England vs Pakistan 1st T20I at Nottingham, 16 Jul, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 232/6 (20)
England 201/10 (19.2)
Pakistan won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Babar Azam

    Over 0.4 David Willey bowls a pitched up delivery to Babar Azam, no run, gets forward and looks to drive and only manages an edge which dies on its way to first slip

    Over 0.5 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam, Boundary! Gets wait for the ball on the back foot and guides it away down to the third man fence for four.

    Over 0.6 David Willey bowls a pitched up delivery to Babar Azam, no run, gets across the line and flicks it beautifully but finds the fielder at mid-wicket.

    Over 1.5 Saqib Mahmood bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam, no run, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 1.6 Saqib Mahmood bowls a pitched up delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, moves across in the crease and works it through square leg for a single.

    Over 2.1: Wide ball. David Willey to Babar Azam,

    Over 2.1 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and defends it to mid-on and picks up an easy single.

    Over 2.3 David Willey bowls a pitched up delivery to Babar Azam, Boundary! Gets forward and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover fence for four.

    Over 2.4 David Willey bowls it short of length to Babar Azam, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and flicks it down to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

    Over 2.5 David Willey bowls a back of length delivery to Babar Azam, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and flicks it behind square on the onside and gets another boundary.

    Over 2.6 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam,1 leg bye, gets forward and misses the flick and the ball goes off the pads down to the short fine leg and picks up a leg bye.

    Over 3.3 Tom Curran bowls it short of length to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, gets forward and went for an ugly slog, almost sitting down on the back knee to a length ball looking to heave across the line, smack on the grille off the top-edge.

    Over 3.4 Tom Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Mohammad Rizwan, Boundary! Gets under it and swipes it over short fine and the ball raced away to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 3.5 Tom Curran bowls a good length delivery to Mohammad Rizwan,1 run, gets early into the pull, cue-ends it to mid-on for a quick single

    Over 3.6 Tom Curran bowls a slower one to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover and picks up a quick single.

    Over 4.3 Saqib Mahmood bowls it short of length to Babar Azam,1 run, gets clears his front leg and flat-bats it to mid-off. No timing.

    Over 4.5 Saqib Mahmood bowls a pitched up delivery to Babar Azam, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it straight down the ground for four.

    Over 4.6 Saqib Mahmood bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and works it through mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 5.3 Tom Curran bowls a back of length delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it into the on-side

    Over 5.6 Tom Curran bowls a slower one to Babar Azam, no run, goes back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 6.2 Lewis Gregory bowls it short of length to Babar Azam, no run, stays deep inside the crease and  looks to pull a ball that's not short enough, it skids through and hits him on the back thigh

    Over 6.3 Lewis Gregory bowls it short of length to Babar Azam, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 6.4 Lewis Gregory bowls a good length delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, comes across and flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single.

    Over 7.2 Matthew Parkinson tossed up delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and drives it to long-off for one.

    Over 7.4 Matthew Parkinson tossed up delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and  eases it to extra cover

    Over 7.6 Matthew Parkinson bowls it short of length to Babar Azam,1 run, gives himself some room and cuts it hard to deep point

    Over 8.1 Liam Livingstone tossed up delivery to Babar Azam, no run, gets forward and driven hard but straight to the man at cover.

    Over 8.2 Liam Livingstone bowls it short of length to Babar Azam, 2 runs, rock back in the crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 8.3 Liam Livingstone bowls a quicker arm ball to Babar Azam,1 run, gets forward and nudges into the on-side

    Over 9.1 Matthew Parkinson tossed up delivery to Babar Azam,1 run, came down the track and pushes to long-on

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