Twitter Reactions: Billings bills the 1st T20I in favor of England

Twitter Reactions: Billings bills the 1st T20I in favor of England: England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to bat first in the 1^st T20I of the series at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This match marked the debut for two players for England right-hand batsman James Vince who plays for Hampshire in County cricket and 39 years and 20 days old right-hand batsman Rafatullah Mohmand debuted for the other team.

England batting first after some early jitters, put up a solid show, as debutant Vince scored 41 and stitched a 76-run stand with the captain. There was more contribution from the lower middle order where skipper Morgan and Sam Billings adding a 65 runs partnership; the former stayed unbeaten on 45 and Billings scored 53 from 27 balls. It ensured England set Pakistan a challenging 161 to win.

The hosts had a poor yet typical start to their innings losing Sarfaraz Ahmed in the second over and there after they made sure to give England a wicket at regular intervals. A 160 chase is always a tricky one and if none of your batsmen get past the 20s it becomes tougher. Medium pacer Reece Topley and Liam Plunkett grabbed 3 wickets each and in the end Pakistan fell 14 short of the title put ahead of them.

This win gives the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 3-match T20I series, the second match of which will be played tomorrow.

Here are the twitter reactions from the 1^st T20I:

Reaction of Pakistani fans after hilarious run out #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/mtQDxtA2Jy

— Mohsin Qureshi. (@QRESHI84) November 26, 2015

Breakfast time. Lets do it! #PAKvENG @MazherArshad @SAfridiOfficial pic.twitter.com/iRXTPKuio6

— Maherban. (@imMaherban_) November 26, 2015

When They Hear Player To Reach 1st At Bowler's End Will Get Chance To Play In #IPL. 😉 #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/U1kPXEo2Ei

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) November 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/CS_Says/status/669965708432973824

2 Batsmen Running Towards The Same Crease When Ball Is At The Other End! ?

Stupidity Level: Pakistan#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/hRzJPGNFIT

— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh) November 26, 2015

And run out of the year award goes to UMAR AKMAL!!! Sigh :/ #PAKvENG #Cricket

— Usman™ (@shaneeie) November 26, 2015

Run Out how teams is now it also.#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/nt3cnLmlk7

— Daniyal Faridi (@DaniyalFaridi) November 26, 2015

#PAKvENG #Afridi pic.twitter.com/6F8Gp3mjM7

— Ali (@KhattakMj) November 26, 2015

Can you please PhotoShop this to replace wd Afridi here #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/u6kdSNiIiR

— AnkhienKholo (@shazee_master) November 26, 2015

After today's match Tanveer should play one down and Wahab should play two down!! #PAKvENG #Cricket Dayuuumm..

— Usman™ (@shaneeie) November 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/PTV_Sports/status/669963871868854273

AnOther Dissapointing Performance :-/ btw wellplayed tailanders 🙂 #PakvEng

— ONN@!B (@Pu9t3r) November 26, 2015

Now that was what we all remember as galli (street) cricket. Do your thing n head home.#PAKvENG

— Gabriel de Souza (@gdesouzag) November 26, 2015

Its 9th time that Pakistan lost all 10 wickets while chasing the target, most by any team #T20 #PakvEng

— Education (@NTS_Urdu) November 26, 2015

Interesting photobomb in the background! @sambillings @SkyCricket #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/yD3R7Q8UDK

— Lancashire CCC ? (@LancsCCC) November 26, 2015

That has to be @BumbleCricket in the background!!! #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/9fEuEm9qFg

— Dan Walker (@CrossFitDan1) November 26, 2015

People saying "Oh Lala rusty & out of form cos he only play T20 now". Lala never in or out form. He is just Lala. #PAKvENG

— Big Nas (@NasirJamshed_) November 26, 2015

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ???#PAKvENG

— Humaira ⭕ (@HumairaMahar) November 26, 2015

And once again Afridi proved he's only good for tv commercials..#PakVEng

— Faizan Afzal (@Faizan_Afzal1) November 26, 2015

Shahid Afridi failed again not only as captain but also as an alrounder. #ENGvPAK #PAKvENG

— MyRaj (@MMerajKKhan) November 26, 2015

161 wasn't a big score. It was a par score in Asian conditions, could have been achieved. Poor performance by top order. #ENGvPAK #PAKvENG

— MyRaj (@MMerajKKhan) November 26, 2015

Rameez Raja: So who's going to score duck today? You or Afridi?

Morgan: Well I can't compete with this guy. 😀 😛 #PAKvENG #ENGvPAK

— Rafay Ali (@RafayXaidi) November 26, 2015

This tells you the difference between England's Domestic Cricket and that of Pakistan's.#ENGvPAK

— Faizan Haider (@Faizan7557) November 26, 2015