T20 World Cup 2022: England are the New World T20 Champions, beating Pakistan by 5 wickets

By Rahul Chaube Nov 13, 2022 12:06 PM   IST  

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WOW! What a match that was! England won the final by beating Pakistan by 5 wickets. 'Good Stokes always gives returns'

Everyone at Red Camp smiled and hugged. Butler is a satisfied leader. First major tournament for him as captain and he won the championship. Meanwhile, Pakistan gathers itself. They know that England were the deserving winners on the day. Pakistan didn't get enough runs but their bowlers turned absolute gold in most parts until Shaheen was forced out due to a knee injury.

England still had the ability to cross the border even with Afridi in their line-up with a ton of hitters, especially with Stokes stuck like glue at the crease. Pakistan were very confident when Rauf took on Buttler but the best Stokes did handle the pressure in a big game and hold one end. Pakistani bowling lineup was brutal but England held on at home in the end.

Match Review (England vs Pakistan)

Pakistan's innings: England won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. One of the most successful duos, Babar and Rizwan came to crease. Both of them were slow at the start of the inning as usual. In the 5th over, Curran made the first victim in the form of Rizwan. Mohammad Haris also kept walking behind him in the 8th over. Adil Rashid again got Babar Azam and the score was then 84 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 11 overs.

England Vs Pakistan final
Jordan took down Shadab Khan (ESPNcricinfo)

After Babar's dismissal, none of Pakistan's batsmen stood for long. Iftikhar Ahmad got a duck. Shan Masood and Shadab Khan tried to play an impactful inning at the back end of their quota of 20 overs. England managed to stop Pakistan for just 137 runs at the end.

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SCORECARD:

Pakitan- 137/8 (20)
BATTING RB4s6sSR
Mohammad Rizwan b Curran151401107.14
Babar Azam (c)c & b Rashid322820114.28
Mohammad Haris c Stokes b Rashid8121066.66
Shan Masood c Livingstone b Curran382821135.71
Iftikhar Ahmed c Buttler b Stokes06000.00
Shadab Khan c Woakes b Jordan201420142.85
Mohammad Nawaz c Livingstone b Curran570071.42
Mohammad Wasim c Livingstone b Jordan480050.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi not out5310166.66
Haris Rauf not out1100100.00
BOWLINGOversMRunsWicketsECON4s6s
Ben Stokes403218.0010
Chris Woakes302608.6621
Sam Curran401233.0000
Adil Rashid412225.5010
Chris Jordan402726.7530
Liam Livingstone1016016.0011

England?s innings: Now the semi-final heroes for England, Jos Buttler, and Alex Hales stepped in to chase down an easy-looking task. How many times has it happened that Shaheen Afridi has given his team the wicket in the very first over of the innings? Here he does it again with the wicket of Alex Hales in the very last ball of the first over.

England Vs Pakistan final
Buttler was sent back by Haris Rauf (ic_ ESPNcricinfo)

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Although the target for England was just 138, the Pakistani bowling unit made it feel like 160 on the board. Soon after the first wicket, Philip Salt was sent back to the dressing room by Rauf. Skipper Jos Buttler took the charge and spitted a few boundaries but couldn?t face the scary pace of Haris Rauf for too long.?

Harry Brook went soon too but that brought Moeen Ali into the crease who then provided the pace to England's Inning that they were looking for. His cameo of 19 had already done the damage. The name that would hurt the whole of Pakistan is 'Ben Stokes'. Once again, he turned the match towards England in a difficult moment.

Shaheen Shah Afridi seemed a bit low with his knee and couldn't complete his overs. In the end, Ben Stokes with a fifty sealed the win and booked the trophy. The T20 World Cup 2022 trophy is going to England.

SCORECARD:

ENGLAND- 138/5 (19)
BATTING RB4s6sSR
Jos Buttler (c)c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf261731152.94
Alex Hales b Shaheen Shah Afridi120050.00
Phil Salt c Iftikhar Ahmed b Haris Rauf10920111.11
Ben Stokes not out524951106.12
Harry Brook c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Shadab Khan20231086.95
Moeen Ali b Mohammad Wasim191230158.33
Liam Livingstone not out120050.00
BOWLINGOMRWECON4s6s
Shaheen Shah Afridi2.101316.0010
Naseem Shah403007.5031
Haris Rauf402325.7530
Shadab Khan402015.0010
Mohammad Wasim403819.5050
Iftikhar Ahmed0.5013015.6011
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