Twitter Reactions: Pakistan register one sided victory in lone T20 game at Manchester
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The Manchester Stadium hosted the lone T20 International game between England and Pakistan. The visitors went on to win the one-off game and series 1-0. Earlier in the day, Morgan won the toss as England elected to put runs on the board first. Sarfaraz made his captaincy debut for Pakistan.
While England began well with Hales taking on the Pakistan bowlers, they lost way in the middle. The top 3 got out in a hustle. Just when it seemed Buttler was settling onto the crease, he got out, following which a collapse triggered.
Riaz and Hasan bowled quite well at the death as the hosts could only manage 135/7 in their quota of 20 overs. This hurt the English prospects as it was nowhere near a competitive total. Imad Wasim and Hassan got a couple of wickets while Riaz struck thrice as Pakistan put up a wonderful bowling performance.
The only hope for England was to pick some early wickets and try to exert the pressure on Pakistan. However, openers Latif and Sharjeel had other plans. Both portrayed a magnificent display of pinch hitting as Pakistan cruised to 100/0 in just 10 overs.
Both batsmen went on to score scintillating half centuries. While Sharjeel raced his way to 59(36) with 3 maximums, Latif also showed great intent with his 59(42)*. In a completely one-sided encounter, Pakistan won by 9 wickets powered by some splendid all-round performance.
Also read – Eng v Pak Only T20I Review – Pakistan openers crush England by 9 wickets
Twitter kept everyone entertained with some amazing tweets. While praises were sung for the Pakistan batting as well as the bowling departments for some strong performances, even Sarfaraz’ captaincy was lauded. On the other hand, English batsmen were trolled followed by the English bowlers. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.
We just got to the final of the World T20. Losing a T20 against Pakistan does not require wholesale change, and a knee-jerk reaction
— Jack Mendel ? (@JackMendel4) September 7, 2016
Execrable by England and a miserable end to the summer for them. Pakistan outstanding.
— John Etheridge (@JohnSunCricket) September 7, 2016
Sharjeel out and @BumbleCricket in the commentary box. All you need to make the one sided match more interesting #ENGvsPAK #T20
— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) September 7, 2016
Sharjeel walks back after a whirlwind 36-ball 59, just the 29 runs needed off 53 balls now#ENGvPAK
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) September 7, 2016
Chris Jordan is a far better fielder than he is a cricketer
— Cricket Fan Bob (@CricketFanBob) September 7, 2016
Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif in power play.
DESTRUCTION! pic.twitter.com/fKJVhpHoDL
— Shaharyar Ejaz? (@SharyOfficial) September 7, 2016
Sharjeel and Khalid to English bowlers. pic.twitter.com/80Ri3p2qa7
— Rana Talha Asfar (@RTAluvzAfridi) September 7, 2016
Best thing about Ben Stokes?
His bowling marker that's about 1/3rd of the way through his run up
— Cricket Fan Bob (@CricketFanBob) September 7, 2016
Still a better love story than Afridi-Shehzaad. pic.twitter.com/lO1bwMNKkz
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) September 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/773600334413459456
Great work by bowlers.Excellent captaincy by Sarfraz, Batsmen 've ideal opportunity of showing talent & winning the match now.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) September 7, 2016
RT for Malik and Babar. #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/PVJDNywC3O
— Garima Srivastava (@Cricket_Panda) September 7, 2016
Sarfaraz Ahmed: 136 needed, job should be done by top order only.
Misbah: HAHAHAHAHA!
Azhar Ali: HAHAHAHAHA!
Afridi: HAHAHAHAHAHA!#ENGvPAK— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) September 7, 2016
Superb bowling by Pakistan today, conceded only one boundary in last ten overs, total 10 boundaries in 20 overs, only one six. #ENGvPAK
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) September 7, 2016
Malik with the most outstanding carry-over-the-threshold of the year. #ENGvPAK
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) September 7, 2016
Excellent effort so far from Pakistan – Wasim & Riaz have bowled superbly. England would think 150 competitive though #ENGvPAK
— Brett Graham (@worldofBG) September 7, 2016
Wahab Riaz 2/13 in 3 overs. #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/iUXBjsndlY
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 7, 2016
This match will have mixed impact on Pakistani team. They will end up winning this at the cost of Wahab Riaz getting another run #ENGvPAK
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) September 7, 2016
Wahab should never play consecutive games, he returns strong after a break.
— Afaq Soomro (@afaaq_soomro) September 7, 2016
People talking like this isn't every Pakistan t20 performance ever.
Great bowling performance then an even greater batting collapse
— Cricket Fan Bob (@CricketFanBob) September 7, 2016
Wahab's delivery to dismiss Buttler was 96.39 mph. #EngvPak
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) September 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ponty100mph/status/773587756559831041
You hear that? That's the sound of 17 English counties scrambling for Imad Wasim's agent's number… #ENGvsPAK
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) September 7, 2016
Bring BOOM BOOM back , banners & play cards around the stadium, crowd missed shahid afridi big times #PakvsEng pic.twitter.com/dCibNWDfJ5
— Ihtisham ul Haq (@iihtishamm) September 7, 2016
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