LAHORE:
Phil Salt
smashed a robust career-best 41- ball 88 not out to assist England whip Pakistan by 8 wickets in the 6th Twenty20 worldwide in Lahore on Friday.
The England opener clobbered 3 6s and 13 fours in the 3rd fastest half century by an England batter in the much shorter format to assist his group ferret out a target of 170 in simply 14.3 overs.
Salt’s fiery knock eclipsed
Babar Azam
‘s 59- ball 87 not out that raised the house group to 169 -6 and saw Pakistan skipper equating to India star Virat Kohli’s record of the fastest male to 3,000 runs in cricket’s quickest format.
England’s success connected the seven-match series 3-3 with an appealing last match in Lahore on Sunday.
England, who stopped working to go after 146 on Wednesday, were offered a rousing start by Salt and Alex Hales who assembled 50 in simply 3 overs.
Hales, who smashed 4 fours and a 6 in his 12- ball 27, holed out after a breezy 55- run start simply 24 balls prior to Dawid Malan assisted include 73 for the 2nd wicket with an 18- ball26
Ben Duckett stayed not out on26
Salt finished his 2nd T20 I fifty off simply 19 balls, enhancing on his previous finest of 57 versus the West Indies at Bridgetown previously this year.
It was a total attack by England batters who controlled Pakistan bowling with only spinner Shadab Khan taking 2-34
Earlier, Azam anchored Pakistan’s innings with respected partner Mohammad Rizwan and pacer Haris Rauf rested for the match.
The Pakistan skipper, who struck his 27 th half century, reached 3,000 T20 I runs in 81 innings as he anchored the house group’s overall after they were sent out in to bat.
Azam struck Richard Gleeson for a 6 to sign up with Indian duo of Rohit Sharma (3,694 runs in 140 matches) and Kohli (3,663 in 108), New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (3,497 in 112) and Ireland’s Paul Stirling (3,011 in 114) in passing the turning point.
Azam struck 3 6s and 7 fours and included 48 for the 4th wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed (31) and 47 for the 3rd with Haider Ali (18).
Sam Curran (2-26) and David Willey (2-32) were the effective England bowlers.
England are on their very first trip of Pakistan for 17 years.