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Pakistan crush England in one-off Twenty20 game

Last updated on: September 08, 2016 07:39 IST

Joe Root

IMAGE: England's Joe Root looks dejected after Pakistan's Sharjeel Khan hit a six. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters.

Pakistan routed England by nine wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international in Manchester on Wednesday to end their tour on a high.

England, who won the one-day series 4-1, struggled to 135 for seven after making a good start before Pakistan adapted to the conditions much better and eased to their target with more than five overs to spare.

Sharjeel Khan

IMAGE:Sharjeel Khan of Pakistan celebrates reaching his half century during the NatWest T20 match against England at Old Trafford. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images.

Alex Hales and Jason Roy added 56 for England's first wicket but Roy's departure for 21 prompted a complete collapse as the hosts struggled to cope with some disciplined bowling.

Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif shared a destructive opening partnership of 107 off 11 overs and after Sharjeel departed for 59 the touring side cruised to their target, Latif finishing unbeaten on 59 as Pakistan romped to victory.

Scorecard:

England:

J Roy lbw b Imad Wasim 21

A Hales b Imad Wasim 37

J Root c Shoaib Malik b Hasan Ali 6

J Buttler c Khalid Latif b Wahab Riaz 16

E Morgan c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 14

B Stokes c Babar Azam b Hasan Ali 4

M Ali not out 13

D Willey c Shoaib Malik b Wahab Riaz 12

L Plunkett not out 0

Extras: (LB-8, W-4) 12

Total: (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) 135

Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-67, 3-67, 4-93, 5-104, 6-110, 7-132

Bowling: Wasim 4-0-17-2; Tanveer 4-0-35-0; Amir 4-0-33-0; Hasan 4-0-24-2; Riaz 4-0-18-3

Pakistan:

Sharjeel Khan c Ali b Rashid 59

Khalid Latif not out 59

Babar Azam not out 15

Extras: (W-6) 6

Total: (for 1 wkt in 14.5 overs) 139

Fall of wickets: 1-107

Bowling: Willey 2-0-16-0; Jordan 1-0-16-0; Plunkett 1.5-0-24-0; Stokes 2-0-20-0; Root 1-0-10-0; Rashid 4-0-29-1; Ali 3-0-24-0.

Source: REUTERS
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