Statistical Highlights – Pakistan v England 1st T20I

England won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in the first T20I. The start wasn’t like what England had expected when they were 19/3. The debutant James Vince and Eoin Morgan then partnered to drive England out of danger. They added 76 for the 4^th wicket until Wahab Riaz removed James Vince. Sam Billings then joined in to score 53 off just 27 balls. England posted a decent 160/5 for Pakistan to win.

Pakistan had another disastrous start for this game. They were reduced to 25/3 in the 6^th over and eventually 75/7 courtesy some great bowling by Stephen Parry, Reece Topley and Liam Plunkett. Anwar Ali and Sohail Tanvir followed by Wahab Riaz tried to salvage some pride from down the order but the target was too stiff for them to make it home for Pakistan. England, in the end, won by 14 runs and leads the 3-match series 1-0. Sam Billings was named the Man of the Match.

Here are the statical highlights from today’s game:

• The Debuts – Riffatullah Mohmand is the 65^th player to represent Pakistan in T20s and James Vince is the 75^th player to represent England in T20s.

• Most Try–Outs – England has now handed 75 T20I Debuts, most by any team. Australia had previously handed 74 debuts.

• Oldest Debutant – Riffatullah Mohmand aged 39 years and 20 days, is the oldest player to make his T20I debut for any Test-nation beating Rahul Dravid (38 years and 232 days).

• Batsman’s Delight – Shahid Afridi has conceded 54 sixes in T20Is, the most by any bowler.

• Just the Great Debut – James Vince’s 41, on debut, is the second highest score by an Englishmen on debut. Paul Collingwood scored 46 vs Australia in 2005.

• Second Fastest – Sam Billings’ 50 came off just 24 balls, joint second fastest for England in T20Is. Ravi Bopara scored fifty off just 23 balls against Australia in 2014.

• Worst of the Top – Shahid Afridi (24.69 runs per wicket) has the WORST average for T20I bowlers with atleast 50 wickets.

• Leading Run-Scorer – Umar Akmal (1414 runs) is now the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in Twenty-20 Internationals surpassing Mohammad Hafeez (1406 runs).

• Duckridi – Shahid Afridi has now the Most DUCKs for Pakistan in T20Is, leveled with Umar Akmal (Seven).

• Not the Same Afridi – Shahid Afridi in 2015 has just scored 80 runs and has taken 2 wickets in eight games.

• All Out Pakistan – Pakistan all out for the 12th time in T20s, Bangladesh (14) & New Zealand (13) have suffered this fate more times.

• Difficult to beat – Pakistan has played England 11 times in T20s, lost eight and won just three.

• Upper Hand – England has now won 6 of its last seven T20s against Pakistan.

England won the 1st T20I and lead 3-match series 1-0. Follow the Pakistan v England T20I series live, Watch the live streaming at Cricketgateway.com