PLAYER	Team	TI	Runs	I. Runs	B. Impact	Bowl	I. Wkts	Bo. Impact
Adil Rashid	ENG	75.56	-	-	0	2/27	2.94	75.56
Liam Livingstone	ENG	66.3	-	-	0	2/17	2.46	66.3
Usman Khan	PAK	53.85	38(21)	47.47	53.85	-	-	0
Phil Salt	ENG	50.68	45(24)	46.88	50.68	-	-	0
Haris Rauf	PAK	49.07	8(7)	6.41	4.26	3/38	3.16	44.81

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10.07pm So, with that, Jos Buttler takes his champagne for a walk, and savours an impressive display from his team. It'll be very different conditions in the Caribbean next week, but England will travel with confidence after two good warm-up wins. As for Pakistan, they'll be what they'll be. Never write them off, even after a pretty dire day such as this one. From Miller, Alan, Venkat and the team, thanks and goodnight!

9.58pm Time for the presentations. The Player of the Match is Adil Rashid. "It was assessing the conditions, and adjusting, being clever, varying the pace, finding the right pace to take off. It's crucial as a spin department to assess conditions, the breeze etc. The prep is what I rely on, take some time off to work in the nets, haven't played for a couple of months so falling into place. The aim is to go out there hopefully get another trophy. Have to have the right mindset and it'll take care of itself."

Babar Azam: "After six overs we were doing very well, but then I got out, the middle-order needs to step up. England's bowling is very good, so have to take any chance. Need to sort out those things for the World Cup. A few injuries but a lot of positives, our play is good in patches, but to win you need 100%."

The Player of the Series is England's captain Jos Buttler. "The performances... we've worked hard in training, good feeling around the squad, Edgbaston the bowling group was fantastic, and today they pegged it back to an under-par score. That quest to keep improving and get better, that's given me extra energy and motivation. Would have been great to have two more games but got some great experience and a lot of guys have been in the IPL, so not short of cricket. Selection is difficult but a nice place to be. Wood and Archer operating together today was really exciting."

9.46pm So, that's the end of that. A hefty 27 balls left in reserve, after a ballistic opening gambit from Phil Salt and Jos Buttler. It was a more measured second half of the chase, but by then there was no need to rush. The time in the middle will have been valuable enough, as the defending champions prepare to fly out to Barbados tomorrow morning.

As for Pakistan, not a lot to write home about, although Babar and Rizwan's return to the top was a qualified success. Haris Rauf bowled some rockets and deserved better support. Not least, dare one say it, behind the stumps...

hadi: "Haris aside, what a sorry bowling performance and as usual middle over woes in batting. Won't be surprised if the minnows beat us in the group stages."

RajeshBanda: "If Eng wins (which is obvious), then the man of the match should go to Azam Khan." Would be left-field, but it was certainly a memorable display...

15.3

Haris Rauf to Brook, SIX runs

Up and over, clean to the stands! Brook rocks back on the short ball, unleashes his uppercut and finishes a clinical victory in style!

15.2

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Haris Rauf to Brook, no run

good pace, Brook wafts through the line, beaten outside off

15.1

Haris Rauf to Brook, FOUR runs

width first-up, flapped down to deep third, Amir tumbles to intercept but recognises his feet are on the rope. England are one blow away

Rauf returns. Can he finish off with another deserved wicket?

end of over 1513 runs

ENG: 148/3CRR: 9.86 • RRR: 2.00 • Need 10 from 30b

Jonny Bairstow28 (16b 1x4 3x6)

Harry Brook7 (11b)

Naseem Shah 4-0-51-0

Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-0-20-0

14.6

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Naseem Shah to Bairstow, no run

short, Bairstow rocks into an upper-cut but can't connect. Naseem gets out of his over well

14.5

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Naseem Shah to Bairstow, no run

pace off once more, back of a length, through to the keeper

14.4

Naseem Shah to Bairstow, 2 runs

lumped hard and straight, Rauf strides down the wing, sticks out a big boot, keeps the ball in play with a nifty side-foot, then keeps it in play again with a left-footed nudge! Tekkers!

14.3

Naseem Shah to Bairstow, FOUR runs

short, deceived by the pace off, but Bairstow adjusts in mid-stroke, opens the face, and dinks another boundary past the statue-esque Azam

14.2

Naseem Shah to Bairstow, SIX runs

enough circumspection! Bairstow sits deep in his crease, swivels across the fractionally shorter length, and nails it violently over midwicket!

14.1

Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 run

on the back foot, punched into the covers

end of over 144 runs

ENG: 135/3CRR: 9.64 • RRR: 3.83 • Need 23 from 36b

Harry Brook6 (10b)

Jonny Bairstow16 (11b 2x6)

Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-0-20-0

Naseem Shah 3-0-38-0

13.6

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, 1 run

opens the face on the back foot, tapped on the head for another single to short third

13.5

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Bairstow, 1 run

Shaheen keeping it tight on the pads, another nudge behind square for the single

13.4

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, 1 run

good length from over the wicket, nudged off the pads again. All a bit sedate at the moment, which suits Pakistan reasonably well. A wicket would be interesting

13.3

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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, no run

bouncer, Brook advanced and couldn't connect on his intentions

13.2

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Shaheen Shah Afridi to Brook, no run

steps back for a slap into the covers, more forceful from Brook. But straight at the fielder

13.1

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Bairstow, 1 run

over the wicket, leg-stump line, fenced off the hip for a single

Harry Brook vs PAK in T20Is

INNS

RUNS

264

150.00

AVE

52.80

end of over 135 runs

ENG: 131/3CRR: 10.07 • RRR: 3.85 • Need 27 from 42b

Harry Brook4 (6b)

Jonny Bairstow14 (9b 2x6)

Naseem Shah 3-0-38-0

Shadab Khan 3-0-20-0

England have already scored more in boundaries than Pakistan managed in their full innings

12.6

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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run

solid line and length, angled into the pad, Brook defends. Pakistan are keeping things relatively tight now, though it's all likely to be immaterial

12.5

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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run

curious from Brook, shapes to the off-side then changes his mind and is beaten by the length ball. Naseem saw him going

12.4

Naseem Shah to Bairstow, 1 run

on the legs, dinked behind square for a single to deep backward square

12.3

Naseem Shah to Brook, 1 run

good aggressive length, angled into the pads, squared up for a single to deep third

Raza: "The only chance shadab has to get a wicket if the crowd catches qualify as a wicket... he's got 6 wickets in the last 11 games"

12.2

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Naseem Shah to Brook, no run

beats the outside edge with a good-length lifter, a bit of a half-cocked shot from Brook, looking to run the ball down to deep third

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Best performances - batters

Spike Graph

Wagon Zone

PD Salt

ENG

45 runs (24)

6 fours2 sixes

Productive shot

pull

11 runs

1 four1 six

Control

60%

JC Buttler

ENG

39 runs (21)

7 fours1 six

Productive shot

pull

12 runs

3 fours0 six

Control

57%

Best performances - bowlers

Haris Rauf

PAK

3.3

ECO

10.85

FTYFGSGS

OFFLEG

RHB


		1W

	1W
	1W

LS Livingstone

ENG

ECO

5.66

FTYFGSGS

OFFLEG

RHB

LEGOFF

LHB




			1W

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Match details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	Pakistan tour of England
Season	2024
Player Of The Match	Adil Rashid
Player Of The Series	Jos Buttler
Series result	England won the 4-match series 2-0
Match number	T20I no. 2631
Hours of play (local time)	18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days	30 May 2024 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Martin Saggers Mike Burns
TV Umpire	Russell Warren
Reserve Umpire	Graham Lloyd
Match Referee	Chris Broad