Rawalpindi: Pakistan defeated England by 87 runs in the second One Day International match of the tri-nation series. In the match played in Rawalpindi, England won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 302 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs, in response to which the English team was bowled out for 215 runs in the 39th over.
Arafat Minhas showed an all-round performance for Pakistan; he played an innings of 59 runs in difficult times and then took 6 wickets for 40 runs.
Earlier, Pakistan’s opening batsmen had failed at the start of the game. On the very first ball of the game, Fakhar Zaman was caught by Root off Gus Atkinson’s ball, while Saim Ayub was caught by Sonny Baker after scoring 8 runs for a total score of 31. The Pakistan team suffered its third loss in the form of Babar Azam when the team’s total score was 59. Babar Azam was bowled by Will Jack after scoring 34 runs.
On this occasion, Hassan Nawaz and Arafat Minhas showed responsible batting. Hassan Nawaz played an innings of 79 runs off 74 balls, while Arafat Minhas scored 59 runs off 58 balls. In addition to them, Faheem Ashraf scored 39, Saad Baig 35 and Salman Agha scored 16 runs.
For England, Sonny Baker took 3 and Gus Atkinson took 2 wickets.
Chasing a target of 303 runs, the English team was bowled out for 215 runs in the 39th over. Tom Benton scored 57, Ben Duckett scored 45 and Joe Root scored 33 runs for England. Pakistani spinner Arafat Minhas bowled devastatingly and took 6 wickets for 40 runs.
