England vs Pakistan highlights: 1st T20 abandoned due to wet outfield
Tom Banton's explosive 71 off 42 balls proved to be in vain for England as the first Twenty20 international against Pakistan was abandoned as a no result because of rain in Manchester
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The Old Trafford ground, Manchester. Photo: @ICC
The first T20 International of three-match series has been abandoned after rain came during England's innings at The Old Trafford ground, Manchester on Saturday. Earlier, England batsman Tom Banton went hammer and tongs after Pakistan asked the hosts to bat on cloudy evening. Getting an opportunity to open the innings, the Banton has smashed a 42-ball 71, including fix gigantic sixes. After he went back to pavallion, Pakistan stormed back in the game taking 4 wickets for 14 runs.
Check 2nd T20 Pak vs Eng LIVE TOSS, MATCH AND WEATHER UPDATES HERE
Check 2nd T20 Pak vs Eng LIVE TOSS, MATCH AND WEATHER UPDATES HERE
Thus, the Eoin Morgan side couldn't really capitalise on the start provided by Banton. Shadab proved to be a touch expensive initially, but it was the leggie who got the aggressive opener's wicket and Pakistan turned screw on the hosts before rain stopped play. Rain stopped in hour of so and left the outfield too soggy, thus, the match officials called off the match. The second T20 of the series will be played on Sunday (Aug 30).
Playing 11 of both the teams:Pakistan playing 11: Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
England playing 11: Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow(w), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan(c), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.
PAK vs ENG 1st T20 scorecard
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Key stats:
- Out of 15 T20 Internationals played so far, England has won 11 matches while Pakistan manages to win only 4.
- Mohammad Hafeez needs 8 runs to become 2nd Pakistani batsman after Shoaib Malik (2309 at 31.63 in 112 matches) to complete 2000 runs.
- England has lost the last two T20 Internationals at the Old Trafford, bu 9 wickets to Pakistan in 2016 while by 8 wickets by India in 2018. England's last win at the Old Trafford came way back in 2015, by 56 runs against New Zealand.
1:46 AM
Match abandoned
1:15 AM
Eng vs Pak live updates: Rain stopped
According to media reports, the rain has been stopped and it would take 30 minutes to make the ground playable. There is still chance of more than 5 Overs of play. *condition apply: No more rains
1:05 AM
WATCH: Tom Banton's quickfire innings
12:58 AM
Manchester weather live updates
The rain is getting heavy now and the cut off time for five-over game is 1:49 am IST (9:19 pm UK time). And if a five-over game will be played, Pakistan would need 56 runs to win, according to DLS method.
12:44 AM
Manchester weather live updates
It is still drizzling at The Old Trafford ground.
12:44 AM
Eng vs Pak live updates: We have started losing overs now
England will not come out to bat if play resumes at some point of today. It would be interesting, what would be the revised target after using DLS method. At one point of time during England innings, Banton was going hammer and tongs first with Malan and then Morgan. Then Pakistan came back strongly to scalp four wickets for 14 runs... Very interesting.
12:28 AM
Eng vs Pak live updates: Raining steadily now
At this point of time, England innings has been over and if rain persists we may se overs being reduced by DLS method after the resumption of play.
12:19 AM
Manchester weather live updates: Still raining at Old Trafford
The rain is still pouring in and if it continues to do so another 10 mins, we are starting to loose overs then.
12:12 AM
Manchester weather live updates
According to media reports, the rain clouds would not interrupt the game for a long time as the clouds coming from area which looks clearer. But this might be England's end of innings. Lets see what DLS method has to say.
11:59 PM
Eng vs Pak live updates: Heading for long delay
The square and hover covers are oin place and if you want believe what David Llyod said on air, England battings are over as heavy rains are about to pour. We will be back in a minute.
Topics : England vs Pakistan England cricket team Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam Mohammad Aamir Mohammad Hafeez Imad Wasim Shadab Khan Moeen Ali David Willey Eoin Morgan Adil Rashid
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First Published: Aug 28 2020 | 8:01 PM IST