearly overbalances and gets an inside edge to mid-wicket
42.6 -
Azhar Ali to James Taylor, 1 run, slightly fuller, Taylor can get close to the pitch and nudge it down to long-on
42.5 -
Azhar Ali to James Taylor, no run, now back to over the wicket for Taylor. Quicker through the air on the stumps, pushed back to the bowler
42.4 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, leg byes, 1 run, changes the angle of attack to round the wicket. Fired in on the pads, Buttler aims a sweep but the delivery is too full. Beats him on the inside edge and rolls away in front of short third man off the pad
42.3 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, SIX, he might be having some technical deficiencies but you can't question his ball-striking prowess. Hurtles down the pitch, leaves enough room to allow a clean swing, and muscles it straight back
42.2 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, no run, pulls the length back as Buttler was advancing, he can only smother it to cover
42.1 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 2 runs, the attempted leg-break which skids on straight after landing on a length on off, Buttler was playing for some more turn and looking to push it into the off-side, gets a thick inside edge and the ball dribbles away through square leg. They push for two and Buttler has to put in a full stretched dive to make it
41.6 -
Irfan to James Taylor, no run, drops it with soft hands into the off-side and checks with his partner on the run, sent back
41.5 -
Irfan to James Taylor, SIX, hohoho! He's picked the bones out of that. Short of length, doesn't climb more than the midriff, Taylor pivots on the back foot and creams the pull behind square. Used all the pace on offer and didn't bother to keep it down
41.4 -
Irfan to James Taylor, no run, nothing pitched up from Irfan. Everything behind a good length. Taylor moves his back foot across and guides it to backward point
41.3 -
Irfan to Buttler, 1 run, holds the ball back in his palm to shorten the length on seeing the batsman advance, Buttler knocks it on the walk in front of backward point
41.2 -
Irfan to Buttler, no run, stays leg-side of the ball, it was the slower one. Taps it in front of backward point
41.1 -
Irfan to Buttler, no run, short of length just outside off, Buttler rolls his wrists on the cut and meekly guides it to backward point
41.1 -
Irfan to Buttler, wide, slipping down the leg side, Buttler can't lay bat with his glance
Mohammad Irfan [7.0-0-33-1] is back into the attack
40.6 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 1 run, and another wrong 'un. Slightly short this time. That allows Buttler to go deep in his crease and pull it away. Didn't bounce a lot and he would have been the umpire's bunny had he missed. Gets it away though through square leg
40.5 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, no run, not bad Azhar. Has shown decent control with his variations. Another googly turning back in on off. Buttler defends it from the crease
40.4 -
Azhar Ali to James Taylor, 1 run, teased up on the stumps, Taylor uses his bottom hand to work this down to long-on
40.3 -
Azhar Ali to James Taylor, no run, loopy leg-break on off, pushed with the turn to short cover
James Taylor, right handed bat, comes to the crease
40.2 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, out Stumped!! Pakistan are forcing themselves back into the picture. Now the captain is on his way back. Flashed his cards too early. Azhar saw him advancing, pulled his length back and slipped in the googly. Morgan, quite unaware, tries to bludgeon it across the line. The ball rips away beating the outside edge. Easy stumping to effect. Eoin Morgan st Sarfraz b Azhar Ali 14(13) [4s-2]
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, THAT'S OUT!! Stumped!!
40.1 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 1 run, converts it into a low full toss after bounding down the pitch, drills it to long-off
39.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, slower through the air just outside off, Morgan has to reach out with the slog-sweep. Gets enough of it to shovel it over mid-wicket. No one back there
39.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, no run, fired down leg side, somehow the ball pitches and turns appreciably. Morgan had just hung his bat there to defend. Needless I would say. Could have been a wide
39.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, absolute filth. Half-tracker on the stumps, Morgan jumps back and flogs the pull over mid-wicket
39.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Buttler, 1 run, darted in on the pads, Buttler can't do anything more than tucking it through mid-wicket
39.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Buttler, SIX, oh boy, looked like he had sliced it off a top edge. But it kept going and going. He does pack a punch. Bends on the back knee and unfurls the slog-sweep. Nowhere near the sweet spot but the scorebook says six. That's all that matters
39.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, the arm ball, skids on after pitching on off, Morgan was shaping to cut. Gets cramped for room and hits it limply in front of cover
Shoaib Malik [6.0-0-43-0] is back into the attack
38.6 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, hangs this up in line with middle, tucked away through mid-wicket
38.5 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, no run, quicker through the air on middle, Morgan waits on the back foot expecting the wrong 'un, but it wasn't. Turns back sharply to hit the pad. Going down leg though
38.4 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 1 run, googly which was pushed through quicker on middle, Buttler is on the back foot, reads it off the pitch and clips it to short fine leg. The fielder is fairly deep easily allowing a single
38.3 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, puts on his dancing shoes, gets very close to the pitch and hammers the drive past the diving bowler down to long-on
38.2 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 1 run, loop and dip on off, driven with the turn through the covers
38.1 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, lovely drift across off, then turns back in from a length, Morgan plays it with the turn down to long-on
37.6 -
Irfan to Buttler, no run, walks across over to off, Irfan bowls it on slightly wider, patted to point
37.5 -
Irfan to Buttler, no run, slips it in on a back of a length and angling in on off from round the wicket, Buttler blocks back down the pitch
37.4 -
Irfan to Buttler, no run, tries another tap-and-run. Much closer to backward point this time to rule it out
37.3 -
Irfan to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clipped neatly through square leg
37.2 -
Irfan to Buttler, 1 run, ran his fingers across the ball, delivered on a short of length just outside off, Buttler runs it behind backward point with an open bat face
37.1 -
Irfan to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, bangs it in on a short of length, Morgan drops it with soft hands beside the pitch. Is called through for the run by Buttler
Mohammad Irfan [6.0-0-30-1] is back into the attack
36.6 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, leg byes, 1 run, Morgan aims to works this one around the corner and misses. Pakistan's fielders appeal for an LBW, but it was going down leg. In the end, they decide against taking a review and it was missing the leg-stump by a mile. The duo take a leg-bye
36.5 -
Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, no run, stump-to-stump line, defended
Eoin Morgan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Azhar Ali to Root, THAT'S OUT!! Stumped!!
The on-field umpire has gone to the third umpire for a stumping. Root is the batsman in question. On replays it is clear that Root was well out of the crease and he has been given out stumped.
36.3 -
Azhar Ali to Root, no run, Root smears the cut to backward point
36.2 -
Azhar Ali to Root, FOUR, Root is known for playing inside-out lofted shots. Here, he brings out that inside-out lofted stroke to a flighted ball and it races away to the extra cover fence
36.1 -
Azhar Ali to Buttler, 1 run, Azhar Ali drags this one down, Buttler mistimes the cut to short third man
35.6 -
Yasir Shah to Buttler, 1 run, on middle and leg from Yasir Shah, Buttler gently wrists it to mid-wicket
35.5 -
Yasir Shah to Buttler, no run, tossed up delivery from Yasir Shah, defended
35.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, Root drives this tossed up delivery to sweeper cover
Jos Buttler, right handed bat, comes to the crease
35.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, out Caught by Babar Azam!! Yasir Shah has winkled out Roy and that is a crucial wicket to take. It was a tired shot though, from the Surrey dasher. He advanced down the wicket, Yasir Shah though, smartly shortened his length a touch, Roy didn't get anywhere near the pitch of the ball as he looked to loft and got it off the toe-end of the bat to the fielder at long-off, who snaffled the catch. Jason Roy c Babar Azam b Yasir Shah 102(117) [4s-8 6s-1]
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
35.2 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, Root stays on the back foot and cuts it to deep extra cover
35.1 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, shorter in length and just outside off, Root mistimes the cut
34.6 -
Azhar Ali to Root, 1 run, Azhar Ali bowls this one slower through the air, Root drives it to long-off
34.5 -
Azhar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, Roy sweeps this delivery to deep square leg
34.4 -
Azhar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, Roy follows in Root's footsteps by using his feet, Azhar Ali shortens his length. Roy then adjusts to the length and drives it to cover
34.3 -
Azhar Ali to Root, 1 run, Root advances, takes it on the half-volley and drives it to long-on
34.2 -
Azhar Ali to Root, no run, pushed through from Azhar Ali, Root aims to chop it to third man and misses
34.1 -
Azhar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, Azhar Ali keeps it on the stumps, Roy cuts it to long-off
Azhar Ali, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
33.6 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, Root uses his feet, but in the end, pushes this leg-break back towards the bowler
33.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, well, Roy gets to his maiden ODI ton and he is chuffed about it. He raises his bat to acknowledge his teammates and the sparse crowd. It has been a well-constructed innings from the Surrey dasher. Coming back to the ball, Roy cut a delivery that was shorter in length to sweeper cover
33.4 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, Roy opens the face and taps it to short third man. Looks to steal a single, but sent back by Root
33.3 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, on middle and leg from Yasir Shah, wristed to square leg
33.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, low full toss from Yasir Shah, Roy neatly drives it past the diving fielder at mid-off for a single
33.1 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, Root camps on the back foot and pulls it to deep mid-wicket
Yasir Shah [8.0-0-50-0] is back into the attack
Drinks are on the field now
32.6 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, can you believe it? As Roy yet again taps this good length delivery to backward point, but can't thread the gap
32.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, Riaz keeps it in that one square foot window outside off, Roy stays on the back foot and dabs it to backward point
32.4 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, good length delivery and outside off, Roy dabs it to backward point
32.3 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, drifting on the pads, Roy tickles it to the fine leg fence. No need to run for those. He is just two runs short of a well-measured ton
32.2 -
Riaz to Root, 1 run, Root again camps on the back foot and cuts this length ball to square third man. However, this time, Yasir gets to the ball quickly in the deep and keeps it down to one
32.1 -
Riaz to Root, FOUR, with a marvellous concoction of timing and placement, Root cuts this delivery that is bowled outside off to deep backward point. He finds the gap with ease and collects one more boundary. England have upped the ante
31.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, Root premeditates and uses the reverse sweep to this delivery that is pushed through the air to backward point for a single
31.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, Root clips this flatter delivery in front of square on the on-side
31.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, SIX, Root reaches his fifty in style! He ventures out of the crease, takes it on the half-volley and lofts it over the bowler's head. He nailed that shot to perfection and on expected lines, it sailed into the stands
31.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, Roy uses the depth of the crease and back cuts it to deep backward point
31.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, shorter in length from Shoaib Malik, Root punches it square of the wicket
31.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, FOUR, flatter delivery and just outside off, Root brings out the slog sweep. Nice extension of arms from the batsman results in him nailing the sweep shot to perfection and it runs away to the deep mid-wicket fence
Shoaib Malik [5.0-0-30-0] is back into the attack
30.6 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, Riaz steams into the crease and bowls a pacy delivery in that corridor outside off. Roy looks to play a half-hearted cut shot, but it snakes past the outside edge
30.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, Riaz tests the middle of the pitch and flings it outside off, Roy aims to pull it in front of square on the off-side, but fails to connect. It stayed a touch low there
30.4 -
Riaz to Root, 1 run, Root stays on the back foot and taps this length delivery to point. Excellent running between the wickets, help the duo to add one more run to the tally
30.3 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, leg byes, 1 run, Riaz sprays this one on the pads, Roy aims to tuck it around the corner, but fails to connect. It hits his thigh pad and they take a leg-bye to short fine
30.2 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, length ball and just outside off, Roy presses forward and punches it to mid-off
30.1 -
Riaz to Root, 1 run, length ball and outside off, Root rides on the bounce and punches it to sweeper cover
Wahab Riaz [4.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
29.6 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, the zooter from Yasir Shah, Roy stonewalls it
29.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 2 runs, Roy uses the depth of the crease and cuts this one away to deep extra cover. The fielder in the deep runs around the circumference and keeps it down to two
29.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, on middle and leg, Root clips it to deep square leg
29.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, shorter in length, Roy cuts it to sweeper cover
29.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, Roy is a maestro at using the reverse sweep. He uses that stroke to befuddle Yasir. It scurries to the third man fence. It also brings up the century stand between the duo
29.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, on the stumps from Yasir Shah, Roy punches it to mid-on
28.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 2 runs, Root, this time, is successful in paddle sweeping it to fine leg for a brace
28.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, flatter delivery and on the leg-stump, Root shuffles across and looks to paddle sweep and misses. He loses his balance, but the keeper doesn't collect in cleanly. It was close to being called a wide
28.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, Root works this one away to square leg
28.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 2 runs, flatter trajectory from Shoaib Malik, Root tucks it away to deep mid-wicket. The duo challenge Rizwan in the deep and good running between the wickets help them to collect two more runs
28.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 2 runs, Root improvises by bringing out the reverse sweep and collects a couple of runs to deep backward point
28.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, on middle and leg, Root ventures out of the crease and works it to square leg
27.6 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, dragged down and on the stumps, Root camps on the back foot and cuts it elegantly to sweeper cover. He jogs down to the other end for a single
27.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, shorter in length, Roy smears the cut to sweeper cover
27.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, tossed up delivery and outside off, driven to long-off
27.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, Roy advances and drives it to long-off
27.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 2 runs, now he makes more room and cuts it late to the left of sweeper cover. Two for the taking
27.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, shortish outside off, Roy chops his cut off the bottom edge to slip
26.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, goes back and turns it to short mid-wicket
26.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, flatter on the pads, clipped to short mid-wicket
26.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, more air on this off-break, Root eases into the push to short cover
26.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 3 runs, drops it slightly short, Roy hauls back and cuts it well in front of square. Big chase for Hafeez at sweeper cover. He sprints across and slides to save a run
26.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, on middle and leg from Shoaib Malik, Root pulls it to deep mid-wicket
26.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, on middle and leg from Shoaib Malik, Root works it to deep mid-wicket
25.6 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 2 runs, drifting on middle, pulled away through mid-wicket for a couple of runs
25.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, oh poor Yasir Shah! Must feel for this bloke, skipper gave him the slip and he successfully induces an outside edge on Roy's attempted poke. Rizwan, who has had a very poor day in the field yet again shells out a sharp chance, has been that kind of day for him. Yasir is certainly not sitting next to Rizwan (as and when they have the dinner tonight)
25.4 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 2 runs, strides foward and gets an outside edge on this floaty delivery, pushed with hard hands. Where are the slips Azhar Ali?
25.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, bowls this at the pace of milk float travels and provides a bit of width, Roy throws kitchen sink at it (on his knees), gets a big boom top-edge which flies past the keeper. Malik tries to exhibit his foot-ball(ing) skills at third man but ball won the race
25.2 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, advances and toe-ends the closed bat face drive to Wahab Riaz at long-on
25.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, spinning away outside off, Roy cuts square of the wicket
24.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 2 runs, gets across and shovels this flighted delivery down to fine leg for a couple of runs
24.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, unveils the reverse sweep to this fullish delivery, straight to the man at short third man
24.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, clipped towards mid-wicket
24.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, SIX, oh jeez! That was in the air for a long, long time and long-off was interested (only for a brief moment though). Steps out and smacks this floaty delivery high and over long-off, Anwar Ali was a mere spectator - watching the ball sail over his head
24.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, no run, tossed up on middle, Roy nudges softly towards mid-on
24.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, fraction short and on leg-stump line, Root goes on the back foot and flicks it past mid-wicket
23.6 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, slower and outside off, Roy pushes this towards cover
23.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, quicker and just outside off, Roy's drive is intercepted at cover
23.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, hangs back and dabs this towards third man
23.3 -
Yasir Shah to Root, SIX, out comes the gutsy stroke from Root and he is all smiles! Went low and slog swept Yasir over the deep mid-wicket fence, well-timed shot that
23.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, loopy delivery outside off, Roy works this towards long-off for an easy single
23.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, flighted delivery on off, punched back to the bowler
22.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, full and on the stumps, clipped to mid-wicket
22.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, spinning into the batsman, but down leg, Roy finds a sharp single with a tickle wide of short fine leg
22.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, no run, turned this with the spin towards mid-wicket
22.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, no run, slows this one up in the air and keeps it around middle and leg. Roy for the second time today, falls over the flick and up go Malik and Sarfraz in unison, might have missed leg reckons the umpire
22.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, drifting in around middle, Root drives with a closed bat face towards long-on
22.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, flat and on Roy's hips, tucked away behind square on the leg-side
21.6 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, waits for this leg-break to arrive and cuts late to the right of short third man who half-slides and stops
21.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, it has been a popular area (long-off) today since the time Yasir Shah came out to bowl, easy single again towards long-off
21.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, easy as you like, keeping themselves busy by ticking off Yasir Shah, another one pushed down to long-off
21.3 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, flighted on middle, punched with a closed-face but mid-on is in situ to cut that off
21.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, offers width outside off, Roy goes deep inside the crease and slaps it to sweeper cover
21.1 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, Root brings up the 100 for England with a punch down to long-off
20.6 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, softly nudged wide of mid-wicket, retains the strike with that run
20.5 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, no run, just a bit (of turn) says Ian Botham on air as Root turned this delivery towards mid-wicket
20.4 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, punches this flatter delivery straight to the gangly Mohammad Irfan at mid-off, but Roy knows that he can take on this lanky lad, hustled across for a quick single
20.3 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 1 run, quicker through the air and on middle, creamed down to long-on
20.2 -
Shoaib Malik to Root, 2 runs, dropped short and around the fifth stump channel, Root jumps back and cracks the cut square on the off-side, for a double
20.1 -
Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, 1 run, there comes the slender(ly) looking Shoaib Malik for his new spell and there comes the aggression from Roy, dance down the track and slog across the line, to mid-wicket and for a single
Shoaib Malik, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
19.6 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, keeps the strike with a drive down to long-off
19.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, well-executed sweeep shot - so pleasing to the eyes! Full and straight, Roy crouches low and times the sweep to perfection, in front of square on the on-side
19.4 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, driven wide of mid-off, no single on offer though
19.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, lots of oohs and aahs as the ball was in the air for a fleeting period. Roy comes down the track and mistimes the check-drive in front of forward-loping mid-wicket
19.2 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, floated just outside off, Roy drives and finds mid-off
19.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, "howzaaat" cries Yasir but the umpire doesn't oblige. This was pushed through on middle, Roy falls over the flick and gets pinged on the pad, a bit too high is it?
18.6 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, back of a length on middle, bunted down to long-on
18.5 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 2 runs, there comes the cheeky smile - fifty is the reason. Roy waits on the back foot and steers it to the left of third man, Riaz sprints across, puts in the slide and saves two
18.4 -
Anwar Ali to Root, 1 run, glided down to third man
18.3 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, driven with not-so-well-timed shot down to long-on
18.2 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, good length outside off, mistimed on-the-up drive towards cover, Roy has been scratchy so far, but somehow nudged and nurdled his way to 40
18.1 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, length delivery on the stumps, Roy walks and presents the full face of the bat in defence, Yasir dives to his left from mid-off and puts paid to Roy's thought of stealing a single
17.6 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 2 runs, tossed up outside off, Root cuts wide of cover and gets across for a couple
17.5 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, Roy emulates his partner with a cut down to sweeper on the off-side
17.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, flighted outside off, Root chops it square on the off-side, good ploy these from both these batsmen - just milking the singles around
17.3 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, shortish and outside off, Roy stays inside the crease and punches this to wide long-off
17.2 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, quicker on middle, Root gets to the other end with a soft drive towards long-on
17.1 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, floated up on off, driven down to long-off
16.6 -
Anwar Ali to Root, no run, well fielded Anwar Ali! But he's feeling the pain. Fired in full and on the fourth, fifth stump zone, Root drives back and Ali puts in the forward dive in his followthrough
16.5 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, a bit straighter, easily worked down to long-on
16.4 -
Anwar Ali to Root, 1 run, wider of off, Root sits back and cuts fiercely down to third man
16.3 -
Anwar Ali to Root, no run, on a length and just outside off, Root punches hard towards cover, no timing on this one
16.2 -
Anwar Ali to Root, 2 runs, smidge short and angling into the batsman who finds the gap through mid-wicket with a mistimed pull
16.1 -
Anwar Ali to Root, no run, comes forward and defends this to the left of the bowler
Time to have a drink! Well, it's that kind of position where both teams will be fairly happy. The pitch is certainly two-paced. If not three or four-paced. Many balls are stopping on the way. And incidentally, despite having been streaky, Roy has waded through the turbulent waters and got off to a start.. Let's see if he kicks on..
15.6 -
Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, no run, quick and quicker, delivered on a length on off, skids on straight, Roy presses forward and bunts it back down the pitch
15.5 -
Yasir Shah to Root, 1 run, some indecision in the running. Slightly short outside off, Root goes deep in the crease and looks to thread the cut behind backward point. The fielder moves across and parries it to short third man. After the initial hesitation, the batsmen make it through easily
15.4 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, not quite floating it up for now. All too flat. The line is on off. Root eases into the push off the back foot to the left of cover. He sprints across and slides to stop
15.3 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, makes some room and gently punches this flatter delivery to cover
15.2 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, not much turn from a length. Slides on. Root looks to nudge it down to long-on but short mid-wicket cuts it off
15.1 -
Yasir Shah to Root, no run, quicker through the air and drifting in with the arm on off, Root punches it back to Yasir off the front foot
Yasir Shah, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Here's comes the magician for a twirl..
14.6 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, clipped away to mid-wicket
14.5 -
Anwar Ali to Root, 1 run, all kinds of cutters from Anwar. I really have to stress my eyes here. This one was surely a leg-cutter, delivered on a back of a length in the outside off corridor, Root runs it down to third man
14.4 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, off-cutter on a length outside off, does nothing off the pitch, Roy takes a couple of strides forward and pushes it wide of mid-off
14.3 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, pulls his length back in the iffy channel, Roy knocks it in front of backward point
14.2 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, pitched up on off, Roy drives it on the walk to mid-on. One thing to notice is that he never gets a big stride in
14.1 -
Anwar Ali to Root, 1 run, slightly short outside off, Root is on his preferred back foot already, shovels the cut in front of backward point
Anwar Ali [4.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, FOUR, growing in confidence. Too full, too straight, Roy leans forward and rolls his wrists on the ball to hit it through mid-wicket. This time Azam can do nothing
13.5 -
Irfan to Root, 1 run, short on the body, climbs around the chest, Root swivels across and pulls it behind square. Babar Azam hurtles from his position at deep square leg and puts in a desperate dive to make the stop. Don't think the batsmen were quite expecting this. Didn't quite push with their running. Just a single
13.4 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Roy is waiting on the back foot, opens the bat face to run it down to third man
13.3 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, here's the 421st. Short of length outside off, Roy gently hits it to backward point. Doesn't quite get a clean swing of the arms to manufacture some power
13.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, slower ball deceives the batsman for pace. Bowled on a fuller length on off, Roy is early into the drive. Checks it to mid-on. Was in the air for a bit, but drops well in front
13.1 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, Roy plays his 420th cut shot. But as with the previous ones, straight to backward point
12.6 -
Riaz to Root, no run, no, you won't trouble him there. So composed on the back foot. Gets right behind the line and blocks
12.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, 1 run, a bit too straight on a back of a length, Roy works it wide of mid-on and hurries through with the single
12.4 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, ah, lovely! That should settle him down. Overpitched, yes. But still has to be put away. Roy moves forward and drives it gun-barrel straight
12.3 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, he is on the lookout for it, isn't he? Anything slightly wide and he tries to cut. This was too close to be playing the shot. Chops it back down to Riaz
12.2 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, as soon as the ball is close to him, much more comfortable. An impregnable front foot block
12.1 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, Roy is currently batting on a wheelchair. All hands. Aims an on-the-up cover drive, ends up dragging it off a thickish bottom edge to mid-off
11.6 -
Irfan to Root, no run, oh a beaut! Angled in on a length, straightens off the pitch. Root is completely hoodwinked by the movement on his defensive push. Beaten by a mile
11.5 -
Irfan to Root, no run, Root on the back foot = comfort. Stands tall to ride this short of length delivery and punches to backward point
11.4 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, now gets it wider of the man to sneak in a run. Escorts the ball to third man with an open bat face
11.3 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, waits till the ball is in line with his eyes and guides it towards gully
11.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 2 runs, skiddy back of a length delivery outside off, Roy back-cuts it in the air, just evades gully to third man
Joe Root, right handed bat, comes to the crease
11.1 -
Irfan to Hales, out Caught by Shoaib Malik!! Catch it Malik, catch it. And he does. Before tumbling over like a tired old man. Short of length delivery outside off, Hales rocks back and commits to the pull. Again holds up on him. Might have been a trifle early into the shot. Gets it off a thick top edge. The ball floats over to the left of third man. Easy enough for the veteran. On replays, I can infer that it was one of those cutters which stuck in the deck. Hales c Shoaib Malik b Irfan 22(29) [4s-2]
Irfan to Hales, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
10.6 -
Riaz to Hales, 1 run, and there's the third man fielder in action again. Back of a length outside off, guided down to him. This has become in-vogue
10.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, 1 run, back of a length outside off, chopped in front of square to sweeper cover
10.4 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, the backward point fielder has been hauled close in to cover the angle. Roy puts the dab straight to him
10.3 -
Riaz to Hales, 1 run, overpitching outside off, squeezes the drive to deep cover despite his weight never really moving into the shot
10.2 -
Riaz to Hales, no run, looking to glide it down to the bombarded third man region again, gully throws himself to his left to put an end to that
10.1 -
Riaz to Hales, no run, again moves a long way across on the back foot. Sees the delivery is on a length. Pays respect with an awkward looking defence. Should have been forward to that
9.6 -
Irfan to Hales, 1 run, now an easy dab straight to third man. This pitch as as dead as a graveyard. Just no pace
9.5 -
Irfan to Hales, 2 runs, back of a length delivery outside off, Hales pokes it behind backward point. Third man runs around and keeps the batsmen to two
9.4 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 3 runs, another off-cutter. Full and slanting very wide outside off, Roy tries to lash it over the off-side. Ends up slicing it off a thick outside edge. Enough to clear cover-point. He gives a manly chase and hauls it back in
9.3 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, very full, Roy jams the drive into the off-side
9.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, off-pace back of a length delivery just outside off, Roy stands tall and blocks it to cover
9.1 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, the pace is missing from Irfan. Fuller length on leg, Roy was looking to work it through the on-side. His bat comes down at an angle and is through with the shot even before the ball arrives. Beats the outside edge to thud on the pad. Pitched outside leg and hence can't be given
Mohammad Irfan [3.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
8.6 -
Riaz to Hales, no run, his trigger movement is back and across. Quite exaggerated I must say. Back of a length wide of off, plays a punchy back foot drive with an open bat face. Can't get it past backward point
8.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, 1 run, on the hips, clipped through square leg
8.4 -
Riaz to Hales, 1 run, slightly short, Hales misjudged the pace looking to cut. Bat came down late and only manages to get it off the toe-end. Scooted to the right of slip who parries it to third man with a dive
8.3 -
Riaz to Hales, no run, hitting the bat hard. Hales shuffles across on the back foot and guides it between first slip and backward point. Thought about a single but pulled out
8.2 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, 1 run, kisses the surface on a back of a length outside off, Roy rolls his wrists on the steer down to third man
8.1 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, dishes it up just outside off, Roy is lured into the drive and hits it to cover-point
7.6 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, no run, half-volley on the pads, Hales must be chastising himself. Flicks it straight to mid-wicket. Did a nice flamingo hauling his back foot in the air
7.5 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, FOUR, benefit match bowling going on. Help yourself. Low full toss on the pads. Hales tickles it wide of short fine leg. And might have scoffed at the bowler while running past him
7.4 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the fourth stump, Roy uses his bottom hand to good effect to whip it wide of mid-on
7.3 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, rolls his fingers across, 117ks, the off-cutter was delivered on a fuller length just outside off, Roy leans forward and his bat comes down caressingly on the straight drive. Too straight though. Anwar sticks out a hand to make a half-stop
7.2 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, 1 run, straying on the hips, Hales shuffles across and clips to deep square leg
7.1 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, no run, punched defensively back to the bowler
6.6 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, slings it slightly short outside off, Roy aims a slap through point. Only connects with thin air. Where are your feet?
6.5 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, no run, smidgen full than a good length, this time the bat comes down straight to meet it with a forward block
6.4 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, Roy is not playing the odds here. Front foot is hardly moving across. Length ball in the channel, attempts a cross-batted cover-drive on the up. Inside edge misses off-stump by a kitten's whisker
6.3 -
Riaz to Hales, 1 run, we'll see this with Riaz. Everything behind a good length and slanting away. Knocked down to third man
6.2 -
Riaz to Hales, no run, angling across, again testing the pitch on a back of a length, Hales chops it to cover-point
6.1 -
Riaz to Jason Roy, 1 run, slingy back of a length delivery outside off, Roy waits and dabs it fine to third man
Wahab Riaz, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, FOUR, fine leg up and he's dished one up on the pads. Hales can't believe his luck. Whips it away wide of the man in the ring
5.5 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, no run, slightly short, not all that much. Hales waits on the back foot and cuts it precisely to backward point
5.4 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, punched to cover
5.3 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, walks down the pitch looking to heave this length ball hard. Again holds up on him. Meaning that he was too early into the stroke. Only gets it off the toe-end. The ball cries away to Rizwan at mid-wicket. Who is in a world of his own. Can't catch a cold today. Misfields and allows a run
5.2 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, Ahmed Shehzad is back at backward point. Flies to his right to make a sizzling save. Length ball outside off, Roy slapped it after inclining towards the ball. Had timed the pants off it. But Shehzad is there
5.1 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, 1 run, on a back of a length outside off, pecked it down to third man
4.6 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 2 runs, another off-cutter. Delivered on a good length around middle and off, Roy lazes forward and just pushes it straight of mid-on. Not much power behind the stroke
4.5 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 2 runs, short ball. Just sits up. Might have been the slower one as well. Roy had to drag his pull from outside off. Gets it right off the bottom but in the gap through mid-wicket
4.4 -
Irfan to Hales, 1 run, back to round the wicket. Angled away outside off on a back of a length, poked down to third man
4.3 -
Irfan to Hales, 2 runs, fluctuating too much in line currently. Now on leg stump, clipped away neatly behind square. Fine leg has work to do. Labours across to make the stop. The batsmen do the same. Easy couple
4.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, leaving the right-hander, just behind a good length, Roy waits till the ball is past him, then taps it on its head towards third man
4.1 -
Irfan to Hales, leg byes, 1 run, gentle back of a length delivery on the hips, 132ks, Hales is slow to get his bat across for the tuck, misses and the ball rolls away behind square off the thigh pad
Irfan is juggling with his angle of attack. Now back to over the wicket
3.6 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, overpitching outside off, Roy meets it with a big stride forward and drives punchily to mid-off
3.5 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, fuller length delivery on off, forward and defended
3.4 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, length ball two-three stumps away from off, Roy steers it to point
3.3 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, fraction full and wide of off, again Roy looks to drive through the off-side with minimalistic feet. Bat turns in the hand, and ends up rolling to mid-wicket
3.2 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, much more assured. Bigger stride forward to get beside the line, and offers a vertical bat
3.1 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, FOUR, that's such a loose shot. Thank your stars Roy. Dangled full and wide of off, his feet are chained while aiming a half-hearted cover drive. The ball catches the inside edge and whisks away past leg-stump
2.6 -
Irfan to Hales, no run, "howzaat", not good enough says the umpire. Big angle created from the round the wicket line. Full on the pads, Hales falls over on the flick meaning that he doesn't connect. Struck low down on the pad, but going down leg
2.5 -
Irfan to Hales, no run, thought about having a poke. But nah. Climbs worryingly from a short of length outside off. Hales sways away from the line
2.4 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, length ball angled in on off and middle, Roy nudges it in the pocket between mid-on and mid-wicket
2.3 -
Irfan to Hales, 1 run, short of length delivery in the channel, Hales punches it behind backward point with an open face. Third man moves across to keep it down to a single
2.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, Irfan's height just doesn't allow for a big forward stride. Length ball angling in on off from round the wicket, Roy gets half-forward to defend, catches the inside half of the bat and rolls down to fine leg
2.1 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 2 runs, stands on his toes to ride the short of length delivery, was aimed under the armpit, tucks it away behind square in the gap
1.6 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, straying on the pads on a fuller length, clipped to deep square leg
1.5 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, fraction full on off, Roy strides forward and defends to mid-on
1.4 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, no run, just behind a good length around the fifth-sixth stump, Roy's upper body was inclined forward and he slaps it hard. Can't get it past cover-point
1.4 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, wide, floated up looking for swing. There isn't any and just drifts down with the angle down the leg side
1.3 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, 1 run, a direct-hit and Hales was gone. A misfield earlier in the over meant that Rizwan was the fielder who could be taken on. Not to be this time. Moves swiftly to his right from mid-wicket after Hales had clipped it gently, slides to collect and rifles in the throw at the non-striker's end. Misses by a few inches
1.2 -
Anwar Ali to Hales, no run, back of a length delivery with an inkling of nip back in on off, Hales didn't commit to any shot on the back foot allowing him to play the second line well. Blocks
1.1 -
Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 1 run, pitched right up on middle and leg, Roy flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket. Rizwan is the fielder there. Fluffs it for no reason and parries it to mid-on off the boot. Didn't even get a hand. Allows a single to be sneaked in
Just one slip for Anwar
Anwar Ali, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Irfan to Hales, no run, buffet ball, full toss on the pads. But the batsmen are in the 'get-your-eye-in' mode. Which means that Hales meekly clips it to mid-wicket
0.5 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, 1 run, back of a length delivery pushed across in the outside off channel, dabbed down to third man
0.4 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, shortish just outside off, the width isn't quite there but Roy still opts to cut. Ends up being cramped for room and chops it to cover-point
0.3 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, now on the pads, whipped stylishly but straight to square leg
0.2 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, slanted away from the right-hander, slightly short. Roy maintains a solid base with his feet and cuts it to the left of cover-point. The fielder moves across and stops
0.1 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, no run, gets it right, on a length on off, Roy moves forward and blocks to mid-on
0.1 -
Irfan to Jason Roy, wide, starts off with an inauspicious gutter ball, down the leg side. Roy can't meet with his glance
Jason Roy and Hales are at the crease. Jason Roy is on strike. Irfan will open the attack
Misbah-ul-Haq has done his part and so did Azhar Ali - captaining their sides in the Test and ODI series, respectively. Now it's up to the flamboyant and one of Pakistan's most loved cricketer Shahid Afridi to step into the captaincy shoes for the T20 series. England though will look to end on a high. The three-match T20I series begins next Thursday i.e, 26th November. Do remember to join us then. It has been an absolute pleasure bringing you all this ODI extravaganza. Many thanks for joining us. For now, cheers and goodbye!!
That's it folks. We are done and dusted for this 4-match ODI series. It has been a pretty simple equation from Morgan's men: All among their top five batsmen have succeeded in notching up scores in excess of fifty (at least once) in the series and they have quietened Yasir Shah which wasn't the case in the Test series. England must be cock-a-hoop at their consistent show throughout the ODI series. Tons from both the openers, Taylor and Buttler's gritty match-winning stand in the third ODI, Woakes' double four-fors and some brilliant fielding are a few of the memories England will take back home.
Morgan collects the beautiful trophy and the players offer a very disciplined pose to the cameras. Target achieved and it'll be over to the T20 series now.
Morgan: "Thank you. Outstanding performance from the boys. The most impressive was our batting. Wasn't the easiest of tracks to bat. When dew came later, Buttler was excellent. Our young bowling attack stepped up to take regular wickets throughout the innings. It's great to see that we have chased 350 in a couple of games (earlier on against NZ). Our bowlers are learning all the time. Spinners coming in to bowl was a really key moment in the game. Our spinners did a very good job too. Moeen and Rashid are always learning. Hales took a nice couple of catches after the one he dropped. This team has a lot of character. I thank all the supporters. Thanks everyone."
Azhar: "When you're chasing 250+, somebody has to score a 100 or a 200. Big innings was missing. We were going along with the run rate but no big innings from anyone. It'll take time but our aim is to do well. It's a big loss. Congrats to England, they played some very good cricket. But we played poorly and it's been disappointing. When a player like Buttler gets stuck, it's difficult. Credit should be given to him but we could have done better in the last few overs."
Buttler: "Great. Really satisfied. To win the series is fantastic. It's one of those days. Amazing how cricket turns around. Had a bad Test match earlier on. Jason Roy was very good and Root was fantastic as ever. The shot to get to my hundred was the most satisfying shot. I'll remember it for a very long time."
Jos Buttler is the Man of the Match for his 52-ball 116. Fittingly, he's also rewarded with the Man of the series award for amassing 177 runs in 4 games
Presentations follow...
It all started with Roy launching an array of shots to push Pakistan on the back foot in the comforts of their "home". Hosts could never find their way back post that. Root eased away his iffy form to lay a solid platform and then some Buttler-brilliance just took the match away. Jason Roy registerd his maiden ODI ton but Buttler took the thunder away with a scintillating ton - fastest ever by an Englishman and 6th joint fastest ever. The chase was always going to be mammoth. Pakistan, to everyone's surprise, looked in the chase but England kept chipping away with timely wickets. The hosts plummeted to a loss in the end but the scorecard will never let you know how close it was till halfway into the game.
England have convincingly won the series 3-1. That after being hammered in the first ODI. The players exchange handshakes and smiles. All in good spirits in the sea of blue (empty seats) at the Dubai international stadium. The handful of people who managed to make it on a Friday left after Sarfraz's dismissal. But let that not be the story of this series. Let it be the amazing fightback from an English team still finding its feet in the ODI format.
40.4 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, out Caught by Adil Rashid!! That's it. Hail Hales. Glorify Willey. Worship Buttler. England have yet again won an ODI series in the UAE and Pakistan end up worsening their ODI record here further. This was very full from Moeen, Anwar Ali slaps it straight to Moeen Ali's spin twin at cover who snaffled it inches above the ground. Flings the ball in the air as England's dressing room jumps for joy. There is some fire in this English team and Pakistan are the latest to get their hands burnt. Watch out for this team. Anwar Ali c Adil Rashid b Moeen Ali 24(24) [4s-4]
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Umpire's review: Soft signal is out. Caught at cover. Umpires go upstairs to see if it's a clean catch. Looks like a clean catch and umpire Chris Gaffaney nods his head to confirm the onfield verdict
40.3 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, a little shimmy to get to the pitch of the ball doesn't reap rewards. Drags it towards long-on but doesn't opt for the run
40.2 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, some air on this fuller length delivery, Ali backs away and drives to mid-on with a closed bat face
40.1 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, fired in too, Ali shuffles to dig this out
39.6 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, dangler, length wide of off, entices Irfan to reach at it, the ball is too good to beat his half-hearted poke
39.5 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, bumper and Irfan is hit on the body! Too tall to have the energy to crouch, takes it on the body and all's well
39.4 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, stands on his leg stump and the bat meets the length ball with boy-in-a-barbie-shop enthusiasm
39.3 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, attempted yorker trying to laze Irfan into bending, ends up being a full toss and Irfan easily keeps it out
39.2 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, ah, all hands. Feet are buried. Short of a lengh outside off, Irfan lays a dead bat to guide it to cover
39.1 -
Woakes to Irfan, no run, bends his back but too far outside off to trouble the tall man
38.6 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, on the pads, Ali works it towards the on-side but cannot place it wide of mid-wicket, denied a single
38.5 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, slower through the air, Ali pushes forward and defends it to the bowler
Mohammad Irfan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
38.4 -
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, out Caught by Woakes!! Easy peasy for Woakes. One more to go for England. Flighted delivery outside off, Yasir tries to go full monty with the clobber across the line, connects but hits it straight down the throat of long-on. Yasir Shah c Woakes b Moeen Ali 5(8)
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
38.3 -
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, no run, loud appeal but keeper didn't partner Moeen Ali there. Turned in from outside off, Yasir goes for the sweep and misses, rapped on the pads but going down leg
38.2 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, 1 run, Ali forces it off the back foot to long-on and jogs to the other end
38.1 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, tossed up on off, Ali hauls his back leg in air as he flicks one to mid-on
37.6 -
Woakes to Yasir Shah, no run, Yasir attempts a lazy poke on this good length delivery angled in just outside off, beaten on the outside edge, just a matter of time isn't it?
37.5 -
Woakes to Anwar Ali, 1 run, dropped but a very good effort from the paceman David Willey. Ali stays firm at the crease and top-edges the pull towards long-on. Willey runs forward, puts in the forward dive but failed to cling on, hurt his finger in the process too. He is now being attended by the physio and seems as if he is fine now, all ready for the ball-rolling action again...
37.4 -
Woakes to Yasir Shah, 1 run, angling in on middle, Yasir rises on his toes and flicks it past square leg
37.3 -
Woakes to Anwar Ali, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, much easier for Ali who wrists it down to long-on
37.2 -
Woakes to Anwar Ali, no run, hits the deck hard and bowls it on the stumps, Ali makes room and dabs it back to the bowler
37.1 -
Woakes to Yasir Shah, 1 run, on a length and around middle, Yasir clips it to square leg and gets across for an easy single
Chris Woakes [6.0-0-42-0] is back into the attack
36.6 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, FOUR, he is not holding back! Try and get as much as you can might have been the message from the dressing room and Ali is just doing that. Advances and whips it over mid-wicket, no chance for the man sprinting across to his right from long-on
36.5 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, loopy delivery on off, Ali goes back and defends
36.4 -
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, 1 run, flat and in the outside off zone, punched towards long-off
36.3 -
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, no run, tossed up just outside off, Yasir goes for a loose drive and is beaten all ends up, Buttler failed to glove it cleanly, no extra runs on offer though
36.2 -
Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, 2 runs, flicks this full delivery behind square on the on-side and gets off the mark with a couple
Yasir Shah, right handed bat, comes to the crease
36.1 -
Moeen Ali to Riaz, out Caught&Bowled!! Easy as you like! Moeen didn't even had to move an inch, was just like a catching practice for him. He gave this flighted delivery more air and enticed Riaz to go after it. Riaz obliged and drove it straight to Moeen. Riaz c and b Moeen Ali 1(2)
Moeen Ali to Riaz, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!
36.1 -
Moeen Ali to Riaz, wide, sprays this down leg, Riaz misses on the attempted leg-glance
35.6 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, no run, googly on the stumps, Ali's mistimed sweep trickles away to backward square leg
35.5 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, again! He repeats the same shot and this time much higher, WIlley leapt high but he was never going to grab that one, third boundary into the long-on fence
35.4 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, Anwar Ali does what Sarfraz would have liked to do two balls before - placing it over the fielder with a lofted drive that is. Steps out and smacks this quicker delivery over mid-on
35.3 -
Adil Rashid to Riaz, 1 run, on the pads, whipped away rather unconvincingly towards the fielder at deep square leg
Wahab Riaz, right handed bat, comes to the crease
35.2 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, out Caught by Willey!! Crowd go silent and that should tell you the story of the day. Sarfraz emulates his previous shot - a shimmy down the track and a lofted drive. Couldn't have picked the fielder any better, straight in front of the reverse-cupping David Willey at mid-on. That should be the game for England. Sarfraz c Willey b Adil Rashid 24(26) [4s-2]
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
35.1 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, FOUR, quicker and on the stumps, Sarfraz dances down the track and loft-drives it over mid-on, couple of bounces and into the fence
34.6 -
Moeen Ali to Sarfraz, 1 run, brings out the sweep to this full delivery and keeps the strike, placed it behind square on the on-side
34.5 -
Moeen Ali to Sarfraz, no run, loopy delivery on the stumps, Sarfraz wrists it to mid-on
34.4 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, 1 run, on middle and leg line, flicked away off the pads towards backward square leg
34.3 -
Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run, quicker and on the stumps, Ali's flick finds mid-wicket
34.2 -
Moeen Ali to Sarfraz, 1 run, flatter and on middle, worked away to long-on
34.1 -
Moeen Ali to Sarfraz, 2 runs, fired down leg, Sarfraz sweeps it fine and gets across for a couple of runs
Moeen Ali [6.0-0-39-0] is back into the attack
33.6 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, no run, sweeps this straight to the fieldsman at backward square leg
33.5 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, 2 runs, "catch" cries Jos Buttler as Ali lifted this in the air. Tossed up just outside off, Ali skips out and mistimes the loft towards the vacant long-off, would have been a dolly to long-off
33.4 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, full and on the stumps, Anwar Ali sinks low and times the pants off this sweep shot, found the gap behind backward point and got the desired outcome
33.3 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, 1 run, floated up on middle, clipped away to backward square leg
33.2 -
Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, 1 run, punched down to long-on
33.1 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, 1 run, dropped, is it? Yeah it was a drop and a tough one though. Sarfraz skips out and pulls this quicker delivery to the left of the English skipper at mid-on, who leaps to his left (with his left hand outstreched), only manages a fingertip on it, parries it towards long-on and the batsmen scamper across for a single
32.6 -
Topley to Anwar Ali, no run, there is width again but Ali is not as good as his partner to make use of it, tamely taps it to the man at point
32.5 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, hint of width on offer on this short of a good length delivery, Sarfraz crouches low and push-drives this through cover
32.4 -
Topley to Anwar Ali, 1 run, hits the good length and keeps it on middle, Ali jumps inside the crease and nudges this towards mid-wicket
32.3 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, keeps it in the outside off channel on a fuller length, Sarfraz offers the strike to Anwar Ali as he drives this one to sweeper cover
Anwar Ali, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Drinks are on the field now
32.2 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, out Caught by Hales!! "Absolute stunner" shouts Bumble on air and the gangly Reece Topley is delighted. Pumps his fist in joy and celebrates with his team-mates. It was a tremendous take from Alex Hales. That drop catch earlier must have fired him up. Topley offers a lollypop (full toss) and Malik slogs sans any timing. Neither got the power nor the elevation behind the shot. Hales from mid-wicket sprints across, puts in the dive and grabs a stunner (just inches above the turf). England got the key man and now the target shifts to Sarfraz - the last recognized batsman left in the middle. Shoaib Malik c Hales b Topley 52(34) [4s-3 6s-2]
Topley to Shoaib Malik, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
32.1 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, comes round the wicket and fires it full and wide, driven through cover
31.6 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, no run, advances and smothers the spin with his pad, got a good stride forward while doing so, smart cricket from Shoaib Malik
31.5 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, provides width again and this time it's a much more assured shot from the senior partner, towards deep backward point
31.4 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, 1 run, flighted around the fourth stump line, Sarfraz hangs back and cuts to sweeper cover
31.3 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, brings up his 35th ODI fifty with a drive down to long-on
31.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, dropped a bit short and on the stumps, Malik goes on the back foot and softly turns it with his wrists to mid-wicket, another overthrow and Malik is now one away from his fifty
31.1 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, out comes the aggressor again! Quicker and on the stumps, Malik goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it to the cow corner fence
30.6 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, length delivery angling in on middle, tucked away square on the leg-side, Malik retains the strike with that run
30.5 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, no run, fullish and outside off, Malik's drive is intercepted at cover
30.4 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, worked away off the pads to backward square leg for an easy single
30.3 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, stays back and runs this back of a length delivery down to third man
30.2 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, on the pads, clipped behind square on the leg-side
30.1 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, ohh! An overthrow from the English skipper and he concedes a free single. Short of a length and outside off, Sarfraz cuts to backward point and Morgan fires an unnecessary direct hit at the striker's end
29.6 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, 1 run, tossed up just outside off, Sarfraz drives to sweeper cover and keeps strike
29.5 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, wide of off, Sarfraz drags the drive towards cover
29.4 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, FOUR, finds the gap this time, skips out and wrists this in the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket, all about placement that shot
29.3 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, shortish and on leg, Sarfraz punches and picks mid-on
29.2 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, floated up on the stumps, Sarfraz comes down the track and drives with a closed bat-face towards mid-on
29.1 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, full and on middle, driven back to the bowler
28.6 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Malik makes room and aims to cut, ekes out an inside edge to the fine leg fence for another boundary
28.5 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, Malik cuts this delivery that is bowled short and wide to third man. Rashid runs across in the deep and keeps it down to two
28.4 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, if Moeen Ali had effected a direct-hit, Sarfraz was a goner there. He heaved a length ball to mid-on and set off for a quick single. Moeen swooped down on the ball quickly and fired in the throw at the non-striker's end, but missed with the direct-hit. Sarfraz put in a desperate dive, but if it was a direct-hit, Sarfraz was out for all money
28.3 -
Topley to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Malik camps on the back foot and steers this length ball to third man
28.2 -
Topley to Sarfraz, 1 run, from round the wicket, Topley keeps it in that one square foot window outside off, Sarfraz guides it square of the wicket on the off-side
28.1 -
Topley to Sarfraz, no run, Holy moly! Sarfraz's willow has broken. He looked to cut a length delivery with a bit of width on offer, but as he looked to smash it too hard, his bat handle came off the willow. The substitute fielder comes up with a new bat
Reece Topley [4.0-0-39-0] is back into the attack
27.6 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, shorter in length from Adil Rashid, Malik aims to smear the cut, but gets an outside edge that runs away to third man. The fielder in the deep gets to the ball quickly and keeps it down to two
27.5 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, 1 run, flighted ball and outside off, Sarfraz steers it to backward point, who fumbles and the batsman adds one more run to his tally
27.4 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, tossed up delivery and outside off, driven to the cover-region
27.3 -
Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, no run, Sarfraz pushes this quicker delivery to mid-on
Sarfraz Ahmed, right handed bat, comes to the crease
27.2 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, out Caught by Buttler!! Rashid strikes just in the nick of time for the visitors. With furious rotations of the ball, Rashid gets this one to drift in. The ball then spins away from Rizwan, who pushes at it and gets a faint outside edge to the keeper. Rizwan was desperately disappointed to lose his wicket. Rizwan c Buttler b Adil Rashid 11(8) [4s-1 6s-1]
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
27.1 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, SIX, it is raining sixes and boundaries in Dubai. The fleet-footed Rizwan dances down the track, takes it on the half-volley and lofts it over the long-on fence. It easily sails into the stands
26.6 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, length ball and on the stumps, Malik heaves it to the long-on fence for another boundary. It was a meaty blow from the veteran batsman
26.5 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, no run, Malik again uses the front foot pull, but can't breach the gap through mid-wicket
26.4 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, no run, Woakes bangs this one short, Malik aims to pull it off the front foot and mistimes. The ball dribbles into the on-side
26.3 -
Woakes to Rizwan, 1 run, very full and attacking the stumps, Rizwan drives it to sweeper cover
26.2 -
Woakes to Rizwan, no run, good length delivery and outside off, Rizwan punches it off the front foot to backward point
26.1 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, length ball and there and thereabouts outside off, Malik steers it to third man
25.6 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, no run, flighted delivery and outside off, Rizwan drives it to cover
25.5 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, no run, inviting loop from Adil Rashid, Rizwan ignores
25.5 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, wide, Adil Rashid drifts this one on the pads, Rizwan leaves it alone. It is adjudged as a wide
25.4 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, no run, quicker and on the stumps, Rizwan mistimes the cut back down the pitch
25.3 -
Adil Rashid to Rizwan, FOUR, on middle and leg, Rizwan brings out the sweep and connects it to perfection. It runs away to the backward square leg fence in a jiffy
25.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, the googly from Adil Rashid, Malik wrists it to deep mid-wicket
Mohammad Rizwan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
25.1 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, out Caught by Hales!! Timely wicket for the tourists. Azam was going great guns, but he has thrown his wicket away. It was a tossed up delivery that was bowled outside off, Azam mistimed the loft towards sweeper cover. Three fielders converge to pouch the catch. It is Hales, who keeps his eyes on the ball, slides on his knees and snaffles the catch with both his hands. Remember, Hales had dropped a dolly earlier on in the innings. Babar Azam c Hales b Adil Rashid 51(51) [4s-5 6s-1]
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
24.6 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, shorter in length and outside off, Azam dabs it to sweeper cover
24.5 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Woakes tests the middle of the pitch, Malik cracks a pull off the front foot to deep square
24.4 -
Woakes to Shoaib Malik, no run, stump-to-stump line, Malik defends
24.3 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam has completed a well-measured fifty. He raises his bat and acknowledges the cheers from the crowd and his teammates. It was a fuller length delivery that was bowled just outside off, Azam drove it to cover
24.2 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, no run, pitched up ball that nips away off the seam, Azam tries to essay an airy drive and is beaten on the outside edge
24.1 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 2 runs, splayed down leg, Azam tucks it to backward square for a brace. Excellent running between the wickets from the duo
Chris Woakes [4.0-0-31-0] is back into the attack
23.6 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik uses his feet, comes close to the pitch of the ball and lofts it down the ground for the maximum. It hit the sweet spot of the willow and the shot was measured as 101 metres
23.5 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 1 run, full and on the stumps, pushed to long-on for an easy single
23.4 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle, driven down to long-on
23.3 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, no run, on middle and leg, Malik sweeps it behind square on the on-side
23.2 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 1 run, tossed up delivery and outside off, Azam mistimes the drive to long-off
23.1 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, the leg-break from Adil Rashid, Azam keeps it out off the front foot
22.6 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, flatter and on the stumps, Malik works it towards deep square leg. He takes on the fielder in the deep and excellent running between the wickets help the duo to add two more runs to the total
22.5 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, legbyes, Azam stays on the back foot and aims to turn it away behind square on the on-side, but misses. In the end, Azam hares down to the other end and it is adjudged as a leg-bye
22.4 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, quicker and just outside off, Azam aims to guide it around the corner and misses
22.3 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, the full toss from Moeen Ali, punched down to long-on for a single. Malik missed out there
22.2 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, on the pads from Moeen Ali, Malik tickles it fine and collects two more runs to his tally
22.1 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik ventures out of the crease, gets close to the pitch of the ball and heaves it over the long-on fence for the maximum
21.6 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, quicker and on the stumps, Azam blunts it out
21.5 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, Azam flicks this one from the stumps to square leg
21.4 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, flatter delivery from Adil Rashid, driven to cover
21.3 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, tossed up delivery and outside off, Malik drives this one to sweeper cover for a brace
21.3 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, wide, splayed down leg, Malik fails to connect with the flick. It turns out to be a wide
21.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, no run, a bit of turn on that delivery from Adil Rashid, Malik looks to turn it around the corner and fails to connect. There is a stifled appeal for Lbw, but it was going down leg
21.1 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, no run, flighted ball on the leg-stump line, Malik fails to tickle it away and wears it high on the pad
20.6 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 2 runs, Azam stays on the back foot and late cuts this to third man for a brace
20.5 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, flatter trajectory from Moeen Ali, defended
20.4 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, stump-to-stump line, Malik works it to deep mid-wicket
20.3 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam camps on the back foot and turns it away to backward square
20.2 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, quicker through the air from Moeen Ali, Azam is compact in his defence
20.1 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, full toss from Moeen Ali, Azam opens the face and nicely steers it to deep backward point for a boundary
19.6 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam drives this delivery that is pushed through the air to long-on
19.5 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, SIX, Azam goes inside-out to this delivery that is bowled slower through the air and lofts it over long-off fence for a sparkling six. Now, that was a powerful blow from Azam
19.4 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, tossed up delivery and outside off, Malik drives it to extra cover
19.3 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam presses forward and drives it to sweeper cover
19.2 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, Adil Rashid pushes this one through, wristed to mid-wicket
19.1 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, quicker delivery and on the stumps, defended
Shoaib Malik, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.6 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, out Hafeez Run Out!! Well, another terrible mix-up results in a run-out for Pakistan. Hafeez pushes it to Willey at cover-point and sets off for a single. He is sent back by his partner at the other end. Willey swoops down on the ball and throws it to Buttler, who collects it in front of the stumps and whips the bails off in a flash. Hafeez is caught short of the crease. He now has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. Hafeez run out (Willey/Buttler) 37(36) [4s-5 6s-1]
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
18.5 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, Moeen Ali again extracts turn and this one is bowled down the leg-side, Hafeez looks to tuck it around the corner and misses
18.4 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, Moeen Ali pitches it on a length and extracts sharp turn, it hits Hafeez on his thigh pad. There was no inside edge there, but it was going down the leg-side
18.3 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam heaves this flatter delivery to deep mid-wicket
18.2 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, Moeen Ali drags this one down, Azam smears the cut to cover-point
18.1 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, pushed through from Moeen Ali, Azam offers the bat-maker's label to it
17.6 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 1 run, stump-to-stump line, Azam taps it to sweeper cover
17.5 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, very full and outside off, Azam drives it back towards the bowler
17.4 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, no run, that was a crackerjack delivery as it drifted in and then spun away. Azam had a flirty poke at it and was beaten on the outside edge
17.3 -
Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, 2 runs, the leg-break that is bowled outside off, Azam drills it to deep extra cover. The fielder runs across and hunts it down to keep it down to a couple of runs
17.2 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, 1 run, pushed through the air by Adil Rashid, driven firmly to sweeper cover
17.1 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, no run, flighted ball and outside off, Hafeez drives it to cover
Adil Rashid, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
16.6 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, quicker and splayed down leg, Azam tickles it fine and it scurries to the boundary boards. No need to run for those
16.5 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, 1 run, Hafeez takes this delivery that is pushed through and bowled on middle and leg, and sweeps it to backward square
16.4 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, on the stumps from Moeen Ali, Hafeez tucks it to mid-wicket
16.3 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, tossed up delivery and very full, Hafeez drives it back towards the bowler
16.2 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, quicker delivery and on the stumps, Hafeez wrists it to mid-wicket
16.1 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, flatter in trajectory and drifting on the pads, Azam pulls it to fine leg. The fielder in the deep hounds it down and keeps it down to a single
Drinks time!
15.6 -
Topley to Hafeez, FOUR, short. Pulled. Four. Same old story. Topley tries to emulate Woakes, the ball sits up for Hafeez to get comfortable, essays the airy pull to deep mid-wicket
15.5 -
Topley to Babar Azam, 1 run, short again. Topley is on a loop or what? Azam gets the room to free his hands and flays it with little timing over the in-field, sweeper covers cuts it off
15.4 -
Topley to Hafeez, 1 run, short with width, Hafeez takes it on gently and plays the cut to square third man
15.3 -
Topley to Hafeez, no run, full in length, Hafeez manages to dig it out
15.2 -
Topley to Babar Azam, 1 run, smack! Take that. Too much power on this flat-batted swat straight back at the bowler. the ball finds its way to long-on
15.1 -
Topley to Babar Azam, no run, fullish, Azam drives it back to the bowler
14.6 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, FOUR, Hales has dropped a dolly! To make it worse, parries it to the fence. Flat delivery, Hafeez shimmies and attempts a mighty heave, an alright connection but Hales was waiting there at deep mid-wicket. Tries to take it reverse-cupped but it burst through his hands. Blinded by the fore ring?
14.5 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, no run, dragged down deliberately, Hafeez shimmies down to blunt the possible turn on this one
14.4 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, wristy flick to deep mid-wicket and Azam earns a single
14.3 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, sharp spin from outside off, Azam is stunned and takes it on the pads, going down leg
14.2 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, Azam intended to use his feet, Moeen Ali drags it down and Azam ends up chipping it in the air towards FSL
14.1 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle, Hafeez prods forward with a push to long-on
13.6 -
Topley to Babar Azam, no run, this is too simple to take. Azam defends it back to the bowler. Boring, meh.
13.5 -
Topley to Babar Azam, FOUR, who's Federer? Short and slower outside off, Azam plays the double-handed forehand to smack the ball to the long-off fence. All power there. Tennis lessons must have helped
13.5 -
Topley to Babar Azam, wide, down the leg side this time. Topley's under pressure. Umpire has his arms stretched wide in disapproval
13.4 -
Topley to Hafeez, 1 run, guided away needly to third man for a single
13.4 -
Topley to Hafeez, wide, tries to bowl it wide of off and Hafeez needed a golf club to play that
13.3 -
Topley to Hafeez, SIX, oh my! Dubai is witnessing a classic. Slower ball from Topley, Hafeez had his big glasses on to read that, swings his arms and launches it into the deep mid-wicket orbit
13.2 -
Topley to Hafeez, no run, worked into the off-side this one but no holes in the field for Hafeez here
13.1 -
Topley to Babar Azam, 1 run, hard hands. Full in length, Azam tries to smack the hell out of this one, can only mistime it back to the bowler. Slight hesitation from Hafeez to respond to the call but all was well in the end
Reece Topley [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, drifting in on the pads, Azam shuffles and clips it to backward square leg
12.5 -
Moeen Ali to Hafeez, 1 run, flat and full, Hafeez turned it round the corner and charged off. A throw from mid-wicket post running to his right is not good enough
12.4 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, 1 run, pushed through, Azam plays the forceful push to long-on for a jog-to-the-other-end single
12.3 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, tossed up, Azam defends it back to the bowler
12.2 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, no run, slightly short, pulled straight to square leg
12.1 -
Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, welcome Moeen boundary this. Very slow through the air, Azam reaches forward and lets his outstretched hands do the driving to deep extra cover
Moeen Ali, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
11.6 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, early call effects an rare comfortable Pakistani single. On the pads, Azam nudges it off and calls straightaway, Hafeez responds in the affirmative
11.5 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, no run, wide-ish but not quite, Azam forces the slash square of the wicket but finds backward point
11.4 -
Woakes to Hafeez, 1 run, glided away to third man with an open bat face, runs a single to get to the other end
11.3 -
Woakes to Hafeez, no run, a push into the off-side in defence on this occasion
11.2 -
Woakes to Hafeez, FOUR, that's neater than a last bencher's mathematics paper. Length delivery, Hafeez gets under it and plays the smoothy loft, the ball times itself straight down the ground for a one-bounce four
11.1 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, back of a length delivery that refuses to rise up, Azam had to close the bat face to keep it down and turns it to mid-on
10.6 -
Willey to Hafeez, 2 runs, oh my, Willey is playing the Dubai Santa here. Another short delivery down the leg side, another swivelled pull but fine leg was finer this time and cuts it off
10.5 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, gets behind the line of this ball and defends it gently into the off-side
10.4 -
Willey to Hafeez, FOUR, ah, put-me-away-please ball. Short at gentle pace down the leg, Hafeez swivels and plays the roll-the-wrists pull to fine leg
10.3 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, is the Pakistani dressing room watching? You can duck under a short ball too. Hafeez just showed it to them
10.2 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, short, wide, sat up crying to be cut away but Hafeez can only chop it square
10.1 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, good-looking push to mid-on, cannot buy a run off this full delivery on off
9.6 -
Woakes to Hafeez, 1 run, brilliant from Topley at mid-on. Leaps in the air to his right and just cuts it off. Very good indeed. This was whipped by Hafeez from outside off, not much timing on that but it shouldn't take anything away from that airy dive
9.5 -
Woakes to Hafeez, no run, back of a length and attempted to angle in, Hafeez gets on his toes and plays the opened-up defence to cover
9.4 -
Woakes to Hafeez, no run, smidgen on a length, Hafeez gets right behind it and defends it to the left of the bowler
9.3 -
Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam playing within himself at the moment. Opens the bat face to guide the ball square, crosses over in a hurry
9.2 -
Woakes to Hafeez, 1 run, not too great a pace on this length delivery outside off, Hafeez dabs it with open face and whistles off. Throw was fired in by backward point but Babar Azam was well in
9.1 -
Woakes to Hafeez, no run, just an assured defence to mid-on on this occasion. A pinch of sanity amidst all the mayhem
8.6 -
Willey to Babar Azam, FOUR, you have to palm the catches on a day the Dubai pitch is offering you to them. Not having a second slip doesn't help. It was banged in on short of length, Azam plays the chained-feet punch, the ball takes the thick outside edge and flies wide of the first slip to third man. It's all happening at the moment
8.5 -
Willey to Babar Azam, no run, nearly in the blockhole, Willey still getting some purchase in the air, Azam flicks it straight to mid-wicket
Babar Azam, right handed bat, comes to the crease
8.4 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, out Caught&Bowled!! And he's gone? Can you believe it? Such a soft, soft dismissal. Willey rolled his fingers across the ball, Ali was looking to defend it with a closed bat face, ends up chipping it back to the bowler, who takes a good low catch. Somewhat off the leading edge and Willey lets out a roar into the batsman's face. Azhar Ali c and b Willey 44(32) [4s-6 6s-2]
Willey to Azhar Ali, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!
8.3 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, FOUR, half-deliberate and Ali will not mind the runs he got off them. Short of a length outside off, Ali threw his hands at it as he tried to smear an uppish cut, the ball takes the top-edge and speeds away over the vacant cordon on its way to the third man fence
8.2 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, no run, arrow straight push from Ali that brushes Willey's hand on his crouched followthrough but refuses to take the stumps at the other end
8.1 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, no run, ball's holding up definitely. Fullish but not wide, Ali looks to defend it with a closed bat face. Ends up jabbing it to mid-on
7.6 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, 1 run, worked off the pads to short fine leg and Ali hustles to the other end to farm the strike
7.5 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, length delivery in the channel outside off, Ali rises on his toes and whips the ball into the on-side
7.4 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, rigth line, slower delivery on the middle and off, Ali waits on it and turns it towards the man at mid-wicket
7.3 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, FOUR, Woakes is losing it already. Trashy delivery down the leg, not an ideal follow-up to a deflating pull shot, Ali half-turns and glances it very fine, off the ball goes
7.2 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, SIX, the ball might just have bled there. Woakes continues testing the batsmen with bouncers, tempts them again into underestimating the pace but Ali was upto it. Rocks back and times the pants out of it with a slash-the-air pull shot
7.1 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, short of length delivery makes Ali hop on his toes and tucks the ball into the on-side
6.6 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, wide half-volley perhaps trying to do the impossible - eke out an edge to the cordon. Hafeez nicely straetches forward and finds the man at cover-point as he essayed out a drive
6.5 -
Willey to Hafeez, no run, hurled full again, aiming the middle pole this time, Hafeez drags the push straight to mid-wicket
6.4 -
Willey to Hafeez, FOUR, I-will-attack-your-pads delivery but the inswing takes it down the leg side, Hafeez times the one-legged clip towards the backward square leg fence
Mohammad Hafeez, right handed bat, comes to the crease
6.3 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! And Shehzad falls into the same fish-net that he was trying to make holes in. Short ball, held up in the pitch perhaps, Shehzad was early into his pull and mistimed it straight down the throat of the man at deep square leg. England get a foot in the door. Ahmed Shehzad c Moeen Ali b Willey 13(17) [4s-1]
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Morgan has a word with Willey
6.2 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, length nut hurled in around the sixth stump line, Shehzad backs away to manufacture room but chops the cut to cover-point
6.1 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runs, another intentful pull, as if making up for the disasters of the last match. Banged in, Shehzad was camping on the back foot and pulls it to deep mid-wicket
5.6 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, low full toss dished up, Ali tries to play the wristy whip, the bat turns in his hand instead and he drags it off the inner half towards mid-wicket
5.5 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, on a length, Ali gets behind sanely and blunts anything that was on it
5.4 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, FOUR, short again but hurled wide, Ali thankfully doesn't try to fetch the pull, opts for the cut and nails it to the sweeper cover fence
5.3 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, SIX, geez, not this time. Woakes' pace has got what it deserved. Another short ball, Ali was waiting, smacks the pull, no roll of the wrists and the deep mid-wicket fence suffers
5.2 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, run out appeal but Ali was well in. Third umpire confirms the same. And no suicide against the short ball please. Woakes tries the old trick of bowling it short, Ali again fell to the bait and pulled, the top-edge falls in the vacant FSL. Buttler ran in to effect a run out as Ali tried to steal a run there
5.1 -
Woakes to Azhar Ali, no run, fullish in length, Ali plays the forceful laden-footed punch to mid-on
Chris Woakes, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Rags-to-riches Woakes on to bowl now
4.6 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, 1 run, the bowler bends his back on this Dubai graveyard, the ball expectedly sits up giving Ali enough time to roll his wrists and pull the ball to deep mid-wicket
4.5 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, back of a length slanted wide, Shehzad waits on it and forces it off the back foot to third man
4.4 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, 1 run, back of a length on the pads, Ali tucks it off his hips to deep square leg
4.3 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 3 runs, Shehzad is throwing his bat at everything. Width given, Shehzad throws his arms to smear the cut, Taylor runs from the in-field to make a diving stop just inside the fence at deep extra cover
4.2 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, nearly. That was hit very hard. Shortish outside off, Shehzad throws the kitchen sink on the cut, the ball rockets to Taylor at short cover who can't hold on - such was the speed. He got both hands but the ball burst through
4.1 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, slower delivery, held in the pitch, Shehzad was looking to play the back foot punch but ends up chipping it uppishly towards mid-on
3.6 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, intent marries timing this time. On a length, outside off, good enough to stretch one's hand and heave it across the line, ball travels to the wide long-on fence
3.5 -
Topley to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, short but not much room, Shehzad plays the short arm pull to deep mid-wicket
3.4 -
Topley to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, smidgen full on the pads, Shehzad decides against the whippy shot and pushes it back to the bowler
3.4 -
Topley to Ahmed Shehzad, wide, too much swing. Blame the Ring of Fire, perhaps? Down the leg side, Shehzad misses on the glance, adjudged a wide
3.3 -
Topley to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, pitched up outside off, Shehzad hoists his bat
3.2 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, 1 run, hard hands. Too much intent not paying. Fullish outside off, Ali tries to smack the hell out of it as he tries to hit across the line, drags it off the inner half to mid-on
3.1 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, no run, looked off-pace. On a length and angled away, Ali shuffles to defend this one back to the bowler
2.6 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, delivered on a length on the middle and leg, Shehzad gets behind the line and forces it off the back foot straight to mid-on
2.5 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, leg byes, 1 run, down the leg, Ali misses the tickle and the ball dribbles into the on-side off the pads
2.4 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, no run, some love between the ball and the extra cover fielder. On a length in the channel, Ali drives it with hard hands but finds the man to perfection
2.3 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, on the up, there's good pace in this pitch, Shehzad drives this length ball with an open bat face towards square third man
2.2 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, 1 run, smaered wide on back of a length, Ali arches away to play the half-cut half-punch uppishly, third man tidies it up nicely
2.1 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, on a length and pitched within the stumps, Shehzad works it wristily off his pads for a single to deep square leg
1.6 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, this is more like it from Ali. Floated full outside off, Ali leans and lets his hands get to the ball, silks the drive through extra cover
1.5 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, no run, mighty swing of the bat but to no avail. Does he have an option? No. The ball whizzes past the bat and the keeper has his hands on his head
1.4 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, 2 runs, on-the-pads fest at the moment, inswing largely contributing to it, Ali helps it off his pads for a brace to deep square leg
1.3 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, that's lovely. Full length delivery that swings in on middle, Ali was well-balanced as he played the late-ish clip off his pads, all wrists and the ball races away to deep square leg
1.3 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, wide, hurls this one down the leg-side, unable to control the swing on that occasion, wide called
1.2 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, no run, rapped on the pads but a bit high. This swung back in this time, Ali was late in the flick and is struck high, no appeal
1.1 -
Topley to Azhar Ali, no run, back of a length moving away a touch, Ali flirts with an angled bat outside off, beaten all ends up
Reece Topley, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR, ah, ever so close! This was twirled in, very full giving it a chance to swing, Shehzad managed to get some bat on this as he tried to turn it fine
0.5 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, leg-stump line, not much movement on this occasion, Shehzad neatly gets behind the line and bunts the ball to short mid-wicket
0.4 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, beaten. This one just goes on with the angle, refuses to swing and Shehzad has a little poke at this one
0.3 -
Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, half-an-appeal as this ball curled in, Shehzad was late on the tickle and managed to get it off the inner half to short fine leg
0.2 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, 1 run, Willey sees swing, pitches this one up on the pads, Ali plays the whip to deep square leg to get off the mark
0.1 -
Willey to Azhar Ali, no run, back of a length straightaway, hint of inswing, Ali clips it off his pads towards mid-wicket
Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad are at the crease. Azhar Ali is on strike. Willey will open the attack