Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Abbas' devastating bowling, blown the English top order in a few overs.

Manchester (06-Aug-2020) Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Abbas's devastating bowling, in a few overs, the English batting line was blown away, a devastating start of the first innings for England, only 28 runs 3 players out Earlier, the Pakistani team was bowled out for 326 runs. On the second day, Pakistan started their incomplete innings with 139 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

Shaun Masood played an excellent innings of 156 off 319 balls and became LBW on the ball of Stuart Broad with a total score of 317. Among other batsmen, Shaheen Shah Afridi scored 9 and Abid Ali 16 while Captain Azhar Ali and Naseem Shah could not score. Joffra Archer was the most successful bowler for England who led 3 wickets for 45 runs in 20 overs while Stuart Broad also took 3 wickets.

Chris Vokes took two wickets while James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Dominic Base took one wicket each. Earlier, the first day of the match was affected by rain and only 49 overs of play was possible in which Pakistan scored 139 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Opener Abid Ali was the guest for only 16 runs, he was clean bowled by Joffra Archer after which captain Azhar Ali came to bat, Chris Vokes sent him back to the pavilion without opening an account.

The Pakistan team is led by Azhar Ali and consists of Abid Ali, Shaun Masood, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. The English team is led by Joey Root, while other players include Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Ben Stoke, Ole Pope, Jose Butler, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Chris Vokes, Joffra Archer and James Anderson.