England v Pakistan Only T20I – Statistical Highlights

After winning the final ODI, Pakistan finished off the tour on a high with a convincing win in the only T20I at Old Trafford. The visitors chased down the 136-run target in just 14.5 overs by losing only 1 wicket. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of times before this game Pakistan chased down a 120+ target in T20Is with more than 3 overs to spare.

3 – Sharjeel and Latif scoring fifties in this game is only the 3rd instance for Pakistan in T20Is where their both openers scored fifties in the same T20I. Previous two instances are vs Bangladesh in 2010 WT20 and vs Zimbabwe last year.

3/18 – Wahab Riaz’s figures of 3/18 are his best in T20Is. Previous best were 3/34 vs New Zealand earlier in January this year.

9 – Pakistan’s winning margin of 9 wickets in this game is their highest winning margin in terms of wickets remaining in T20Is. They had won by 8 wickets on 3 occasions earlier.

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31 – Pakistan chased down the target with 31 balls to spare, their 3rd highest winning margin in terms of balls remaining.

46 – Runs scored by England in boundaries in this game, their 3rd lowest in a T20I where they played full 20 overs.

50 – T20Is played by Jos Buttler, he became the 4th England player to play in 50 T20Is.

51 – Highest partnership stand for the opening wicket in England and Pakistan T20Is before this game was 51 by Shehzad and Rafatullah in 2015. It was the only 50+ opening stand in T20Is between these two teams. This game had opening stands of 56 and 107.

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73 – Runs scored by Pakistan in the power play in this game, their most in powerplay overs in a T20I. They scored 72 runs vs Zimbabwe in 2011.

77.97 – Percentage of runs scored by Sharjeel Khan in boundaries during his innings, it is the 2nd most by a Pakistan batsman in a T20I. (Min: 50 runs)

107 – Partnership stand for the opening wicket between Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif is only the 4th highest stand for the first wicket in T20Is for the team. Their top 3 are against either Zimbabwe or Bangladesh.