Jade Dernbach and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 inspire England to victory in the 3rd T20I – Cricket News Update
Jade Dernbach, the right-arm fast bowler, produced a magical spell to lead England to victory over Pakistan in the third T20I match played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Monday, February 27, 2012.
Pakistan required 13 runs from the final over to win the three-match T20 series, but the speedster only conceded seven runs. With the win, England seal the T20 series 2-1, they had already won the ODI series 4-0.
Dernbach finished the match with figures of 2 for 24. However, the man of the match prize was awarded to Kevin Pietersen, whose unbeaten knock of 62 runs propelled England to a modest total of 129. The South African born cricketer also won the player of
the series award.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, the England Twenty20 skipper, was full of praise for the two cricketers. Broad, who won first T20 series as an English skipper, said, “Really good series. KP has led the way with the bat. Really good signs there and it's good to win. The experience
of the batsmen showed and I thought we had a good, competitive total. Dernbach bowled a fantastic last over, there was a lot of pressure but he was fantastic. Very happy with the progress of the side. We don't have a very experienced side but we did well.”
Chasing a minute total, Pakistan lost the service of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s favour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 had their game plan worked for Zia (23) in the 2nd T20I. But this time around, the youngster transformed, and was a completely different player in this game. He was more calm and composed in his approach and picked deliveries on which to have a go.
The youngster looked good to score big; however, a controversial decision by umpire, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shozab-Raza-c90111, fetched England his wicket.
Pakistan had the upper hand while Shafiq (34) was at the crease but the number one T20 side bounced back into the match after the right-handed got out.
The skipper of the Green Shirts, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 and later he missed deliveries at crucial stages of the match which mounted pressure on his side. The right-handed batsman
could have make amends for all that, had he struck the final delivery for six but he failed.
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