पाकिस्तान vs इंग्लैंड, चौथा टी-20, नेशनल स्टेडियम, कराची, 25 September 2022 - कमेंट्री

Good length, on off. Reece Topley defends it solidly towards covers. Adil Rashid ventures out looking for a single but he is sent back and rightly so.

OUT! RUN OUT! The bails lit-up and so does the crowd! A stunning comeback from Pakistan. It is a length ball, on off. Reece Topley stays back and defends it towards short mid-wicket. He takes off towards the other end. Shan Masood is quick to get to the ball, he dives forward and under-arms the ball at the non-striker's end to score a direct hit. Pakistan know they have got their man. The replays later confirm that Reece Topley is miles away from the crease. The big screen shows out. PAKISTAN WIN THE GAME BY 3 RUNS.

Good length, in the channel. It is very close for Liam Dawson to cut away. It takes the inside edge, bounces and goes to the keeper.

FOUR! Liam Dawson is running away with the game here. It is a short ball, on the bodyline. Liam Dawson swivels on the back foot and hooks it over mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep sprints to his left but is unable to keep the ball in play. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Haris Rauf strikes and sends back Liam Dawson. Pakistan would be really happy to see his back. Back of a length again, on middle. Liam Dawson looks to go for the pull shot but does not connect well. It lobs towards mid-wicket. The substitute fielder, Mohammad Haris moves to his right and takes the simplest of catches. 

OUT! SOUND OF TIMBER! Haris Rauf comes up with a rocket and has picked two in two. Hurls across a length ball, around off, skidding off the surface, Stone stands there like a stone, trying to keep it out but is beaten for excess pace. The stumps are disturbed. The entire stadium erupts in joy.

NOT OUT! A rip-roaring yorker, toe-crusher around leg, Reece Topley fails to dig it out and is hit on the back leg. They appeal but nothing from the umpire. Babar takes the referral. Ball Tracking finds that it has pitched outside leg.

A length ball, outside off. Adil Rashid looks to drive it away but misses. It zips past the outside edge.

SIX! ALL THE WAY! It is overpitched, on middle. Liam Dawson gets under it and smokes it over the long off fence for a maximum. Is there a twist in the tale?

NO BALL AND FOUR! It is all happening here for England. Top placement from Liam Dawson. He is shutting up the crowd here. It is a good-length ball, outside off. Liam Dawson waits for it and steers it past short third man. It races away to the fence. The umpire signals a NO BALL to add salt to the wounds as the bowler oversteps.

FOUR! Liam Dawson is on fire. He makes the most of the Free Hit here! Liam Dawson goes down leg, and Hasnain follows him with a full delivery. Liam Dawson wrists it towards the cow corner. One bounce and over the ropes.

FOUR! Put away with ease. The required rate is under 6 now. Short in length and outside off, Liam Dawson stays back and ramps it over short third man.

FOUR! No one in the crowd can believe what they are seeing here. It is full, drifting down leg. Liam Dawson stays back and flicks it down to deep square leg for four more.

A length ball, on off. Liam Dawson steps outside the crease and blocks it back to the bowler watchfully. 

A single to end the over! An expensive one for Pakistan. This over has certainly turned the scenario of the game. 24 runs come off it. It is a full ball, on off. Liam Dawson pushes it to extra cover and scampers across for a quick single.

FOUR! A much-needed boundary! This should ease some pressure. It is a slower ball, on a length, around middle. Willey shuffles and scoops it over the keeper's head for a boundary. 

FOUR! Consecutive boundaries now for Willey. He is turning the game on its head here. It is a length ball, on middle and leg. David Willey shuffles across and gives it the same treatment just like the previous delivery. Guess what? The result is the same. Another boundary at third man.

OUT! TIMBER! Haris Rauf has the last laugh here. The crowd has gone berserk. David Willey's cameo comes to an end. Haris Rauf comes 'round the wicket and fires in a yorker, right in the blockhole. David Willey is stuck inside his crease. He looks to keep it out but is a bit late. The ball goes through and shatters the stumps behind. Big celebration from Rauf!

Good single! A length ball, shaping in from outside off. Adil Rashid stays back and defends it to his right. Liam Dawson is quick to charge to the other end. They get a single.

Very full this time, on off. Liam Dawson defends it to covers and crosses for a single.

It is full, on leg. Adil Rashid shuffles and flicks it behind square on the leg side. The batters take two with ease.

It is full, angled into the pads. Liam Dawson whips it towards mid on. The fielder is placed at long on which gives enough time for the batters to take a couple.

Fuller, on middle and leg, Liam Dawson tucks it through the gap at mid on. The batters take two more. 

A precious dot now! A full toss, around waist height, into the right-hander. Liam Dawson goes back and looks to heave it across the line. He misses and takes a hit on his thigh pads.

LEG BYE! Mohammad Hasnain attacking the pads yet again, fuller in length. Liam Dawson isn't offered much room. He looks to flick it away but misses. The ball rolls to the leg side off the pads. They collect a leg bye.

Second dot of the over! It is full, swinging away a bit late. David Willey gets it back to the bowler off the toe end.

David Willey is on the ground as he somehow manages to dig out a yorker, nailed onto his pads. The batters cross for one. An excellent over from Mohammad Hasnain comes to an end. Just 6 runs off it. England need 45 runs off 24 balls now.

FOUR! Short and around middle, angling in, Brook makes room for himself and pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary. 55 needed off 35 balls.

Wide! Spears a full ball way down the leg side, Brook tries flicking but misses. Good diving take from Rizwan.

OUT! Brook holes out! The celebration from the crowd shows that this is a body blow to England. Short in length, around middle and leg, Brook again stays leg-side to this one and swings his bat at it. This time the connection is not good enough to clear fine leg and Mohammad Hasnain takes a safe catch near the fence. 54 needed off 34 balls and England are now down to their all-rounders.

Fuller on middle, worked to mid-wicket for a single.

A bit of reverse swing there. Full and around leg, Willey tries to flick but ends up pushing it back to the bowler.

A mistimed drive to mid off and Willey picks up a run.

Outside off, dabbed down to point for one.

Flighted and on off, Brook uses his feet and strokes it to long off for a single.

OUT! BOWLED! The crowd comes back to life. Nawaz drags his length a bit short, lands it around off and gets it to spin back into the batter. Moeen gives the charge and attempts to heave it over the leg side but misses. The stumps are shattered and Nawaz gets his third wicket. 61 needed off 40 balls.

Quicker and on middle, punched down to long on for one.

Shortish and on off, it's wristed down to long on for a run.

Flatter one, around off, pushed back to the bowler.

Quicker again, around off, defended back to the bowler.

Fuller and on middle, drilled back to the bowler who failed to stop it and they crossed.

Slightly short around off, Ali goes on the back foot and forces it down to long on for one.

Very full and around off, Brook drives it back and Ahmed only manages to deflect it behind to long off. A single is taken.

FOUR! Smashed! Fuller and around middle, Moeen steps back to make room and smashes it over extra cover for a boundary.

Short around off, punched in front of square on the off side for a single.

Fuller and on off, Brook makes room and drives it to sweeper cover for one. 9 from the over!

Play and a miss! Slower one, on a length around leg, Brook steps back to loft it down the ground with a straight bat but fails to connect.

Short and on middle at 139 kph, Brook goes on the leg side this time and hammers it to deep square leg for a run.

Slower again, a bit short and on off, Moeen steers it through point and rotates the strike.

Follows the batter down the leg side with a full ball, Brook clips it behind square leg and takes a single.

Excellent stop in the deep! Rauf delivers a short ball around off, Moeen pulls it in front of square on the leg side. Mohammad Wasim makes a stop near the fence and saves two.

FOUR! Fine shot! Short again from Rauf, outside off, Moeen stands back to fetch it from there and swings it behind square leg for a boundary. 71 needed off 48 balls.

Flatter and on middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker and around leg, Moeen eases it towards mid on for one as the bowler himself chases it down.

Fires it short and around off at 101 kph, Brook stays back and forces it to long on for one.

Shortish and on off, punched through covers for a single.

Again it's on the shorter side around off, Brook moves back and pushes it down to long on for a run.

Fuller and on middle, pushed back to the bowler. A dot ball to end a quick over.

SIX! What a shot! Loopy and full, around off and turning away a bit, Harry Brook advances down the track and with a lovely extension of his arms, he lofts it nonchalantly over extra cover. Special talent.

Arm ball, around middle and leg, Brook tries to work it on the leg side but gets an inside edge. It deflects off his pads to the off side and they cross.

FOUR! 11 from the first three balls of this over. Fuller and around leg, Moeen goes down and sweeps it sweetly to the deep square leg fence.

SIX! This has been nailed! England just keep coming at you, regardless of how many wickets they lose. Floated and full, around off, Moeen shimmies down the track and launches it over long on. 87 needed off 62 balls.

Fuller and outside off, Ali pushes it to sweeper cover for a run.

Fuller again, around leg, Brook wrists it through mid-wicket for a single. 19 from the over!

Mishit! Flighted and outside off, a bit on the shorter side and holding off the surface too, Moeen hangs back and plays a mistimed lofted shot over covers. They cross for a run, Moeen wants another run but is sent back. He gets in safely with a dive. The throw comes to the bowler who tries to collect it and tumbles over Moeen in the process.

Helps it to mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter and on off, punched to covers.

Fuller and on off, driven back to the bowler.

Fires it in, on middle and leg, Moeen eases it to long on for a single.

Serves it flat and on middle, Brook turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter and on the pads, Duckett nudges it in front of square leg and scampers back for the second run.

OUT! Given lbw! Duckett has decided to review the decision. Coming to the delivery - It's a flighted one, full and around off, spinning in a shade, Ben Duckett goes down and across to sweep but misses. He is pinged on the front pad, they appeal and the umpire raises his finger. DRS time. Nothing on the UltraEdge. The Ball Tracking finds everything in line. Three reds and the crowd is delighted. A big breakthrough as Ben Duckett has been a nuisance for the home team in this series. 110 needed off 76 balls.

Beaten! Arm ball outside off, going straight on, Moeen pushes inside the line and misses.

And again! Arm ball outside off, quicker through the air, Moeen plays for the spin and is beaten.

Fuller and on middle, worked through wide mid on for a run.

Wide! Skidding down the leg side, Brook tries to flick but misses.

'Catch it' is the shout but it has not carried back to the bowler. Full and floated on middle, Harry skips down the track and drives it back. It's a bit aerial but safe as Nawaz stops it to his right. End of a superb over.

Flatter and shorter on off, Duckett cuts it to deep point and collects two. The umpire gets it checked if it was one short but Ben Duckett had dragged his bat in while turning for the second run.

Skidding in from outside off, Ben tries to play the reverse sweep but misses. The bowler appeals for an lbw but the impact was outside off.

Skidding down the leg side, it's eased behind square leg for a single.

Walks down the track and pushes it defensively down to long on. Brook gets a single.

Quicker on off, Ben knocks it down to long on and rotates the strike.

That misses the off pole by a whisker! Flighted and full, around off, Brook attempts to reverse paddle it but misses. Rizwan has his hands on his head. 

DROPPED! Mohammad Nawaz drops a sitter. Fuller in length around off, Harry Brook slices his drive to covers where Nawaz reacts to his right, tries to reverse cup it but fails. Harry is the batter in form and this could be a costly miss.

On middle, flicked to deep square leg for one.

Full and on the pads, Ben helps it to deep square leg and rotates the strike.

Drifting down the leg side, Brook fails to flick and is hit on the pads. It rolls to square leg and they collect a leg bye.

Shortish and on off, Duckett punches it to the right side of mid off for a single.

FOUR! Pierces the gap! A low full toss on middle, Brook steps back to make room and drills it through covers for a boundary. At the end of the Powerplay, England are 50 for 3. 117 needed off 84 balls.

Angles in a length ball on middle, at 137 kph, Brook tickles it in front of square leg and takes a single.

On a length, around middle, at 140 clicks, Ben Duckett works it wide of mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

Fuller around leg, at 140 clicks again, Harry tries to flick but fails to middle it properly. It deflects to square leg and they cross.

FOUR! Boom! Back of a length, around middle, Duckett stands still inside the crease and heaves it over wide mid on for a boundary.

FOUR! Not from the middle of the bat but it races away. Fuller and outside off, Ben Duckett forces it down the ground and finds the fence as the mid on fielder chases.

FOUR! Another mishit but it's again a boundary down the ground. Short and outside off, Duckett rocks back to pull it across the line but it comes off the toe end and flies behind the bowler. Again the mid on fielder chases but in vain. 15 from the over!

A length delivery around leg, Duckett helps it off his pads to mid-wicket.

Extra bounce from a good length around leg, Ben tries to glance but it takes the upper half of his blade. It goes uppishly to square leg but falls safely as they cross.

Lovely piece of fielding! Back of a length and outside off, Brook uses the pace and guides it down to third man. Wasim dives near the fence and saves three runs for his side.

Play and a miss! A sharp delivery, on a shortish length around off at 142 clicks, Ben Duckett jumps across the stumps to play the paddle scoop but misses.

Yorker around leg at 145 kph, Ben gets back and digs it out at the last moment.

FOUR! Superb execution! Back of a length, around leg and following the batter at 144 clicks, Duckett does well to create some room for himself as he guides it through the gap between backward point and short third man.

FOUR! Shot! Short in length and outside off, angling away, Ben Duckett stays back and slaps it past the backward point fielder for a boundary.

Beaten! The crowd roars again. It's involved big time. A 142 kph delivery, short and outside off, Ben flashes his bat at it but fails to connect.

Around middle and leg, on a length, Duckett works it through square leg and takes a single.

Angles in a length ball on middle, Brook nudges it to square leg for a run.

On a length and outside off, Ben taps it down to cover-point and screams a loud no.

Gets behind the line of the delivery and pushes it back past the bowler. They steal a quick run as the mid on fielder mops it up.

FOUR! Nicely played! Short in length around middle, Hales waits for it and pulls it past the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.

OUT! A stunning catch from Usman Qadir! Back of a length, around middle and leg at 142 kph, Hales is cramped for room and plays it away from the upper half of his bat. It flies to the left of mid-wicket where Usman Qadir dives across to his left and takes a ripper of a catch. Superb effort, just the kind you need to lift the confidence of the entire team. The crowd is roaring. England are under early pressure. 154 needed off 112 balls.

A length ball around leg, slower in pace, Duckett defends it to the off side.

Short and around leg, Ben pulls it through square leg and gets off the mark with a single.

Serves it on a length and outside off, Jacks pushes it with an angled bat to point.

OUT! BOWLED! The crowd is going bonkers at the National Stadium. Hasnain is on fire. He dishes out a length ball around middle, at 146 kph, Will Jacks stays back to hit it across the line but misses. It goes on to clip one of the bails and England lose their third wicket inside the Powerplay.

FOUR! England start well! Nawaz drops it short and around off, Salt steps back to make room and whacks it through covers for a cracking boundary.

Flighted and full, around off, it's pushed back to the bowler.

FOUR! Salt has come out with intent! Fuller and around leg, Philip Salt kneels down and powers it over square leg for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! This one is a well-planned wicket. Loopy delivery, full and on middle, Salt once again sits down to play the slog sweep but he has played that towards deep mid-wicket. There is a fielder positioned for this shot and Mohammad Wasim makes no mistake near the fence. Mohammad Nawaz strikes and draws first blood.

Flatter arm ball on middle, skidding in, Hales hangs back and nudges it to square leg for one.

Quicker and shorter on off, Jacks punches it from the back foot to covers. End of an eventful first over.