Pakistan Vs Scotland 2nd T20

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T20 Series
             Match Basics
2nd T20:  Pakistan Vs Scotland
Date: 13th June, 2018
Venue: Grange Cricket Club, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls, Ian Ramage
Toss won by: Pakistan , elected to bat first
 Scorecard Summary
Pakistan’s Innings: 166/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3)
Performers: 
Batting: Shoaib Malik 49 off 22 balls, Fakhar Zaman 33 off 25 balls, Ahmed Shehzad 24 off 22 balls.
Bowling: MA Leask 3/31 in 4 overs, MRJ Watt 1/25 in 4 overs, CB Sole 2/38 in 4 overs.
Scotland’s Innings: 82 all out (14.4 Overs, RR: 5.59)
Performers: 
Batting: Macleod 25 off 27 balls, Berrington 20 off 15 balls.
Bowling: Shadab Khan 1/19 in 4 overs, Faheem Ashraf 3/5 in 2.4 overs, Usman Khan 2/4 in 2 overs, Mohammad Nawaz 1/35 in 4 overs.
Result: Pakistan won by 84 runs.
Man of the Match: Usman Khan
Highlights & Analysis
Pakistan Vs Scotland: 1st Innings

  • Sarfraz chose to bat first on the same ground, hoping that his team replicates the performance in the 1st T20 against Scotland.

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  • A similar start was made by the Pakistani openers as both Zaman and Shehzad began to blast runs off the bat.
  • Both batsmen reached their 50-run stand inside overs with Fakhar being the biggest contributor to this partnership.
  • Shehzad was looking in good nick but he failed once again to convert his score into a fifty as Leask claimed his wicket.
  • Hussain Talat joined Fakhar Zaman. But, things only became worse for Pakistan as Zaman lost his wicket in the very next over to Watt.
  • The man of the match from the 1st T20, Sarfraz Ahmed joined Talat. But, the Pakistan captain’s luck ran out after Watt took a stunning catch at the boundary.

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  • Now, the young guns, Asif Ali and Hussain Talat had a golden opportunity to showcase their skills.
  • But, a match changing over by Leask put Scotland in front as Talat and Asif departed in the same over.
  • At this point Pakistan were 5 wickets down for the loss of 98 runs. And, getting a big total was now in the hands of Shadab and the experienced Shoaib Malik.
  • The Scottish bowlers had the chance to finish it off but Malik denied them this opportunity as boundaries started to flow freely off his bat.
  • And, with the help of Shadab Khan, Malik scored 49 runs and took Pakistan to 166 runs in 20 overs.

Pakistan Vs Scotland: 2nd Innings

  • The Scottish openers Munsey and Berrington made their way in the middle and Usman Shenwari was given the new ball.
  • Pakistan got off to a dream start as Usman struck in his 1st over to get rid of Munsey and Scotland lost their 1st wicket.

  • The Scottish captain Coetzer joined Berrington. But the partnership between the two batsmen lasted only 20 runs as Faheem claimed the wicket of Berrington.
  • Coetzer also couldn’t last very long as Shenwari’s fiery form rewarded him with the Scottish captain’s wicket and Scotland were 3 down inside 5 overs.
  • Budge and Macleod were now present on the crease. At this point, Sarfraz changed his tactics to spin and brought Nawaz and Shadab on to bowl.
  • The pressure created by the two spinners worked swiftly as Budge got run-out in the 8th over.
  • Nawaz struck in the very next over as Leask’s swipe shot went straight into Shadab’s reliable hands.

  • Scotland had lost half of their wickets and still needed 117 runs to win this match.
  • At this point, Pakistan Vs Scotland match became pretty much one-sided.
  • But, Pakistani bowlers, especially Shadab Khan didn’t take their foot off the gas as he claimed his 1st wicket in his 3rd over.
  • Panic was now setting in the Scottish team and it became evident as in an effort to score runs, two batsmen namely Sharif and Watt got run-out in the 14th over.
  • Pakistan were only 2 wickets away from clean sweeping Scotland and they achieved this feat in the very next over.
  • As, Faheem Ashraf finished it off for Pakistan by taking 2 wickets in 3 balls and Pakistan won the match by 48 runs.

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Teams
Pakistan Scotland

Ahmed Shehzad

Faheem Ashraf

Fakhar Zaman

Hasan Ali

Hussain Talat

Usman Khan Shenwari

Mohammad Nawaz(3)

Sarfraz Ahmed (Cpt.) (Wkt.)

Shadab Khan

Shoaib Malik

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AC Evans

CS MacLeod

DE Budge

CB Sole

KJ Coetzer (Cpt.)

MA Leask

MH Cross (Wkt.)

MRJ Watt

RD Berrington

SM Sharif

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