England’s young batsman Harry Brook definitely played a stormy innings in this match. But he narrowly escaped during his innings. In the 17th over, the ball was in the hands of Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf. He bowled the fourth ball of the over and Brook tried to pool it. After hitting the top edge of the bat, the ball rammed into the grille of his helmet. Physio then came to the field but Brooke was not injured and continued to bat.
four on the next ball
After the ball got stuck in the grill, bowler Rauf jokingly tried to get it out. He was looking to appeal the catch. During this he hugged the batsman. However, on the next ball, Harry Brook hit a four. An over before this, he completed his first half-century in international cricket off 24 balls. He played an innings of 81 runs in 35 balls and took the team’s score to 221 runs.
Babar-Rizwan’s magic did not work
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan had given Pakistan victory in the second match by making an unbeaten partnership of 203 runs. But both the bowlers failed in this match. Babar Mark Wood scored 8 runs and Rizwan became the victim of Reece Topley after scoring the same number of runs. Shan Masood played an unbeaten knock of 66 runs in 40 balls but no one supported him. The team could score 158 runs for 8 wickets.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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