Pakistan vs England (2nd T20I) Live Streaming -- Pakistan confident ahead of series decider today (Match Preview)

DUBAI, UAE (Sat, Feb 25) – Pakistan will be feeling very relieved and soothing, especially the skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, with the recent victory Thursday against England in first of the three T20I’s after being thrashed by opposition in ODI series sweeping it all with 4-0 scoreline. 

Misbah hit back critics after victory in first T20 international

The recent triumph, courtesy to Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal’s sensible bowling at the death overs, has certainly boosted the confidence level of Misbah and his boys. He was criticized heavily for his defending approach in the ODI series which ultimately led to series whitewash by the hands of England, downed in the Test series by 3-0 against the same opposition.

Misbah's captaincy skills were not at their best in the 4-match ODI series, but in the Twenty20 match, he maneuvered his resources well, using the right bowlers at the right time and placing the fields correctly.

Misbah on Friday hit back at at criticism after his side's 4-0 defeat in the ODI series against England, advising a change of approach among critics.

"I have said that even after the Test series win that we have to keep patience," said Misbah following his team's 8-run victory in Thursday’s Twenty20 International.

"We should talk of the ground realities but we talk on other points," said Misbah in response. "We should talk of the bad performance (and) the areas where we showed weaknesses.

"We must talk of ground realities and the media should be positive. We committed mistakes: they scored four hundreds, we managed only four fifties and their bowlers took wickets, ours didn't," said Misbah of the one-day series.

The second Twenty20 International is scheduled to be played today at the same venue i.e. Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai. Today’s match is scheduled to start at 20:00 local time, 21:00 PST (16:00 GMT).

Final squads will be selected from following available options:

England squad

SCJ Broad*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, JC Buttler†, AN Cook, JW Dernbach, ST Finn, AD Hales, C Kieswetter†, EJG Morgan, SR Patel, KP Pietersen, GP Swann

Pakistan squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Awais Zia, Hammad Azam, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz

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Pak v Eng (1st T20I), Dubai -- Video Highlights: Pakistan beat England by 8 runs

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Will it be a series of whitewashes?? Pakistan’s victory in the first Twenty20 International on Thursday again arises the question “Will it be a series of whitewashes?? Pakistan has now lead of 1-0 in 3-match series.

Pakistan beat England by 8 runs in first T20 International

Veteran pacer Umar Gul and magical off spinner Saeed Ajmal bowled splendidly at the death to take Pakistan to an 8ight-run victory over England in the first T20I yesterday night at Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai. 

After being invited to bat first; Pakistan gave a target of 145 runs with the help of flying start by Muhammad Hafeez (23) & Awais Zia (18) and responsible finish by Shoaib Malik (39) and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (26*).


Watch below the highlights of important innings by Shoaib Malik:

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 Umar Gul named man-of-the match for his superb bowling. Watch highlights of the match above.

Pakistan v England (1st T20I) -- Live Streaming: Proper Team Selection Really Matters for Victory (Preview)

DUBAI, UAE (Thu, Feb 23) – The current series between Pakistan and England on the soil of Middle East might be remembered as the ‘Series of Whitewashes’ because of the extraordinary results in all three formats of the game. 

Pakistan v England (1st T20I) -- Live Streaming

First Pakistan clean swept Test series thrashing opposition 3-0 under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq before being whitewashed by England, under the leadership Alastair Cook. England responded extravagantly to outclass overconfident Pakistan in 4-match ODI series, winning all four matches comprehensively. 

The last chapter of the current series is set to open today at Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai in the form of 3-match T20I series.

Pakistan, after being outshone by England in ODI series, is expected to give chance to their young blood in the form of Hammad Azam and Awais Zia. Younis Khan and Azhar Ali have already flown back to Pakistan, therefore, youngsters are hoping to debut for Pakistan in T20I series.

Today’s match is scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time, 21:00 PST (16:00 GMT).

Final squads will be selected from following available options:

England squad

SCJ Broad*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, JC Buttler†, AN Cook, JW Dernbach, ST Finn, AD Hales, C Kieswetter†, EJG Morgan, SR Patel, KP Pietersen, GP Swann

Pakistan squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Awais Zia, Hammad Azam, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz

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Live Streaming: Pak v England (1st ODI) -- England to face even stronger spin bowling magic

ABU DHABI, UAE (Feb. 13) – Pakistan are ready to take on England in the first of the 4-match ODI series today here at Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium.

England to face even stronger spin bowling magic in ODI series starting today

In the current series, the Pakistan’s squad for the four ODIs against England is a very balanced one with the right blend of fine batsmen, quality all-rounders and world class bowlers. While Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq bring their experience into play in the middle order, Pakistan also have talented youngsters like Imran Farhat, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal and Azhar Ali.

The presence of all-rounders like Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik provides the added strength to both batting and the bowling departments.

Although England has been thrashed by Pakistan in the Test series but the presence of youngsters like Craig Kieswetter, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow promises to add some freshness to the English batting, which has loads of difficulties in facing quality spin attack from Pakistan during Test series.

Aside from these youngsters; veteran batsmen Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen have to play a vital role if England really want to escape from similar humiliation they faced after being whitewashed in Test series. Eoin Morgan has been a quality ODI player, occupies a crucial position in the middle order and certainly due with the positive and huge exhibition of his batting skills.

Match will start at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT), 16:00 PST and the squads will be finalized from the following players:

England squad

AN Cook*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler†, JW Dernbach, ST Finn, C Kieswetter†, EJG Morgan, SR Patel, KP Pietersen, GP Swann, IJL Trott

Pakistan squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Hammad Azam, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan

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Saeed Ajmal Targeted by English Media after Historical Whitewash in UAE

English media is unable to digest the dominance of Pakistan in the cricket field after being whitewashed in 3-match Test series; especially the magic of Saeed Ajmal’s off spin bowling is still haunting them and they wanted him to be pressurized psychologically before the 4-match ODI series starting from Monday (Feb. 13).  

Saeed Ajmal Targeted by English Media after Historical Whitewash in UAE (Image Credit: Reuters)

Since the victory in the third Test English media has been propagating the controversies trying to raise doubts about the bowling action of man-of-the-series Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets in the current series.

Saeed Ajmal has been targeted more vigorously after his interview in which he claimed that ICC has given him special favor in terms of straightening the arm at the time of delivering the ball, exceeding the specified limit if 15 degrees.

The PCB and ICC later clarified that no room had been given to the Pakistani spinner and that it was just Ajmal's lack of communication skills which led to the confusion; but English media picked up the contents of interview to hide their own team’s mistakes and lack preparedness to face one of the top bowlers in the world which led to historical defeat by the committed Pakistan under the cool and calm Misbah-ul-Haq.

Best known for mastering the doosra, former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq on Thursday advised off-spinner Saeed Ajmal to overlook the continuing discussion over his bowling action.

'Ajmal's bowling action has been cleared by the ICC,' said Saqlain.

'This is the bottomline and Ajmal should keep this fact in mind all the time. He must ignore discussions on his bowling action.

Continuous discussion on it will affect his rhythm because he'll be thinking about it all the time. 

The players should only focus on the game when giving statements rather that going into technicalities.'

Pak v Eng (3rd Test, Day 3) - Live Streaming: Pakistan to resume at 222/2

DUBAI, UAE (Feb. 05) – Pakistan will resume their second innings on 222/2 on day 3 of the third and final Test of the series against England here at Dubai Sports Complex (DSC), Dubai.

Day 2: Younis Khan's ton put England back in trouble 

After 42-run lead in first innings England were poised to avert the series whitewash until Younis Khan emerged from pavilion after Pakistan lost their both openers for just 20 odd runs. Younis Khan and Azhar Ali played responsible innings to save Pakistan from complete disaster; especially the veteran Younis Khan, due with a long and steady innings, responded marvelously to pile up his career’s 20^th century – which happened to be the first ton of current series. 

Pakistan were completely down on first day after getting out cheaply for just 99; but their bowlers rescued them again and curtailed England on just 141 on second day. Abdur Rehman again bowled brilliantly for yet another 5-wicket haul. Saed Ajmal took three and Umar Gul grbbed two English wickets. England Skipper Andrew Strauss was the top scorer with his 56-run innings.

Pakistan is set to start their innings within half an hour with two set batsmen on the crease - Younis Khan batting at 115 and Azhar Ali unbeaten at 75. Pakistan has already taken 180 runs lead and if they managed at least 100-150 runs more then England will definitely find it extremely hard to survive the first ever Test series whitewash against Pakistan.

Let’s see how Pakistan will continue and what will the strategy of Strauss’ men on the field.

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Pak v Eng (3rd Test, Day 1) -- Live Streaming: England Pace Wrecks Pakistan, All Out for 99

DUBAI, UAE (Fe. 03) – Pakistan all out for just 99 on board in 45th over on first day of the third and final Test here at Dubai Sports Complex (DSC) Stadium, Dubai.

England Pace Wrecks Pakistan, All Out for 99

 Pakistan had a disastrous start after they opted to bat first following the winning of toss today morning. England’s pace attack led by Stuart Broad and James Anderson wrecked Pakistan top order, leaving them deep in trouble at 21/5. 

Taufeeq Umar was trapped LBW in the very first over by James Anderson without disturbing the scorers followed by Muhammad Hafeez (13), Azhar Ali (1), Younis Khan (4) and Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (1).

Young Asad Shafiq again played a responsible knock of 45 runs but couldn’t rescue his team from complete disaster.

Broad picked up four wickets while Anderson claimed three. Remaining three wickets were shared by spinners as Monty Panesar grabbed two and Graeme Swann picked one. 

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