England’s team entered this match under the leadership of Ben Stokes, who was captaining for the first time with five new players. Phil Salt, Jack Crawley, wicketkeeper John Simpson, all-rounder Lewis Gregory and fast bowler Brydon Cars made their debuts.
England has to play with new players against Pakistan due to Corona virus cases.
The England Cricket Team, recovering from the shock of having seven members of Corona, on the strength of new players, bowled out Pakistan on a modest score of 141 runs in the first ODI. Under the leadership of Saqib Mahmood, the English bowlers bowled wonderfully and allowed the visiting team to stay at the crease for 35.2 overs, Mahmood took four wickets for 42 runs. At the same time, Matt Parkinson and Craig Everton got two wickets each. For Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman scored the highest 47 runs while Shadab Khan contributed 30 runs. If one over of captain Ben Stokes is removed, then the rest of England’s bowlers had only seven ODIs in total but they did not let their bowling show their lack of experience.
Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first. Saqib Mahmood proved this decision in the very first over. He dismissed Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam in the first three balls of the match without opening the account. In this way, two wickets of Pakistan fell without opening the account. Mohammad Rizwan made some good shots but Lewis Gregory got him caught behind the wicket on a personal score of 13 runs. Saud Shakeel, playing the first match, could not do much and became Mahmood’s third victim after scoring five runs. At such a time, opener Fakhar Zaman stuck a peg at one end and made some big and attractive shots. But wickets kept falling from the other side. Sohaib Maqsood, who was returning after a long time, was run out after scoring 19 runs.
Fakhar also got caught by Jack Crawley off Matt Parkinson’s delivery three runs before the half-century. He hit six fours in his innings. Then Shadab scored 30 runs in the lower order with a six. In this way Pakistan’s team reached 141 runs.
Five debuts for England
England’s team entered this match under the leadership of Ben Stokes, who was captaining for the first time with five new players. Phil Salt, Jack Crawley, wicketkeeper John Simpson, all-rounder Lewis Gregory and fast bowler Brydon Cars made their debuts. On the other hand, left-handed batsman Saud Shakeel made his debut for Pakistan. After the ODI series against Sri Lanka, three England players and four members of the support staff were found to be Corona positive. Due to this everyone else had to isolate.
In such a situation, a fresh team was selected. Some players were called from the county championship and some former players who went on rest were also included. Ben Stokes was also not selected earlier due to injury, but he was also brought in the team due to lack of captaincy.
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