Pakistan v England – 1st T20I – Umar Gul heroics seal a win for Pakistan – Cricket News Update
Pakistan draws first blood against England in the three match T20I series being played in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE). The Men in Green held their nerve to win an enthralling match that went down till the last over – by eight runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, the right-arm fast bowler, produced a magical spell that restricted England to 136– who were set a target of 145 runs by Pakistan. The overzealous bowler took three wickets from his quota of four overs while maintaining an economy rate of 4.50.
Gul was dropped from the fourth ODI because of lacklustre performances but the pacer vindicated his inclusion after bagging the man of the match award in the T20I. The 18th over of the English innings was bowled by Gul, who turned the match in
Pakistan’s favour, as he claimed two crucial wickets, that of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 in that over.
After receiving the man of the match honours, Gul said, “To be honest, I was under pressure before this game as our team didn't do well in the ODIs, but the team management encouraged me and gave me the confidence.”
England required 18 runs to win from the final over. To England’s advantage Gul, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, the 22-year-old cricketer who went for 34 runs in his first three overs, was left
with the burden of bowling the last over of the match. However, the left-armer showed great maturity and bowled a steady line to subdue England.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 skipper was over the moon after the win. The charismatic leader of the Green Shirts praised his side for the way their bounced back, after being hammered in the ODI’s, and asserted that he backed Junaid to ball the death over.
Misbah said, “I'm really happy that the team fought so well and came back after all the criticism for our show in the ODIs. I was always confident about Junaid bowling the 20th over. He has done it in the past against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 and others. I just told him
to bowl yorkers and not to worry about anything else.”
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