Pak vs Eng

Babar Azam hit an incredible unbeaten century as Pakistan chased down England's target of 200 to level the series.

6th over: England 48-2 (Duckett 6, Salt 16) Ben Duckett survives the hat-trick ball and picks up a couple on the leg-side to get himself going. 1st over: England 3-0 (Salt 2, Hales 1) Hasnain on the pads first up, and Salt’s flick to fine leg gives him one. 8th over: England 62-2 (Salt 24, Duckett 12) Very cheeky from Salt as a reverse sweep/dab gets him a couple from the off side. 2nd over: Pakistan 16-0 (Rizwan 13, Babar 3) England copy Pakistan and decide to give the left-arm spinner the new ball. 5th over: England 42-0 (Salt 16, Hales 26) Haris Rauf somehow hasn’t bowled Hales there – the right-hander is nowhere near it on the pull shot to one that stays low. 9th over: England 66-2 (Duckett 15, Salt 25) Qadir starting to get some proper grip from the surface. 18th over: England 172-5 (Curran 2, Moeen 37) Moeen moves to the leg side and Dahani follows him, but the left-hander whips away to find four at deep midwicket. 7th over: Pakistan 68-0 (Rizwan 41, Babar 26) Oooh, Rizwan advances and misses the fuller delivery from Adil Rashid but Salt fails to gather the ball for a stumping chance. And that’s lovely from Babar – it’s short and wide and the Pakistan captain responds with a comprehensive cut for four. 16th over: Pakistan 164-0 (Rizwan 72, Babar 90) Wood goes wide and Babar cuts behind point to keep the boundary count running. 17th over: Pakistan 176-0 (Babar 98, Rizwan 76) England just can’t stop the boundaries. 19th over: Pakistan 197-0 (Babar 105, Rizwan 87) Just one conceded first up from Wood, and he’s only marginally off from nailing the yorker next ball as Babar whips away for four.

A stunning unbeaten opening partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan saw Pakistan pull off a remarkable run-chase to beat England by 10 wickets ...

There is very little time for Pakistan to celebrate, with less than 24 hours until the sides meet again on Friday, once more at Karachi's National Stadium. The hosts had been 87-1 at the same stage in Tuesday's opener, before going on to make just 158 from their 20 overs. They played good cricket shots and they got a massive partnership, but that can happen. I went for 20 and that gave them the belief. England bowler Adil Rashid: "I thought we did tremendously well to get 199. The Yorkshire batter struck three sixes, including a delightful drive over extra cover, on his way to making 31 from 19 balls. "But the momentum changed when I bowled my over. A seventh century stand between the pair also saw them extend their record for the most between any two batters in T20Is. "I thought it would do a little bit more second innings. I thought they played tremendously well. Once more one brought two for Pakistan as Duckett was bowled by Mohammad Nawaz in the following over, leaving England with two new batters at the crease in Harry Brook and Moeen with the score at 101-4 in the 13th over. The decision at the toss initially appeared to be a good one as Alex Hales, who made a half-century on Tuesday in his return to international cricket after a three-year exile, once more helped get England off to a fast start.

Babar Azam made 110 off 66 balls and Mohammad Rizwan hit 88 as Pakistan reached 203-0 with three balls to spare to level the seven-match series against ...

Brook made a quickfire 31 and accelerated well with Ali in the late overs before getting bowled by Haris Rauf (2-30) in the 17th over. Left-arm fast bowler Luke Wood, who grabbed three wickets in the his debut T20 on Tuesday, was smashed for 0-49. "Duckett's partnership with Salty (Phil Salt) was fantastic and me and Brooksy (Harry Brook) played nicely." "The execution of that plan went brilliantly. Salt couldn't stump Rizwan off Adil Rashid's first ball soon after Hales dropped a sitter. "We planned to play according to the situation, and planned when to charge and when to hold back," Babar said.

Pakistan vs England Live Score Updates: Pakistan and England lock horns in Karachi to take lead in 7-match series.

On Thursday, the [Moeen Ali](https://indianexpress.com/about/moeen-ali/)-led England had set a target of 200 for Pakistan which Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan chased down with 3 balls to spare. [England](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/uk-coronavirus-tracker-region-wise-cases-and-deaths-6373786/) 3rd T20 Match Live Scorecard: Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to field against England in the 3rd T20I in Karachi on Friday. Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Haider Ali, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Usman Qadir