England vs Pakistan 1st ODI at Cardiff, 08 Jul, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 141/10 (35.2)
England 142/1 (21.5)
England won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Saqib Mahmood
  • Zak Crawley 58 * (50)
  • Dawid Malan 68 * (69)

Over 4.2 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 4.3 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, gets forward and happy to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 4.4 Shaheen Afridi bowls a back of length delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run,  opens the bat face a bit and runs it down behind square on the off-side for a single

Over 5.1 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, nicely behind it and pushed out into the off-side

Over 5.2 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 5.3 Hasan Ali bowls a pitched up delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, gets forward and drives on the up but ends up finding the man at mid-off

Over 5.4 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, stayed back and nudged it away into the on-side off the closed face of the bat

Over 5.5 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, 2 runs, gets it off the inside edge and gets it away through the square leg region for a couple as he tried to press forward and hit it through the off-side

Over 5.6 Hasan Ali bowls a half volley to Zak Crawley, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 6.6 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, comes on to the front foot and shoulders arms to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 7.6 Hasan Ali bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and plays it late and opens the bat face for a single

Over 8.1 Shaheen Afridi bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and guides it away down to the third man and gets a single.

Over 15.2 Haris Rauf bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, no run, stays in the crease and defends firmly down the track

Over 15.3 Haris Rauf bowls it short of length to Zak Crawley,1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulled away towards deep backward square leg

Over 15.4 Haris Rauf bowls a slower one to Dawid Malan,1 run, gets forward and nudged towards square leg

Over 15.5 Haris Rauf bowls a pitched up delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, moves across in the crease and  flicked away behind square leg

Over 17.3 Faheem Ashraf bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and  works it in front of mid-wicket and another sharp single is pinched

Over 18.4 Shadab Khan bowls it short of length to Zak Crawley, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and pulls it down to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 18.5 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and whipped away down to long-on

Over 19.2 Faheem Ashraf bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and steered away down to third man

Over 19.4 Faheem Ashraf bowls it short of length to Zak Crawley,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and pulled away towards deep square leg

Over 19.6 Faheem Ashraf bowls it short of length to Zak Crawley, Boundary! Stays deep inside the crease and  cuts this fiercely wide of backward point. No chance for the third man

Over 20.2 Shadab Khan bowls it short of length to Zak Crawley,1 run, punched off the back foot down to long-on

Over 20.4 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Zak Crawley, 2 runs, gets forward and flicks it to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 20.5 Shadab Khan bowls a quicker arm ball to Zak Crawley, no run, gets a big stride forward and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 20.6 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, goes down on his knee and looking for the slog sweep to seal the game, drags it off the inside half towards long-on

Over 21.1 Saud Shakeel tossed up delivery to Zak Crawley,1 run, gets forward and pushes it through cover for a single.

Over 21.5 Saud Shakeel bowls it flat in the air to Zak Crawley,1 run,  sits back and punches it towards deep cover, and gets the winning run.

England won by 9 wickets and lead the series with 1-0