England Baters Smashed Pakistan Bowling All Around The Park

In the second match of the 7-match T20 series, England gave Pakistan a mountain-like target of 200 runs to win.

England scored 199 runs for 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Moeen Ali remained unbeaten by scoring 55 runs.

England captain Moeen Ali won the toss and preferred to bat first in the match being played at National Stadium Karachi.

One change has been made in the teams of the day, Naseem Shah has been replaced by Mohammad Hasnain in the Pakistan team while Liam Dawson has been included in the playing XI in place of Richard Gleeson in the English team.

England got off to a good start against Pakistan, a 42-run partnership was established between the two openers, but then Alex Hales scored 26 off 21 balls and was bowled by Dhani.

England suffered their second loss on a total score of 42, Dawid Malan was bowled by Dhani on the first ball. Pakistan got their third win in the form of Phil Salt, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs off 27 balls. Ben Duckett scored 43 and Harry Brooke scored 31 runs.

However, in the final overs, captain Moeen Ali played an aggressive innings and took the team’s score to 199 in the stipulated 20 overs, he remained not out by scoring 55 runs off 23 balls.

For Pakistan, Shahnawaz Dhani and Haris Rauf took 2 wickets each, while Mohammad Hasnain proved to be the most expensive bowler, conceding 51 runs without a wicket in 7 overs.

It should be remembered that England has a one-nil lead in the series against Pakistan, in the first match, the English team won by 6 wickets against the Green Shirts.

It should be noted that four matches of the series of 7 T20 matches will be held in Karachi and three in Lahore.

England team captain Jos Buttler will not be able to participate in the matches in Karachi due to injury, while Moin Ali will take over the captaincy duties.

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