England beat Pakistan by 3 runs to take unassailable 2-0 lead

27 Nov, Dubai (Cricketnmore). Liam Plunkett incredible spell in the middle overs help England to beat Pakistan by 3 runs in second T20 international . With this win visitors take unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Toss: England won the toss and elect to bat first

England : Useful contributions from most of the batsmen help England to post a total of 172-8 in 20 overs. For Pakistan Skipper Shahid Afridi claimed 3  for 15 and Anwar Ali 2 for 27. While Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik picked up one wicket each.

Pakistan : Brilliant bowling from Liam Plunkett (3/33), Adil Rashid (2/18)a and Chris Woakes (2/40) help visitors to bowled out Pakistan for 169/8 in 20 overs. Shahid Afridi produced an absolute gem smashing a eight-ball 24 to take Pakistan within touching distance.

MoM : Liam Plunkett (3/33)

Series Result : England take unassailable 2-0 lead

Brief scores:

England 172 for eight in 20 overs (James Vince 38, Jos Buttler 33; Afridi 3 for 15) beat Pakistan 169 for eight in 20 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 25, Shoaib Malik 26; Liam Plunkett 3 for 33) by three runs.

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Teams (Playing XI)

Pakistan : Rafatullah Mohmand, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Shahid Afridi (c), Anwar Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz

England : Alex Hales, Jason Roy, James Vince, Joe Root, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Sam Billings, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Stephen Parry