England vs Pakistan 1st ODI at Cardiff, 08 Jul, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 141/10 (35.2)
England 142/1 (21.5)
England won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Saqib Mahmood
  • Zak Crawley 58 * (50)
  • Dawid Malan 68 * (69)

Over 0.3: No runs. Shaheen Afridi to Dawid Malan,

Over 0.4: No runs. Shaheen Afridi to Dawid Malan,

Over 0.5: Single. Shaheen Afridi to Dawid Malan,

Over 1.1 Hasan Ali bowls a pitched up delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and drives it straight to cover

Over 1.2 Hasan Ali bowls it short of length to Dawid Malan, no run, rocks back to cut. Gets an inside edge that eludes the sticks and rolls towards leg.

Over 1.3 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and beats Malan's defence and raps him high on the back thigh. Too high and hence the lbw appeal died down quickly

Over 1.4 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and looks to play through the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 1.5 Hasan Ali bowls a pitched up delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and  jammed to cover

Over 2.3: Single. Shaheen Afridi to Dawid Malan,

Over 3.1: Wide ball. Hasan Ali to Dawid Malan,

Over 3.1: No runs. Hasan Ali to Dawid Malan,

Over 3.2: Single. Hasan Ali to Dawid Malan,

Over 3.6: Wide ball. Hasan Ali to Dawid Malan,

Over 3.6: Two runs. Hasan Ali to Dawid Malan,

Over 4.1 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Philip Salt, out Caught by Maqsood!! Salt played away from his body and that too sans any feet or bodyweight going forward. Simple take for the slip fielder.

Over 4.5 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side watchfully.

Over 4.6 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and  stabs the delivery out into the off-side

Over 6.1 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Stays back and creams the cut through the off-side for a four.

Over 6.2 Shaheen Afridi bowls a pitched up delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and chips the ball away into the on-side off the closed face of the bat

Over 6.3 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Opened the face on impact and got it to the left of the point fielder for a four. Pure timing

Over 6.4 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets inside the line and lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 6.5 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan,1 run, gets forward and  jabs at it and gets it off the inside edge for a single. Got it wide of mid-on and the single was nabbed

Over 7.1 Hasan Ali bowls a half volley to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Leans in to the drive and plays it along the ground to the sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 7.2 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and  nudges the ball away into the on-side

Over 7.3 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, stays behind the line of the ball and defends it out into the off-side

Over 7.4 Hasan Ali bowls it short of length to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and pulls the ball down despite the ball getting big on him. Managed to kept it down and hit it behind square for a four. Well hit indeed

Over 7.5 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan,1 run, goes on the back foot and pulls it down to fine leg for a single

Over 15.1 Haris Rauf bowls a pitched up delivery to Dawid Malan,1 run, gets forward and drives sweetly off the front foot but short cover does well to get a hand on this, deflecting this towards the right of mid-off

Over 15.6 Haris Rauf slips in a full toss to Dawid Malan,1 run, gets forward and flicked away towards deep mid-wicket

Over 16.1 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Dawid Malan, no run, gets forward and played inside the line of it. Missed it by a mile. Rizwan egged Babar to go upstairs with the review, only to look a bit silly in the end

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