England beat Pakistan by 63 runs in third T20

England beat Pakistan by 63 runs in third T20

Karachi (Web Desk): England defeated Pakistan by 63 runs in the third T20 at National Stadium Karachi on Friday.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first against the touring team.

England set a massive target of 222 runs for Pakistan as Ben Duckett (70) and Harry Brook (81) propelled England to build a huge total.

Shahnawaz Dahani gave most runs in his four-over stint as he could not maintain his performance in the game.

After impressive performance with bat, the visiting team’s bowling line also displayed stunning game as they restricted the Men in Green shirts to 158 in 20-over game.

After the opening order failed to build a strong total, Shan Masood played heroic inning of 66 runs off 40 balls but it could not help Pakistan to register its second victory.

England lead the series 2-1.

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan defeated England by 10 wickets in the second match of the seven-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series played at the same venue.

Teams:

England: Moeen Ali (captain), Will Jacks, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir