Chris Jordan bowled a magnificent super over as England beat Pakistan by the narrowest of margins,to choose the T20 series in the UAE 3-0. 7.53pm GMTSo England win the series 3-0, although they can hardly claim the final two results were comprehensive. Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi were brilliant for Pakistan but it was all in vain as Chris Jordan bowled a fairly magnificent super over to win it for England.
It means that England travel off to South Africa on a winning note. They end their tour to the UAE having won both the ODI and T20 series comfortably. Andrew Strauss’s courageous new white ball dawn is off to a start better than I think any of us expected. 7.50pm GMTSuper over ball 5: England 4-0 (Morgan 3, and Buttler 1) Pushed down to long off they come back for the moment. The throw comes in with Buttler short of his ground at the non-striker’s end,but the throw is fumbled at the base of the stumps by Anwar!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com