For Sarfraz, the time has come to begin establishing a new era as successor to veteran Shahid Afridi – who stepped down as captain after Pakistan’s early exit from last spring’s ICC World Twenty20.
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While the two sides shared the spoils in an exhilarating Test series that ended 2-2, the One-Day Internationals were a one-sided affair.
England, 4-0 up and bidding for a first home 5-0 series whitewash, made three changes to the side that won by four wickets at Headingley on Thursday.
He also explained how England’s strong squad can only benefit the team. “Everyone’s role is very clear and the competition for places can only benefit the team”.
“Man of the match” Sarfraz, who also scored Pakistan’s first ODI hundred at Lord’s in the second match, was the highest run-scorer in the series notching up a total of 300 runs at an average of 60. This news story is related to Latest/148519-England-bat-against-Pakistan-in-Only-T20I/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. Mohammad Irfan will not be a part of the team after being ruled out with an injury. Hasan Ali has been included in his place. Pakistan too have brought in fresh blood for the game, including Amad Butt, Khalid Latif and Sohail Tanvir, while Sami Aslam, Yasir Shah, Umar Gul, Hasan Ali and ODI skipper Azhar Ali are flying back home after being dropped.
After losing the first four matches, Pakistan finally managed to defeat England in the fifth ODI, and Sarfraz wants to use this win as an inspiration ahead of the T20 match.
Root topped the hosts’ batting leaderboard with 274 runs at an average of 54.80, whilst Hales smashed an English record of 171 runs off 122 balls at Trent Bridge in the ODI series.
It was a display and a result Pakistan could take heart from, especially given that the result denied England their hopes of remaining unbeaten in 50-over cricket this season.
The moment he took the crease, Pakistan has lost 2 set batsmen in the same over. They were one of the best sides in the World T20, with a good mix of explosive batsmen and bowlers.
Ben Stokes’ 75 off 76 balls was his highest ODI score but he had to work hard when he came in against the spinners and was nine not out after 28 balls.
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Though Misbah and Azhar Ali have nearly the same ODI match win rate with the former leading with 2%, the actual difference comes in the way of number of matches played (87 vs.13) in 7 and 1 year respectively.
