Up and over, clean to the stands! Brook rocks back on the short ball, unleashes his uppercut and finishes a clinical victory in style!
England vs Pakistan, 4th T20I at London, ENG v PAK, May 30 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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4th T20I (N), The Oval, May 30, 2024, Pakistan tour of England
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10.07pm So, with that, Jos Buttler takes his champagne for a walk, and savours an impressive display from his team. It'll be very different conditions in the Caribbean next week, but England will travel with confidence after two good warm-up wins. As for Pakistan, they'll be what they'll be. Never write them off, even after a pretty dire day such as this one. From Miller, Alan, Venkat and the team, thanks and goodnight!
9.58pm Time for the presentations. The Player of the Match is Adil Rashid. "It was assessing the conditions, and adjusting, being clever, varying the pace, finding the right pace to take off. It's crucial as a spin department to assess conditions, the breeze etc. The prep is what I rely on, take some time off to work in the nets, haven't played for a couple of months so falling into place. The aim is to go out there hopefully get another trophy. Have to have the right mindset and it'll take care of itself."
Babar Azam: "After six overs we were doing very well, but then I got out, the middle-order needs to step up. England's bowling is very good, so have to take any chance. Need to sort out those things for the World Cup. A few injuries but a lot of positives, our play is good in patches, but to win you need 100%."
The Player of the Series is England's captain Jos Buttler. "The performances... we've worked hard in training, good feeling around the squad, Edgbaston the bowling group was fantastic, and today they pegged it back to an under-par score. That quest to keep improving and get better, that's given me extra energy and motivation. Would have been great to have two more games but got some great experience and a lot of guys have been in the IPL, so not short of cricket. Selection is difficult but a nice place to be. Wood and Archer operating together today was really exciting."
9.46pm So, that's the end of that. A hefty 27 balls left in reserve, after a ballistic opening gambit from Phil Salt and Jos Buttler. It was a more measured second half of the chase, but by then there was no need to rush. The time in the middle will have been valuable enough, as the defending champions prepare to fly out to Barbados tomorrow morning.
As for Pakistan, not a lot to write home about, although Babar and Rizwan's return to the top was a qualified success. Haris Rauf bowled some rockets and deserved better support. Not least, dare one say it, behind the stumps...
hadi: "Haris aside, what a sorry bowling performance and as usual middle over woes in batting. Won't be surprised if the minnows beat us in the group stages."
RajeshBanda: "If Eng wins (which is obvious), then the man of the match should go to Azam Khan." Would be left-field, but it was certainly a memorable display...
15.2
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Haris Rauf to Brook, no run
good pace, Brook wafts through the line, beaten outside off
15.1
4
Haris Rauf to Brook, FOUR runs
width first-up, flapped down to deep third, Amir tumbles to intercept but recognises his feet are on the rope. England are one blow away
Rauf returns. Can he finish off with another deserved wicket?
end of over 1513 runs
ENG: 148/3CRR: 9.86 • RRR: 2.00 • Need 10 runs from 30b
Jonny Bairstow28 (16b 1x4 3x6)
Harry Brook7 (11b)
Naseem Shah 4-0-51-0
Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-0-20-0
14.6
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Naseem Shah to Bairstow, no run
short, Bairstow rocks into an upper-cut but can't connect. Naseem gets out of his over well
14.5
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Naseem Shah to Bairstow, no run
pace off once more, back of a length, through to the keeper
14.4
2
Naseem Shah to Bairstow, 2 runs
lumped hard and straight, Rauf strides down the wing, sticks out a big boot, keeps the ball in play with a nifty side-foot, then keeps it in play again with a left-footed nudge! Tekkers!
14.3
4
Naseem Shah to Bairstow, FOUR runs
short, deceived by the pace off, but Bairstow adjusts in mid-stroke, opens the face, and dinks another boundary past the statue-esque Azam
14.2
6
Naseem Shah to Bairstow, SIX runs
enough circumspection! Bairstow sits deep in his crease, swivels across the fractionally shorter length, and nails it violently over midwicket!
14.1
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Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 run
on the back foot, punched into the covers
end of over 144 runs
ENG: 135/3CRR: 9.64 • RRR: 3.83 • Need 23 runs from 36b
Harry Brook6 (10b)
Jonny Bairstow16 (11b 2x6)
Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-0-20-0
Naseem Shah 3-0-38-0
13.6
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, 1 run
opens the face on the back foot, tapped on the head for another single to short third
13.5
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Bairstow, 1 run
Shaheen keeping it tight on the pads, another nudge behind square for the single
13.4
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, 1 run
good length from over the wicket, nudged off the pads again. All a bit sedate at the moment, which suits Pakistan reasonably well. A wicket would be interesting
13.3
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, no run
bouncer, Brook advanced and couldn't connect on his intentions
13.2
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, no run
steps back for a slap into the covers, more forceful from Brook. But straight at the fielder
13.1
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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Bairstow, 1 run
over the wicket, leg-stump line, fenced off the hip for a single
Harry Brook vs PAK in T20Is
INNS
9
RUNS
264
SR
150.00
AVE
52.80
end of over 135 runs
ENG: 131/3CRR: 10.07 • RRR: 3.85 • Need 27 runs from 42b
Harry Brook4 (6b)
Jonny Bairstow14 (9b 2x6)
Naseem Shah 3-0-38-0
Shadab Khan 3-0-20-0
England have already scored more in boundaries than Pakistan managed in their full innings
12.6
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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run
solid line and length, angled into the pad, Brook defends. Pakistan are keeping things relatively tight now, though it's all likely to be immaterial
12.5
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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run
curious from Brook, shapes to the off-side then changes his mind and is beaten by the length ball. Naseem saw him going
12.4
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Naseem Shah to Bairstow, 1 run
on the legs, dinked behind square for a single to deep backward square
12.3
1
Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 run
good aggressive length, angled into the pads, squared up for a single to deep third
Raza: "The only chance shadab has to get a wicket if the crowd catches qualify as a wicket... he's got 6 wickets in the last 11 games"
12.2
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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run
beats the outside edge with a good-length lifter, a bit of a half-cocked shot from Brook, looking to run the ball down to deep third
12.1
2
Naseem Shah to Brook, 2 runs
full length, angled into the stumps, Brook opens the face and taps into the gap at deep third
12.1
1w
Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 wide
fired down the leg side, lifting past the hip
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