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Pakistan Vs Scotland
T20 Series |
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| Match Basics |
| 1st T20: Pakistan Vs Scotland |
| Date: 12th June, 2018 |
| Venue: Grange Cricket Club, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh |
| Umpires: Alex Dowdalls, Allan Haggo |
| Toss won by: Pakistan , elected to bat first |
| Scorecard Summary |
Pakistan’s Innings: 204/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.2)
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| Performers: |
| Batting: Sarfraz Ahmed 89* off 49 balls, Shoaib Malik 53 off 27 balls, Fakhar Zaman 21 off 15 balls. |
| Bowling: AC Evans 3/23 in 4 overs, Berrington 1/29 in 3 overs. |
Scotland’s Innings: 156/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.8)
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| Performers: |
| Batting: MA Leask 38 off 24 balls, KJ Coetzer 31 off 18 balls, DE Budge 24 off 21 balls, HG Munsey 25 off 22 balls. |
| Bowling: Shadab Khan 2/25 in 4 overs, Hasan Ali 2/33 in 4 overs, Mohammad Nawaz 1/22 in 4 overs. |
| Result: Pakistan won by 48 runs |
| Man of the Match: Sarfraz Ahmed |
| Highlights & Analysis |
Pakistan Vs Scotland: 1st Innings
- Better conditions for batting and Pakistan’s tendency to take wickets in the 2nd innings, allowed Sarfraz to bat first after winning the toss.
- Fakhar Zaman and Ahmed Shehzad walked out to bat. Zaman brought his natural aggressive play and began to attack Scottish bowlers.
- After making a cautious start, Shehzad also began to show aggression. But, his inconsistency continued as he departed in the very next over by Evans.
- Fakhar Zaman was now joined by the youngster, Hussain Talat. While, Talat kept his eye on the ball and started his innings carefully.
- Zaman, on the other hand didn’t falter from his natural game i.e. Aggression and lost his wicket in the 6th over to Evans.
- Hussain Talat was now joined by the Pakistan captain, Sarfraz Ahmed. Sarfraz took the charge and Talat complimented his captain as both batsman shared a 41-run partnership between them.
- But, the Scottish captain’s reliance on Berrington paid off, as Hussain Talat’s reverse scoop cost him his wicket.
- Pakistan’s senior batsman Shoaib Malik joined Sarfraz Ahmed. At this point, Pakistan were 3 wickets down for 87 runs.
- In the start both batsmen began to rotate strike in order to release pressure. And, after 2 overs, fluent boundaries began to come off the bat.
- As, both Malik and Sarfraz reached their fifty in consecutive overs to put Scottish bowlers on the back foot.
- 200+ runs was now a possibility. And, in an effort to get to it Malik departed in the 19th over after a well-mad fifty.
- But, it hardly mattered as the Pakistan captain Sarfraz remained not out and scored 4 consecutive boundaries in the last over to get his team over 200.
- Apart from Evans, every Scottish bowler was had been targeted by the Pakistani batsmen and now they needed 205 runs to win off 20 overs.
Pakistan Vs Scotland: 2nd Innings
- The Scottish captain, Coetzer and Munsey came on to bat and shattered Pakistan’s dreams of getting quick wickets with their aggressive batting.
- Scoring with a run-rate of 10 per over, both batsmen brought up their 50-run partnership inside 5 overs.
- At this point, Pakistan’s spear-head Hasan Ali took Munsey’s wicket and with that Pakistan made a comeback in this game.
- Coetzer was now joined by Berrington but his stay only lasted one over as, the young leggie, Shadab Khan struck on his very first ball.
- Scotland’s weakness to spin didn’t end there. As, Nawaz took the wicket of the Scottish captain, Coetzer and with that Scotland were 3 wickets down for 69 runs.
- Now the centurion from the ODI match, Macleod came on to bat. But, his partnership with Budge could only survive 2 overs before Shadab claimed his wicket.
- The match was surely over for Scotland as the required run-rate had now crept up to 15 an over. Budge and Leask didn’t do much good to the run-rate either as it crept to 20 runs per over.
- With 4 overs left in the 2nd innings, Amir returned for his 3rd over and claimed the wicket of Budge and Scotland were now 5 wickets down for 107 runs.
- Cross joined Leask. Leask hit a couple of boundaries in the last overs, but it didn’t matter as in the end, Pakistan won the match by 48 runs.
Breaking: 1st T20 – Pakistan Beat Scotland By 48 runs
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| Teams |
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Scotland |
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Ahmed Shehzad
Faheem Ashraf
Fakhar Zaman
Hasan Ali
Hussain Talat
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
Sarfraz Ahmed (Cpt.) (Wkt.)
Shadab Khan
Shoaib Malik
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AC Evans
CS MacLeod
DE Budge
Hamza Tahir
KJ Coetzer (Cpt.)
MA Leask
MH Cross (Wkt.)
MRJ Watt
RD Berrington
SM Sharif
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