England vs Pakistan Final at Melbourne, 13 Nov, 2022

Toss: England, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 137/8 (20)
England 138/5 (19)
England won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
  • Liam Livingstone 1 * (1)
  • Ben Stokes 52 * (49)

Over 3.4 Haris Rauf bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets cover the stumps and lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.5 Haris Rauf bowls a short and rising delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets beaten on the under edge, beaten for pace - 149kph

Over 3.6 Haris Rauf bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets on top of the bounce and chops it towards point.

Over 5.1 Haris Rauf bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 5.2 Haris Rauf bowls a pitched up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run,  driven off the front foot, man at mid-off dives to the right and gets a hand on it.

Over 6.1 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and  knocks it to long-on

Over 6.5 Shadab Khan bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, presses forward and keeps it down the pitch.

Over 6.6 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run,  leans forward and drives to long-off

Over 7.1: Single. Mohammad Wasim Jr to Ben Stokes,

Over 7.3: Wide ball. Mohammad Wasim Jr to Ben Stokes,

Over 7.3: Wide ball. Mohammad Wasim Jr to Ben Stokes,

Over 7.3: Single. Mohammad Wasim Jr to Ben Stokes,

Over 8.1 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover for a single.

Over 8.3 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and  brings out the reverse sweep, the line was down leg so he couldn't middle. Cruelly for Pakistan, the edge runs away

Over 8.4 Shadab Khan bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes,1 run, rock back in the crease and pulls to deep mid-wicket

Over 9.2 Mohammad Wasim Jr bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and digs it out to short mid-wicket, fumble and they sneak a run.

Over 9.4 Mohammad Wasim Jr slips in a full toss to Ben Stokes, Boundary! Punch drive but look at that race and tease Mohammad Haris's dive to the left. Stokes didn't try to hit that hard, placed into the gap.

Over 9.5 Mohammad Wasim Jr bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and pushes it to cover for a quick single.

Over 10.1 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and guides towards short third man

Over 10.2 Shadab Khan bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 10.3 Shadab Khan tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and pushes towards cover.

Over 10.4 Shadab Khan bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and pushes to cover, can't hit the gap and find a run. Brook again in the middle of the pitch and escapes a runout.

Over 10.5 Shadab Khan bowls it flat in the air to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and taps this to cover-point for an easy single this time

Over 11.4 Naseem Shah bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, goes past the bat for the umpteenth time today. Is getting some away movement off the pitch

Over 11.5 Naseem Shah bowls a short and rising delivery to Ben Stokes, no run,  plays inside the line of this short of length delivery and misses because of pace, bounce, angle and away movement. Smiles at the bowler

Over 11.6 Naseem Shah bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets back in the crease and tries to dab this short of length delivery behind point, pace, bounce, away movement. Everything in there to trouble the batter. Was so close to the bat

Over 12.5 Shadab Khan bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes, no run, punched off the back foot but straight towards cover

Over 12.6 Shadab Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Ben Stokes, 2 runs, driven off the front foot wide of extra-cover, in the gap for two

Over 13.3: No runs. Naseem Shah to Ben Stokes,

Over 13.4: No runs. Naseem Shah to Ben Stokes,

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