2nd T20: England beat Pakistan by 23 runs

Birmingham: In the second T20, England defeated Pakistan by 23 runs.

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In the second match of the T20 series played in Birmingham, in response to England's 183 runs, the Pakistan team was bowled out for 160 runs in 19.2 overs.

Pakistan's openers failed to give the team a good start, with Mohammad Rizwan zero while Saeem Ayub returned to the pavilion for just 2 runs.

Fakhar Zaman scored 45 runs and Babar Azam scored 32 runs, Iftikhar scored 23 runs, Imad Wasim scored 22 runs and Azam Khan scored 11 runs.

For England, Reece Topley took 3 wickets, Moeen Ali and Jofar Archer took 2 wickets each, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone took one wicket each.

Earlier, Pakistan had won the toss and invited England to bat. England batted first and scored 183 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

England captain Jos Buttler played a brilliant innings of 84 runs, Will Jacks 37, Jonny Bairstow 21 and Phil Salt 13 were outstanding.

For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets, Imad Wasim and Haris Rauf took 2 and 2 wickets respectively.

England lead 0-1 in the four-match series, with the first match of the series canceled due to rain.

Squad:

England: Jos Buttler (captain, wicketkeeper), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingston, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Saeem Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir