bowled him!! A slower ball out of the back of the hand, Misbah swings and missed and loses his leg stump. England win by five runs, an absolute thriller of a game!
England vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I at Abu Dhabi, Feb 27 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd T20I (N), Abu Dhabi, February 27, 2012, England tour of United Arab Emirates
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end of over 207 runs • 2 wickets
PAK: 124/6CRR: 6.20
Hammad Azam2 (2b)
Jade Dernbach 4-0-24-2
Stuart Broad 4-0-24-1
So here ends England's first full tour of the UAE. A tour that has produced some fascinating cricket and some real stories. Plenty to feel good about and to think about for both teams. Where from here? Well Pakistan are next in action in the Asia Cup, which begins on March 11. England also have little break, flying out to Sri Lanka in two week's time ahead of their two-Test series. That's when I'll be back to describe the action so be good between now and then. But make sure you stay with the team for full coverage of all the major matches here on ESPNcricinfo.com.
This is the lowest total that England have ever defended in T20s. An absolutely outstanding effort with the ball and their fielding, apart from the one miss from Bairstow (who later redeemed himself to run out Afridi) was fantastic. Those three last overs from Dernbach and Broad were a perfect example of how to bowl at the death. They backed their skills and executed them perfectly.
A low-scoring thriller to end the tour. Kevin Pietersen, who is man of the match and man of the series, battled away in difficult conditions to set up some kind of score and the bowlers and fielders did the rest.
A great comeback from England since the hammering in the Test series, they dominated the ODI series and have now won the T20 series 2-1 and can take a great deal out of this tour, especially in a year where they will defend their World T20 title in September.
19.6
W
Dernbach to Misbah, OUT
Misbah-ul-Haq b Dernbach 28 (32b 2x4 0x6 56m) SR: 87.5
So Six to win off the last ball...goodness me what a finish to the tour...
19.5
1
Dernbach to Hammad, 1 run
swung at, an edge to third man
19.4
1
Dernbach to Misbah, 1 run
pulled out in the leg side but just a single as midwicket comes quickly off the fence
19.4
1w
Dernbach to Misbah, 1 wide
short and wide of the off stump, wide called!!
19.3
1
Dernbach to Hammad, 1 run
flat, full, straight and dug out into the covers, great delivery
And now Hammad Azam...
19.2
1W
Dernbach to Afridi, 1 run, OUT
slapped down to long on, the through comes back to the keeper's end, gone!! Afridi is run out trying to come back for the second, a fantastic flat, quick return to Kieswetter who again did brilliantly get the ball back onto the stumps
Shahid Afridi run out (Bairstow/†Kieswetter) 3 (2b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 150
Oh boy is this tense! Good job it isn't the world cup just yet...
19.1
2
Dernbach to Afridi, 2 runs
full, slapped down the ground, a slide and save at long off
Can you Adam and Eve it...13 to win...
end of over 194 runs • 1 wicket
PAK: 117/4CRR: 6.15 • RRR: 13.00
Misbah-ul-Haq27 (30b 2x4)
Shahid Afridi0 (0b)
Stuart Broad 4-0-24-1
Jade Dernbach 3-0-17-1
What a fine over from Broad...without that misfield it was a fantastic effort...
18.6
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Broad to Misbah, no run
full and driven back to the bowler
18.5
•
Broad to Misbah, no run
heave outside off and missed this time
18.4
4
Broad to Misbah, FOUR runs
pulled down to long on and a miss by Bairstow! It runs for four!! What a time for a misfield! Just what Pakistan wanted
18.3
W
Broad to Umar Akmal, OUT
smashed straight up in the air and taken at long off. Another ball outside off, heave into the air and well taken by Swann out of the desert sky
Umar Akmal c Swann b Broad 22 (23b 1x4 0x6 25m) SR: 95.65
18.2
•
Broad to Umar Akmal, no run
slower ball outside off, flashed at again and missed
18.1
•
Broad to Umar Akmal, no run
outside off, a heave and miss and well saved from the keeper
Broad to bowl. I reckon Pakistan try and smash this over...
end of over 186 runs
PAK: 113/3CRR: 6.27 • RRR: 8.50
Umar Akmal22 (20b 1x4)
Misbah-ul-Haq23 (27b 1x4)
Jade Dernbach 3-0-17-1
Steven Finn 4-0-31-0
An excellent set from Dernbach, this game is still in the balance...
17.6
1
Dernbach to Umar Akmal, 1 run
full on the stumps and cut out to deep cover
17.5
1
Dernbach to Misbah, 1 run
pulled out down to deep backward square
17.4
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Dernbach to Misbah, no run
slower ball outside off, the Misbah heave into the leg side misses
17.3
1
Dernbach to Umar Akmal, 1 run
Akmal goes to paddle sweep and then adjusts to forward defend outside off and drop it into the off side
17.2
1
Dernbach to Misbah, 1 run
cut off the back foot out to deep cover
17.2
1w
Dernbach to Misbah, 1 wide
slower ball bouncer and called wide. It ballooned over the batsman's head
17.1
1
Dernbach to Umar Akmal, 1 run
slower outside off and cut to extra cover
England's finisher is back...Dernbach needs to find something special here to wrest this back for his side...
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