Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:18
Posted by Abdul Ahad
DUBAI: Off-spinner Graeme Swann took 3-13 as England kept Pakistan down to 144-6 in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at Dubai Stadium on Thursday.
Swann rocked the middle-order with a burst of three wickets off eight balls to derail Pakistan after skipper Stuart Broad elected to field after winning the toss.
England, the reigning Twenty20 world champions, started the match on a high note after sweeping Pakistan 4-0 in the one-day series and once again pegged their opponents back through some disciplined bowling and fielding.
Pakistan made a flying start with debutant Awais Zia hitting a four and six during his 12-ball 18 but Pakistan lost four wickets in the space of eight runs as Asad Shafiq (19) fell run out, Mohammad Hafeez (23), Shahid Afridi (seven) and Umar Akmal (nought) followed each other, with Swann taking the last three.
It was left to captain Misbah-ul Haq (26 not out) and Shoaib Malik ...
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DUBAI: Off-spinner Graeme Swann took 3-13 as England kept Pakistan down to 144-6 in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at Dubai Stadium on Thursday.
Swann rocked the middle-order with a burst of three wickets off eight balls to derail Pakistan after skipper Stuart Broad elected to field after winning the toss.
England, the reigning Twenty20 world champions, started the match on a high note after sweeping Pakistan 4-0 in the one-day series and once again pegged their opponents back through some disciplined bowling and fielding.
Pakistan made a flying start with debutant Awais Zia hitting a four and six during his 12-ball 18 but Pakistan lost four wickets in the space of eight runs as Asad Shafiq (19) fell run out, Mohammad Hafeez (23), Shahid Afridi (seven) and Umar Akmal (nought) followed each other, with Swann taking the last three.
It was left to captain Misbah-ul Haq (26 not out) and Shoaib Malik ...
DUBAI: Off-spinner Graeme Swann took 3-13 as England kept Pakistan down to 144-6 in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at Dubai Stadium on Thursday.
Swann rocked the middle-order with a burst of three wickets off eight balls to derail Pakistan after skipper Stuart Broad elected to field after winning the toss.
England, the reigning Twenty20 world champions, started the match on a high note after sweeping Pakistan 4-0 in the one-day series and once again pegged ...
KARACHI: Pakistan and England are ready to take each other on in the first Twenty 20 match at the Dubai International Cricket Ground starting on Thursday at 16:00GMT.
Misbah-ul-Haq and Stuart Broad will perform the role of captaincy for their respective teams in an accelerated format of the game.
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Awais Zia, a striking left-hander, gets an opportunity as Younis Khan and Azhar Ali went back to home. Zia, the 25 old boy from Chakwal in Punjab, has ...
DUBAI: England captain Stuart Broad won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at Dubai Stadium here on Thursday.
Pakistan made three changes from the line-up wich lost the fourth one-day here on Tuesday, bringing in opener Awaiz Zia, paceman Umar Gul and allrounder Hammad Azam. They replaced Azhar Ali, Abdul Rehman and Adnan Akmal.
England, who won the four-match one-day series 4-0, brought in Jonny Bairstow and Ravi ...
KARACHI: Pakistan's series against England has brought extraordinary results. If Pakistan clinch an historic win in Test series 3-0, England weren't much behind. They did the same but in a different format of the game, whitewashing Pakistan to take the One-day International (ODI) series 4-0.
Both teams fought hard to avoid a whitewash giving a tough time to each other polishing young talent like Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Steve Finn and Keiswetter to perform well in the future. ...
