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Background
Who would have thought that this series consisting of 7 T20 matches will live up right to the end with the last match as the series decider?
But faith and T20 cricket work in mysterious ways.
England came with all guns blazing in the initial matches but Pakistan fought back with some great persistence to level the series in the later part.
And now, the 7th and last match on Sunday will be the tie breaker between both sides.
Without a doubt, this series has been a great opportunity for both teams to prepare for their next campaign; the T20 World Cup.
Squads have been rattled and different combinations have been tried.
England were without some of the big names including Ben Stoakes, Buttler and Bairstow.
This gave them ample time to test their bench strength and rightly so.
For Pakistan, their main bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was out due to an injury so Pakistan tried some new faces and some debutants as well to prepare for the World Cup.
The last match was a striking example of How England approach has been since 2016.
They chased a rather good total of 170 on Lahore pitch with great ease.
Phil Salt was phenomenal last night. Before this match, he only averaged 13 with the bat so this innings will be a great confidence booster for the English wicket keeper.
Last night was the second instance where a target of 170 has been chased with so many balls to spare.
England sucked the pressure of chase right from the beginning with some spectacular hitting in the power play.
Many would argue that Pakistan was without their star bowlers like Rauf and Naseem but it would be unfair to not give credit to England’s batting approach which came back roaring after 2 unsuccessful chases.
Pakistan would feel much content with their batting approach as there was an obvious intent to score big right from the start.
Babar Azam came back with a fine knock and equalled the record of joint fastest to score 3000 runs in T20 along with Virat Kohli.
There are speculations that both teams will ground their Best 11 in the last match to win the series.
So Pakistan may bring back their key players Rizwan and Haris Rauf while England will look to play Mark Wood another game here along with Chris Woakes probably.
Match details
Venue: Gadaffi Stadium Lahore
Date: 2nd October, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm PST
Head to head past record:
Pakistan and England have played 26 T20 Internationals against each other.
England are ahead in the win count with 17 wins while Pakistan has won 8 matches. 1 game was tied out of these 22.
Probable Playing 11 –Pakistan:
Babar Azam, Muhmmad Haris/Muhammad Rizwan, Haider Ali, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Aamir Jamal, Muhammad Hasnain/Shahnawaz Dahani, Muhammad Waseem/Haris Rauf
Probable Playing 11 –England:
Phil Salt, Alex Hales, David Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Richard Gleeson/Chris Woakes, Reece Topley/Mark Wood
Star bowler of the match:
Haris Rauf
Star batsman of the match:
Ben Duckett
Who will win?
It is a tough task to predict the winner of this match and albeit the series because so far, both teams have been equal on all fronts.
Due to the dew in 2nd innings, the team winning toss will have an advantage.
Other than that, the Sunday’s match is going to be yet another thriller coming your way.
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