All-round England crush Pakistan by seven wickets, secure series 2-0

Fine bowling spells by pacer Mark Wood and spinner Adil Rashid combined with some ferocious hitting by openers Phil Salt and Jos Buttler helped England secure a series victory after a sevenwicket win over Pakistan in ENG vs PAK 4th T20I at London on Thursday nightWith this win England has taken the fourmatch series 20 Two matches were called off due to rain and only second and fourth T20Is were playedElecting to field first England bowlers had to witness some fine hitting from the opening duo of skipper Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan who teamed up after a long while Pakistan reached the 50run mark in just 53 oversHowever at the last ball of the powerplay this partnership met its end Skipper Babar was caught by Rashid at short third man on a delivery by Jofra Archer for 36 in 22 balls with five fours and a six Pakistan was 591 in six oversFollowing that England spinners Rashid and Moeen Ali were all over Pakistani batting taking some quick wickets Pakistan sank to 865 in 102 overs Rashid showcased his class with the ball unleashing a spin web Pakistan could not get out of taking wickets of Rizwan 23 in 16 balls with three fours and Shadab Khan 0 Wicketkeeperbatter Azam Khan was also removed for a duck to a scorching bouncer from Mark Wood as the ball hit his glove and went into the hands of ButtlerHowever Usman Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed provided a bit of stability to Pakistan helping them cross the 100run mark in 115 overs Usmans promising inning was cut short at 38 in 21 balls by Liam Livingstone with Chris Jordan taking a fine catch His knock had three fours and two sixes Pakistan was 1266 in 143 oversThe lower order did not put up much of a fight and Pakistan was skittled out for 157 runs in 195 oversRashid 227 in four overs and Livingstone 217 in three overs were the top bowlers for England Mark Wood got 235 in his four overs Archer Jordan and Moeen got one wicket eachIn the runchase England openers Salt and Buttler unleashed such carnage that half the total was chased down within the six overs of powerplay Young pacer Naseem Shah faced the worst beating out of all pacers going for 33 runs in his two overs including a 25run fifth over where Buttler hit him for three fours and a six within a space of four balls after Salt started the over by punishing an offcutter through deep midwicket for a sixIn six overs England was 780Haris Raufs pace earned Pakistan a breakthrough as he removed Salt for 45 in 24 balls with six fours and two sixes England was 821 in 62 oversEngland reached the 100run mark in 85 overs not compromising on their hitting However skipper Buttler was next to go with Rauf getting his second scalp and wicketkeeper Azam getting the catch The England skipper made 39 in 21 balls with seven fours and a six England was 1012 in nine oversRauf cleaned up Will Jacks next who played a nice cameo of 20 in 18 balls with a four and six England was 1123 in 11 oversThe pair of Jonny Bairstow 28 in 16 balls with a four and three sixes and Harry Brook 17 in 14 balls with a four and six did not waste much time ending the chase at 1583 in 153 oversRauf 338 delivered a fine spell for Pakistan but it was not enoughAdil Rashid took home the Player of the Match honours for his spellThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever