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Pakistan vs England, 5th T20I – Match Preview, Probable Playing XI, Players to Watch Out For and Where to Watch

The series is currently tied at 2-2.

Sep 28, 2022 3:20 pm

England and Pakistan have been involved in a great T20I series so far. The fans have been treated with some exhilarating cricket as England are giving neck-to-neck competition to the hosts. The series has been very tight and both teams have fought hard. As of now, the series is tightly contested and is currently leveled at 2-2. Three matches are remaining and all will be played in Lahore.

Team News

Pakistan

The Pakistan team have put up a decent performance in the series so far. The batting from Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan has been outstanding and also the bowling group for Pakistan has stepped up to the task as well. Pakistan won the fourth T20I against England by a very close margin of just 3 runs and, thereby, levelled the series. The middle-order, though, is a concern and Pakistan would be looking to address that.

England

England have given a tough fight to Pakistan in this series as they have fought tooth and nail. Their spinners in the form of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have done well. Harry Brook has been a find for England in short form cricket. He played a destructive innings in the 3rd T20I, scoring 81 from 35 balls and took England to a big total of 221. As per reports, Jos Buttler is also likely to make his presence felt in the coming games.

Players to Watch out for:

Pakistan

Usman Qadir, Harris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan.

England

Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid.

Predicted playing XI

Pakistan

Babar Azam(C), Khushdil Shah, Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, M Hasnain.

England

Harry Brook, W Jacks, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali(C), Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.

Pitch report

The pitch in Lahore at the Gaddafi Stadium will be a batting friendly pitch and the conditions will be in favour of the batsmen. The bowlers are in for a leather hunt at the venue.