England got here out on the mistaken facet of a rollercoaster end as Pakistan squared the Twenty20 collection with an exciting three-run win within the fourth match in Karachi.
The vacationers have been within the means of messing up their pursuit of a modest goal of 167 when Liam Dawson made an excellent late intervention to make them agency favourites.
Coming in at quantity eight with a prime rating of simply 10 in T20 internationals, he blasted 24 off Mohammad Hasnain within the 18th over to go away simply 9 required off 12 balls.
But it surely was Haris Rauf’s flip to flip issues on their head, having Dawson caught for 34 with 5 nonetheless wanted then smashing debutant Olly Stone’s off stump for a golden duck.
Pakistan celebrated after Reece Topley was run out (Anjum Naveed/AP)
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England had only one wicket left to recover from the road and misplaced their cool, Adil Rashid and Reece Topley setting off for a loopy single that left the latter run out, the sport over and the collection tied at 2-2.
The vacationers will probably be kicking themselves not only for the chaotic method of the conclusion but in addition the sooner lack of composure as they obtained into bother chasing a meagre whole.
Mohammad Rizwan had confirmed the way in which with what proved to be a match-winning hand, carving out a hard-working 88 as Pakistan made 166 for 4, however not one of the England line-up have been capable of match his diligence.
Ben Duckett and Harry Brook continued spectacular journeys with middle-order knocks of 33 and 34 respectively, however the prime order failed and there was an excessive amount of nonetheless to do on the dying regardless of Dawson’s greatest efforts.
Phil Salt was a person in a rush, getting the chase off to a energetic begin with two boundaries from the primary three balls, solely to be caught off the fourth.
Moeen Ali was bowled (Anjum Naveed/AP)
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That introduced Alex Hales and Will Jacks collectively, however the pair have been rounded up in Hasnain’s first over. Hales was fantastically caught by Usman Qadir, however Jacks bagged a duck after letting one skid into center stump.
At 14 for 3, England had dug themselves a gap. Duckett started the rebuild, dashing 4 fours within the house of 5 deliveries, however his good work would have been forgotten had Brook gone cheaply a number of seconds later.
As an alternative he was put down horribly by Mohammad Nawaz on 4 after providing a gimme off Rauf.
Duckett was lbw to his favorite sweep shot with the sport nonetheless within the stability however so long as Brook and Moeen Ali have been collectively there was an opportunity.
After they took 19 off the tenth over, each launching Nawaz for six into the gang, the equation was now of their favour at 85 off 60 balls.
Will Jacks virtually took a stunner on the boundary (Anjum Naveed/AP)
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Neither Brook nor Moeen might take it deep, although, and by the point David Willey was cleaned up by Rauf, the momentum was with Pakistan.
With 33 required off the final three overs, Dawson made his transfer – clubbing six over extra-cover and manipulating the sphere expertly with boundaries off every of the following 4 balls.
He deserved to be there on the finish, however one under-hit pull shot value him and his facet because the late drama unfolded.
Pakistan’s batting efficiency was uneven and curiously paced, with only one wicket misplaced within the first 18 overs and three extra within the final 10 balls.
Of the three sixes they managed, two got here off the bat of Asif Ali in a three-ball burst on the finish of the innings.
However with Rizwan holding court docket within the center for all however 4 balls, it was sufficient to get the job accomplished.
He dominated a gap stand of 97 with Babar Azam, who holed out off Dawson after going through simply 28 of 71 authorized deliveries, and continued to maintain the scoreboard transferring as the center order failed to fireplace.
England have been missing the 97mph rockets provided by the rested Mark Wooden two days earlier, with Stone an sufficient substitute however no extra.
Rashid’s accuracy was their trump card, together with his 4 overs costing simply 27, and Topley took two wickets on the dying, together with Rizwan.
