LIVE PAK vs ENG T20 World Cup Final Cricket Score and Updates: England are champions, beat Pakistan by 5 wickets
Pakistan scored 137-8 in 20 overs
Ronald Chettiar Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2022, 06:52 PM IST
It will be a final to remember for Ben Stokes after redeeming himself after England lost to WI in 2016. And for Pakistan, they won the hearts with their fighting spirit. And to all the readers goodbye from the Free Press Journal sports desk.
Ben Stokes: In finals especially when chasing, you probably forget all the hard work before that, how we bowled, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran won us the game. It was a tricky wicket and one that you never felt in. So to restrict them to 130-odd bowlers have to take a lot of credit for that. In tournaments like these you can't carry baggage with you, that was a little blip on the way, credit to Ireland for turning up and beating us, but the best teams learn from their mistakes and not let it affect them. Representing your country in World Cups is amazing, but it has been a good one.
Ben Stokes has done it again. Leads England to another World title. A brilliant half-century by the all-rounder. Even when Pakistan bowlers were making scoring difficult for England, Stokes kept fighting and never let the run-rate go out of hand. England are now the holders of the ODI world Cup as well as the T20 World Cup trophy. Become the first team to achieve the feat.
And that's the end of the tournament for Shaheen Shah Afridi. He hobbles after bowling one delivery. He had two overs left. Advantage England.
A loud cheer from the Pakistan fans... ohh Shaheen Afridi is back. A big boost for Pak that their main man is moving freely after the injury scare
Bad news for Pakistan! Shaheen Afridi is limping. He hust his knees while take a catch. He is leaving the ground. Will this cost Pakistan the match or will he return to win the match for Pakistan?
OUT! Harry Brook gone 20(23). The pressure got the better of the batsman. Shadab flighted it outside off and Brook hit it flat towards long-off for Shaheen Afridi to take a catch over is head. England 84-4
England reach 77-3 after 10 overs. Pakistan have managed to stay in the game with three crucial wickets. England have kept the run-rate from spiralling out of hand despite Jos Buttler's wicket. Both teams still in the match
OUT! Jos Buttler 26 (17) departs. Huge wicket for Pakistan. Buttler looked set for a innings of a lifetime, but Rauf cuts it short. A short of a length outside off and Buttler pokes and nicks it to Rizwan. Pakistan are right back in the game. England 45-3
OUT! Philip Salt 10 (9) gone. Haris Rauf strikes in his first over. Back of the length delivery and Salt tries to pull but fails to time and hits straight at Iftikhar to short mid-wicket. England two down in Powerplay. 32-2
OUT! Hales 1 (2) bowled. A brilliant inswinger by Shaheen Afridi and Hales is back in the pavilion. Good start for Pakistan. England 7-1
Disciplined England bowlers restrict Pakistan to 137-8 in 20 overs. Adil Rashid (4-1-22-2) and Sam Curran (4-0-12-3) bowled a tight linre and to the field as Pakistan batsman failed to get on top of the English bowling attack as they never looked in the match
Excellent spell by Sam Curran in a big match. He finishes with figures of 4-0-12-3. This is definitely a match-winning spell for the England side
OUT! Mohammad Nawaz 5 (7) gone. Curran takes his third wicket. Yorker length, Nawaz chips it to Livingstone. Pakistan 129-7
OUT! Shadab Khan 20 (14) falls at a crucial time. Jordan bowls a back-of-length delivery and Shadab goes for a cross bat shot and Woakes takes an easy catch at mid-off. Pakistan 123-6
OUT! Shan Masood 38 (28) gone. Banged it short by Curran and Masood tries to heave it only to hold out to Livingstone at deep mid-wicket. Pakistan 121-5
Pak 106-4 at the end of 15 overs. Its been all England till now. With Adil Rashid doing the damage for England. Babar Azam looked good but he failed to build on his good start. Shan Masood has kept Pakistan in the fight.
OUT! Iftikhar Ahmed 0 (6) out for a duck. Stokes gets one to straighten and nick the gloves of Iftikhar to Buttler. Pakistan 85-4
OUT! Babar Azam 32 (28) perishes. Big wicket for England. Rashid bowls a googly and Babar Azam fails to read it and plays it late back to the bowler. Rashid takes a sharp catch to his right. Pakistan 84-3
OUT! Mohammad Haris departs 8 (12). Adil Rashid drops it short and Mohammad Haris had to reach for it before lobbing it to Ben Stokes at long-on. Pakistan 45-2
OUT! Rizwan 15 (14) bowled, Sam Curran strikes for England. A wobbled seam delivery on the off stump and Rizwan goes for the drive only to take an inside-edge on to the stump. Pakistan 29-1
England players are wearing black armbands in memory of David English, who died on Saturday due to a heart attack, aged 76. English was best known for organising a legendary charity fundraiser for cricket in England, through his Bunbury Festivals, the U-15 cricket competition
An eventful first over with 8 coming off Ben Stokes. It has everything, a no-ball, wide, free-hit and a run-out chance
Captain Babar Azam and Mohd Rizwan will once again open for Pakistan in the Big final. For England, Ben Stokes has the new ball. And the England all-rounder opens with a no-ball and a wide
Here's something to cheer for the Indian fans. Three India players — Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and pacer Arshdeep Singh make the tournament XI
The final is likely to be dogged by rain. Weather predictions by the Bureau of Meteorology, the Austalia government states high chances of a shower during late morning and afternoon on Sunday. "Cloudy. Very high (near 100%) chance of showers developing during the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Winds northerly 25 to 35 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening," predicted the Bureau of Meteorology.
England (playing XI): Jos Buttler (C/wk), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid
Pakistan (playing XI): Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and put Pakistan in to bat
If the unpredictable weather of Melbourne permits a full match, then fans are in store for a blazing final between a confident England and solid Pakistan on Sunday, which is ironically a repeat of the settings of the 1992 ODI World Cup final clash.
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