Paceman Chris Woakes starred for a second match in succession as he defended 10 runs in the last over to help England win the third and final Twenty20 in a Super Over finish in Sharjah on Monday.
Paceman Chris Woakes starred for a second match in succession as he defended 10 runs in the last over to help England win the third and final Twenty20 in a Super Over finish in Sharjah on Monday.
Woakes conceded seven off the first two deliveries thanks to a six but managed to tie the game off the last ball as Pakistan faltered in the chase of a 155-run target.
Pakistan then managed just three runs in the Super Over bowled by Chris Jordan, which England beat off just four balls for a 3-0 clean sweep of the series.
The victory lifted England to fourth in the Twenty20 rankings while Pakistan, second before the series, fell to sixth.
England won the first match by 14 runs and the second by three runs with Woakes defending 11 in the last over — both matches in Dubai.
Pakistan was unlucky not to win the match after Shoaib Malik smashed a career best 54-ball 75 for his fourth Twenty20 half century and added a quickfire 63 off just 38 balls for the sixth wicket with Shahid Afridi, who made a 20-ball 29.
Malik and Afridi joined company with Pakistan struggling at 65/5 as both took the attack to the English bowlers, much to the joy of a packed 16,000 stadium. Afridi smashed three sixes off his 20-ball innings before he was bowled by paceman David Willey, who finished with 3/36.
Malik hit eight boundaries and two sixes but fell with just two needed for victory.
Waqar believes England defeat “huge eye opener”
Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis described defeat in the Twenty20 series against England as a “huge eye opener” for his team whose “poor and ordinary” performance needed proper analysis.
“I think it’s a big eye opener,” said Waqar. “We have seen a lot of things which were not obvious before and there was an obvious difference between the two teams. Our performance has been very ordinary and very poor and needs serious analysis.”
“England were younger than us and fitter and I think that made the difference. Credit to them for bouncing back after losing the Test series,” said Waqar whose team won the preceding Test series 2-0 but lost the ODI series 3-1.
Scoreboard England: J. Roy lbw b Yamin 0, J. Vince c Umar b Tanvir 46, J. Root b Afridi 32, Moeen Ali c and b Afridi 0, E. Morgan b Malik 15, J. Buttler run out 2, S. Billings c Umar b Anwar 7, C. Woakes c Umar b Tanvir 37, D. Willey not out 3, C. Jordan not out 0. Extras: (lb 4, w 8) 12. Total: (for 8 wkts, in 20 overs) 154 FoW: 1-0, 2-48, 3-48, 4-68, 5-75, 6-86, 7-146, 8-152 Bowling: Yamin 2-0-12-1, Tanvir 4-0-36-2 (3w), Irfan 4-0-40-0 (1w), Afridi 4-0-19-2 (1w), Anwar 4-0-35-1 (1w), Malik 2-0-8-1 (2w) Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad b Willey 4, Raffatullah Mohmand lbw b Willey 0, Mohammad Hafeez run out 1, Shoaib Malik c Billings b Woakes 75, Mohammad Rizwan c and b Rashid 24, Umar Akmal c Jordan b Moeen 4, Shahid Afridi b Willey 29, Sohail Tanvir not out 10, Anwar Ali not out 0 Extras: (b1, lb1, w5) 7. Total: (for 7 wkts, in 20 overs) 154 FoW: 1-5, 2-9, 3-11, 4-50, 5-65, 6-128, 7-153 Bowling: Willey 4-0-36-3 (4w), Woakes 4-0-26-1, Jordan 4-0-39-0, Rashid 4-0-29-1, Moeen 4-0-22-1 (1w) Super Over: Pakistan 3/1, England 4/0
