| Pakistan opened with left arm spinner Imad Wasim, opponents sensing an England weakness, but Jason Roy dumped him over the ropes three times in his second over, setting himself and swinging hard | Rizwan relied on the slog sweep, top edging one into his chops at one stage, while Babar oozed class in his 49 ball 85, hitting eight fours and three sixes |
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| There were a lot of positives, this ground replicates Sharjah where we might play World Cup games | But he was seventh man out in the 17th over and England was soon all out for 201 with four balls left |
Moeen sprinted in 15 yards from the fine leg biundary but can't pouch it with a headlong dive.
25| and take him down town, beginning in imperious fashion by smacking the attempted yorker which landed too soon over long on for six | A chance, in truth, but a difficult one |
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| He would have been an ideal candidate for their emergency ODI squad last week, except that his non-playing presence on England's bench during the Sri Lanka series meant Phil Salt claimed the stand-in opener's role while he served his period of self-isolation | With both Dawid Malan, drawn into flashing at one angled across him, and Zak Crawley, late on a yorker, falling for ducks, England were 21 for 2 at the start of their innings with Hasan and Shaheen Shah Afridi threatening |
Had been a brilliant over in Hundred fashion but in this format there's a sixth ball and Hafeez waits for it and pulls the slower bouncer over 10 rows back at deep backward square.
13| Gregory gets off the mark with a flick through midwicket for two | The total was Pakistan's highest in T20Is beating their previous best of 205 runs that was achieved against South Africa earlier this year and against West Indies in 2018 |
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