Pakistan vs England Live 2ND

 

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Pakistan vs England Live 2ND

 

England go 1-0 up and we've two more matches to play before both teams fly across to the Caribbean islands for the World Cup. Plenty of positives for England with the form of Jos Buttler, Will Jacks and the comeback from Jofra Archer. Pakistan too will be pleased at the form of some of their middle-order mainstays and the way Haris Rauf came back from his own injury. We'll be back for the 3rd T20I on the 28th in Cardiff. Tomorrow is a big Sunday and do join us for the big IPL final. For now, cheers and bye..

 

Jos Buttler | Player of the Match: We got huge amount out of it (the match). First and foremost, win the game, that's what we wanted. That's a big tick in the box. A great performance from everybody. (On his own batting) You always want to be playing well. Feel like I am hitting the ball well, which is great. Nice to play well today. (On Archer) He was brilliant, you can see the emotions. Taking wickets again for England, it's fantastic. You got to temper the expectations, it's a long time, he's not going to be the Jofra Archer of old straightaway. But, a really positive performance. It's trying to absolutely want to get games into him but look after him as well. The whole bowling group was brilliant. Rash (Rashid) has been like that for a long time. Those two overs from Chris Jordan at the death were outstanding. 

Babar Azam: It was a par score, our bowlers bowled very well. In the batting, there were moments, but we didn't finish well. Small partnership between me and Fakhar and later on, there was no big partnership. If someone got 40 and 50s, it could have been different. We are flexible, everyone knows their role. We have decided each player's role. If you are not in good form, we are flexible. The way Fakhar dominated after wickets fell ... if me and Fakhar had batted for three more overs, it would have been a different ball game. (On Imad Wasim) He is experienced, he knows how to bowl at different situations and how read the batsman. He's a very clever bowler. In the batting, he has improved a lot, so good for us. Shadab is one of the best players, batting, bowling and especially fielding. He'll come back. We announced the team (for WC), we are giving confidence.