#PakvsEng: Pakistan faces shameful 9 wkts defeat in first ODI
Pakistan faces a shameful 9 wickets defeat in the first ODI against the host team at Cardiff on Thursday has left the cricket fans home disappointed and infuriated.
The national team’s performance both with the ball and the bat has left question marks not just over players’ performance but also at the team selectors and coaches as well.
A new England squad under Ben Strokes captaincy thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets in the first ODI taking a 1-0 lead in a three-match series.
Pakistan could hardly manage to put 142 runs target for the English side with more than 14 overs of their innings remaining to bat.
Only the opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, with 47, and Shadab Khan (30) showed some resistance against the ball while, No. 1 ODI batter Babar Azam was bowled out for a two-ball duck.
English side finished on 142-1 with more than 28 overs remaining.
Earlier, fast bowler Saqib Mahmood took an ODI best 4-42.
The scorecards tell the complete story of the first ODI at Cardiff |
Pakistan innings
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imam ul-Haq | lbw b Mahmood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fakhar Zaman | c Crawley b Parkinson | 47 | 67 | 6 | 0 |
| Babar Azam | c Crawley b Mahmood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | c Simpson b Gregory | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Saud Shakeel | lbw b Mahmood | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Sohaib Maqsood | Run Out Vince | 19 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Shadab Khan | c Malan b Overton | 30 | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| Faheem Ashraf | c Simpson b Mahmood | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Hassan Ali | c Malan b Parkinson | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaheen Afridi | c Stokes b Overton | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | Not Out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 0 3w 1nb | 4 | |||
| Total | for 10 | 141 | 35.2 overs | ||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saqib Mahmood | 10 | 1 | 42 | 4 |
| Lewis Gregory | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Craig Overton | 6 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Brydon Carse | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Matthew Parkinson | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Ben Stokes | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Fall of wickets |
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|---|---|---|
| Order | Name | Runs |
| 1 | Imam ul-Haq | 0 |
| 2 | Babar Azam | 0 |
| 3 | Mohammad Rizwan | 17 |
| 4 | Saud Shakeel | 26 |
| 5 | Sohaib Maqsood | 79 |
| 6 | Fakhar Zaman | 90 |
| 7 | Faheem Ashraf | 101 |
| 8 | Hassan Ali | 123 |
| 9 | Shadab Khan | 134 |
| 10 | Shaheen Afridi | 141 |
England innings
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Salt | c Maqsood b Afridi | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Dawid Malan | Not Out | 68 | 69 | 8 | 0 |
| Zak Crawley | Not Out | 58 | 50 | 7 | 0 |
| James Vince | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Simpson | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Gregory | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Overton | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brydon Carse | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saqib Mahmood | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Parkinson | Yet to Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 1lb 0 7w 1nb | 9 | |||
| Total | for 1 | 142 | 21.5 overs | ||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Hassan Ali | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Saud Shakeel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fall of wickets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Order | Name | Runs |
| 1 | Philip Salt | 22 |
