Osama Tariq for Sports Encounter
DUBAI: The second line-up of English cricket team continued to overwhelm Pakistan A at the Sharjah cricket ground Sunday when they won the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 thanks mainly to the leg-spinner Adil Rashid.
The orthodox leg-spinner took three important wickets to take the sting out of Pakistani middle order as the “Home” side skittled out for only 106 runs, extending the poor run of luck for Pakistan in the game of Cricket. Adil Rashid came in the middle of the innings and handed Pakistan severe blow with the latter losing four wickets with an addition of only 7 runs on the board.
Adil Rashid the main destroyer for England Lions
In reply, England Lions raced to the target in only 16.1 overs with Craig Kieswetter top scoring with 40 as the visitors won the match by eight wickets and with it the series by two games to nil.
The Lions won the first game by seven wickets and will look to whitewash a sorry Pakistani team Tuesday in the final of the three T20 matches.
Aamer Sajjad (13), Kashif Siddiq (0) and Asad Shafiq (5) were the main victims of Rashid who finished with 3-13, thus claiming Man of the Match Award. Other main wicket takers were Chris Woakes and Sajid Mahmood with two wickets each to their names.
MATCH SUMMARY
Pakistan A 106/10 from 19.1 overs
Wahab Riaz 28* Adil Rashid 3/13
Shahzaib 21 S Mahmood 2/22
England Lions 107/2 from 16.1 overs
C Kieswetter 40* Wahab Riaz 1/17
Ian Bell 32* A Rehman 1/24
Result: England Lions won by 8 wickets and take 2-0 lead in 3-match series.
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