Pakistan’s biggest victory in T20Is and 11 more statistical highlights from England-Pakistan only T20I at Old Trafford
Pakistan’s biggest victory in T20Is and 11 more statistical highlights from PAK-ENG only T20I at Old Trafford
The One-off Twenty20 International (T20I) between England and Pakistan was played at Old Trafford, Manchester. Batting first, England had good start with 56 runs being scored by their openers Jason Roy and Alex Hales. But after the fall of the first wicket, their scoring rate kept going down. They somehow managed to post a total of 135 with the loss of seven wickets. Thanks to Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz and debutant Hasan Ali, who bowled exceptionally well and very economically, led to England collapse. Coming to chase, Pakistan openers had an excellent start as they were dealing only in boundaries in the start. Their first 36-runs came in boundaries as Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif kept on hitting English bowlers all around the park. Both the openers played fearlessly and ensured Pakistan’s record margin victory. Abhishek Kumar presents some interesting statistics from this record breaking match. Full Cricket Scorecard, Pakistan vs England, One-off T20I at Old Trafford
1. On the same day September 7 in 2014, Jason Roy made his T20I debut for England and today he played his 16th game in the same format.
2. Imad Wasim’s spell of 4-0-17-2 is the joint second most economical spell by a Pakistani bowler against England in a T20I after Abdul Razzaq (4-0-17-0 in 2010) and Shahid Afridi (4-0-15-3 in 2015).
3. This was Jos Butter’s 50th T20I of his career and he is now the fourth English cricketer to have played 50 or more T20Is behind Eoin Morgan (64), Stuart Broad (56) and Luke Wright (51).
4. Hasan Ali’s spell of 4-0-24-2 is the second most economical spell by a Pakistani bowler against England on his debut T20I after Mohammad Asif (4-1-21-2 in 2006).
5. England’s total of 135/7 is their lowest at their home in a T20I while batting first and joint fifth lowest total by any team in England while batting first.
6. Wahab Riaz’s spell of 4-0-18-3 is the joint second most economical spell by a Pakistani pacer against England in a T20I with after Abdul Razzaq (4-0-17-0 in 2010), Yasir Arafat (4-0-18-1 in 2010), Shoaib Akhtar (4-1-18-1 in 2010) and Umar Gul (4-1-18-3 in 2012).
7. First 36-runs by Pakistan openers were all scored in boundaries, which is the most by any team in a T20I.
8. Pakistan scored 73 runs during their powerplay. This is their highest score in powerplays in T20Is. Their previous best was of 72 against Zimbabwe in 2011.
9. Sharjeel Khan scored 59 runs, which is his best score in T20Is. 46 out of his 59 runs came in boundaries and sixes which means 77.96% of runs were scored in fours and sixes by Sharjeel. This is second best percentage of runs scored in boundaries and sixes in a T20I after Mukhtar Ahmed, who scored 79.52% of his out of his 83 runs by collecting 66 runs in fours and sixes in 2015.
10. Partnership of 107 runs between Pakistan openers Sharjeel and Latif is the first century stand for first wicket against England in T20Is. This is their third hundred run stand for first wicket in T20Is. Also, this was the sixth hundred run stand by any team’s opening pair against England in T20Is. Overall, this is Pakistan’s seventh highest partnership for any wicket in T20Is.
11. Pakistan won this match by nine wickets and 31 balls remaining. This is their biggest victory in terms of wickets and joint third biggest win in terms of balls remaining.
12. This was England’s 41st defeat in T20Is. This is the joint second most defeats by any team in T20Is after Pakistan (43 defeats) and Australia (41 defeats). Also, this was Pakistan’s 61st victory in T20Is which is the most number of wins in T20Is by any team.
(Abhishek Kumar is cricket devotee currently staffing with Criclife.com. He can be followed on Twitter @abhik2593 and on Facebook at abhicricket.kumar)