By Hamza Hameed Mirza

The Pakistan national team played its best game and defeated England by 31 runs in the first match of the three-match T20 series. The entire England team returned to the pavilion after scoring 201 runs in 19.2 overs.

According to the details, in the first T20 match played between Pakistan and England, the national team made a victorious start. In the first T20 International match, they defeated England by 31 runs. Pakistan set a target of 233 for the English team.

At Nottingham, England were bowled out for 201 in 19.2 overs. Pakistan batted first and set a target of 233 for England to win the match.

England’s Liam Livingston was the top scorer with 103 runs while Jason Roy managed to score 32 runs. Apart from these two batsmen, other players of the English team could not play any special game and the entire team could not play even 20 overs.

After giving a big target, Pakistan team also got off to a good start in bowling, dropping the first wicket of England to 12 runs, after which the national team got the second and third wickets early and strengthened its grip on the match.

Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan took 3 wickets each. Liam Livingstone’s 103-run innings also failed to save England from defeat. Captain Babar Azam played a brilliant innings of 85 off 49 balls.