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Haris Rauf (Image Credit: Twitter)
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Haris Rauf (Image Credit: Twitter)Pakistan and England faced each in the fourth game of the seven-match T20I series in Karachi. The game marked the end of the Karachi leg as the teams will now play the rest of the games in Lahore. Talking about the fourth game, the Three Lions won the toss and elected to bowl first. The home team's opening pair, skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan stitched a partnership of 97 runs.
The team was expected to get a big total on the board. However, after Azam's wicket, the team failed to accelerate with San Masood only 21 off 19 balls. Even Azam and Rizwan had their difficulties while batting. Thanks to Asif Ali's two sixes, the team reached a respectable total of 166/4. Rizwan scored an unbeaten 88 off 67 balls. Talking about England bowling, Reece Topley took two wickets while Liam Dawson and David Willey took one each.
It was a case of 'Came close but yet so far' for England
In reply, the visitors got off to a poor start as they lost three wickets till the end of the first two overs. Phil Salt (8) started well with two boundaries in the first over before he got greedy and caught at deep midwicket by Mohammad Wasim off Mohammad Nawaz. Alex Hales and Will Jacks went down to Mohammad Hasnain in the next over.
At 14/3, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook looked like carrying their good form from the last game. Both players scored above 30 but failed to convert it into a match-winning score. Duckett (33) was the fourth wicket to fall as he was trapped lbw by Nawaz. Skipper Moeen Ali and Brook added another 49 runs before the former became the third victim of Nawaz.
Harry Brook scored 34 before being caught at fine leg by Hasnain off Wasim. David Willey's (11) wicket at the score of 130 meant that Pakistan would win the game easily. However, Liam Dawson (34) pull the game back for his side only to be disappointed in the end as the team lost the remaining three wickets and lost the game by three runs.
This is how Twitter reacted
What an incredible win boys!
β Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) September 25, 2022
Super proud of you β€οΈ
Well done to our entire bowling unit especially @HarisRauf14 excellent stuff ππ»ππ» #PAKvENG
That was one of the craziest games of cricket you will ever see#PAKvENG #Cricket
β Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) September 25, 2022
Pakistan are the first team in Menβs T20I history to successfully defend less than 5 runs off the last over. #PakvEng
β Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) September 26, 2022
Yaar ye Pakistan ke kisi match me hamko heart attack Na aa jaaye. Twist par twist..#PAKvsENG #PakvsEng2022 #Hasnain #Harisrauf #LiamDawson
β Avinash Aryan (@AvinashArya09) September 25, 2022
What a game of cricket this is #PAKvsENG
β Liam Livingstone (@liaml4893) September 25, 2022
It's Rizwan's turn today to do all the runs by himself#PakvsEng
β Mehwish Qamas Khan (@MehwishQamas) September 25, 2022
On a scale of 1-10, how important were those 2 sixes by @AasifAli45 in Pakistanβs victory?#UnitedWeWin #PakvsEng pic.twitter.com/MAakmBoQSt
β Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) September 25, 2022
Wow. I switched off because I thought England had won it after that 18th over from Hasnain. Excellent comeback effort by Pakistan. Haris Rauf is very goodππ»ππ»ππ».
β Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) September 25, 2022
#LiamDawson Chin Up... You Played Brilliantly!!!! It was just Pakistan Day... Pendulum Swing One Way the Other... What a Sharp Run-Out by @shani_official .. Brilliant Throw Under Pressure...
β Usman Khan (@usmann_khann) September 25, 2022
2 x 2 ... Now all eyes on Lahore #PAKvENG #PakvsEng2022 #ShanMasood #HarisRauf pic.twitter.com/6vNxMcLuTe
Feeling sad for this guy #liamdawson #pakvseng pic.twitter.com/5a0FG0mKFb
β talha (@telhey) September 25, 2022