England beat Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller match, ENG vs PAK 4th T20i. England was brilliant with bat & bowl as they stopped Pakistan at 157/10 in 20 overs. Jos Buttler & co chased down this target with 28 balls left, with clinical dominance with the bat.

ENG vs PAK, match info

Venue	Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England won the Toss & elected to bowl first
Date	30th May, 2024

ENG vs PAK 4th T20i Highlights

After winning the toss England decided to bowl first, because of the weather conditions. due to bad weather previous match was abandoned without playing a ball, so that was a good call for bowling.

In the first half, England bowled brilliantly. English pacers bowled really well in good areas. But Pakistan openers batted well though to put 50 runs inside powerplay overs. Babar & Rizwan’s partnership was brilliant as they wrote many records for Pakistan previously.

Most asked FAQ about Babar & Rizwan Partnership

What is the highest partnership in T20 Babar and Rizwan?

Babar & Rizwan put 203-runs for the 1st wicket partnership against England.

What is the average between Babar & Rizwan’s partnership

they are the only opening partnership with more than 2000 T20I runs, with an average stand of 49.18.

Who holds the T20 partnership records by 1st wicket?

Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani against Afghanistan of 236 runs together.

England’s Spinners Adil, Livingstone & Ali this three spin wizard picked up 5 wickets, two-two for Adil & Livingstone and one for Ali. They bowled really well because Oval’s pitch does not react like this usually, there is always help for pace attack no help for spinners.

ENG vs PAK 4th T20, Pakistan’s middle order went for ducks

After the dismissal of the top three Pakistan’s middle order had no clue, as Shadab Khan and Azam Khan went for ducks, not even scoring a single run. Pakistan’s Tail Enders pulled the innings to reach 157 after 20 overs.

ENG vs PAK, Pakistan’s Batting

BATSMAN	RUNS
M.Rizwan	23(16)
Babar Azam	36(22)
Usman Khan	38(21)
Fakhar Zaman	9(9)
Shadab Khan	0(1)
Azam Khan	0(5)
Iftikhar Ahmed	21(18)
Shaheen Afridi	0(2)
Naseem Shah	16(18)
Mohammad Amir	0(0)
Haris Rauf	8(7)

ENG vs PAK, England’s Bowling 

BOWLERS	WICKETS	RUNS
Mark Wood	2	35 in 4 ov
Jofra Archer	1	31 in 3.1 ov
Chris Jordan	1	24 in 3 ov
Moeen Ali	1	23 in 2 ov
Adil Rashid	2	27 in 4 ov
Livingstone	2	17 in 3 ov

England’s openers came on to the crease, Phil Salt & the skipper Jos Buttler. Both knew that weather conditions were not good if rain came then Pakistan could win the match with DLS. Keep in that mind England started playing aggressive cricket.

Both Salt & Buttler smashed Pakistan bowlers in the first 6 overs. Phil Salt played with a strike rate of 187. Both of them built 50 runs of 1st wicket partnership, as a result, England almost chased 78 runs, half of the runs to win.

Vintage Jonny is back

Bairstow looked a little bit off in the 3rd T20i ENG vs PAK. But in this match, he just nailed it!! he smashed back-to-back sixes in Shadav Khan’s over, felt like he is back.

Jonny’s Batting form is the most necessary thing from England’s point of view. He proved his position in number 4th position as well with his firecracker batting performance just before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

ENG vs PAK, Haris Rauf The alone warrior

Only Haris Rauf was able to pick 3 wickets for Pakistan, he got the wickets of the top-order batsman, England.

Though Shaheen Afridi couldn’t pick wickets he was very economical as he conceded only 20 runs within his first three overs.

Babar’s Poor Captaincy

Since Babar was captain of team Pakistan, he was very successful as captain for his right decisions at the right time. But in this ENG vs PAK, 4th T20i Babar seemed a little bit off as a captain though he scored 36 runs in 22 balls but could do too much as a captain.

On the same pitch when Pakistan batted it seems to be a bowling pitch & England’s pacers swing the ball very well.

But Pakistan’s pacers couldn’t use the condition same as England. Babar seemed to depend only on Spinners. That wasn’t a bad decision because in the first innings England’s spinners picked up five wickets.

But at that time the pitch was dry, and when England came to bat a little bit of rain happened with drizzling. So, there is no use for spinners on that slow pitch, Buttler & Salt both can play spin really well. We noticed this in IPL 2024 as well.

Pakistan’s spinners gave 20 runs in 3 overs with no wickets. Babar could have one more over to  Afridi & Shadab cause they bowled well.

ENG vs PAK, England’s Batting

BATSMAN	RUNS
Philip Salt	45(26)
Jos Buttler	39(21)
Will Jacks	20(18)
Jonny Bairstow	28(16)
Harry Brook	17(14)

ENG vs PAK, Pakistan’s Bowling

BOWLERS	WICKETS	RUNS
Shaheen Afridi	0	20 runs in 3ov.
Naseem Shah	0	51 runs in 4ov.
Mohammad Amir	0	27 runs in 2ov.
Haris Rauf	3	38 runs in 3.3ov.
Shadab Khan	0	20 runs in 3 ov.