PAK vs ENG Champions
The strong performance of Pakistan Champions continues in the World Championship of Legends 2024. After Australia, West Indies and India, Pakistan has now defeated England as well and registered its fourth consecutive win in this league.
With this win, Pakistan has 8 points, and this team remains at the first position in the points table. Shoaib Malik’s all-round performance and Shan Masood’s half-century innings played a big role in Pakistan’s victory against England. Shoaib Malik was also selected as the Player of the Match. Shoaib Malik scored a half-century and also took a wicket.
Pakistan beat England by 79 runs
In the 10th match of the World Championship of Legends 2024, Pakistan faced England. England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first. Batting first, Pakistan scored 196 for 4 in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 197 runs to win in the second innings, England were all out for just 117 runs in 17 overs and lost by 79 runs. After this defeat, England have only 2 points in 4 matches and this team is at number four in the points table. England has won one of the last 4 matches while it lost 3 matches.
Shoaib Malik and Shan Masood hit half centuries
Pakistan batted first and half centuries by Shoaib Malik and Shan Masood played a big role in taking the team to a score of 196. Kamran Akmal got out after scoring 11 runs in 10 balls while Sharjeel Khan got out after scoring 13 runs in 11 balls while Shan Masood came at the third position and played an innings of 64 runs with 6 sixes and 2 fours, while Shoaib Malik also performed brilliantly with the bat and scored 51 runs in 33 balls and hit 2 sixes and 5 fours during this. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq scored an unbeaten 23 runs in 14 balls while Abdul Razzaq played an unbeaten innings of 20 runs in 9 balls. S Maker took the maximum 2 wickets for England.
England’s batting flopped
England had a target of 197 runs to win but the team was all out for 117 runs in front of Pakistan’s excellent bowling. For Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets, Abdul Razzaq took 2 wickets while Sohail Khan, Amer Yamin and Shoaib Malik took one wicket each. Team captain Kevin Pietersen’s poor form continued, and he was dismissed for 4 runs while Phil Mustard played an innings of 30 runs. Kevin O’Brien contributed 24 runs while Ian Bell and Ali Brown contributed 11-11 runs.