A fine all-round performance by Lewis Gregory and wonderful bowling from Saqib Mahmood took England to victory
in the second one-day international at Lord’s on Saturday. With this win, the Three Lions have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.
Chasing 248 to win in a game reduced to 47 overs p🦋er side due to rain, Pakistan got all-o🌠ut for 195 in 41 overs.
The 29-year-old Gregory, in just his second international match, struck with his first ball on the way to 3/44 as England won by 52 runs. That followed his valuable knock of 40 and the eighth-wicket partnership of 69 with Brydon Carse (31), in their maiden ODI innings,ꦛ after England had slumped to 160-7 from 118-3.
“It was a case of trying to bat as deep as possible, build a partnership with Carsey,” Player of the Match Gregory was quoted as sayꦍ🎀ing to the official broadcasters.
“The ball has nibbled a little all day, with the new ball we thought if we can pitch it up then we can take some wickets,” he added.
Brief scores: England 247 in 45.2 overs (Philip Salt 60, James Vince 56; Hasan Ali 5/51) beat Pakistan 195 in 41 overs (Saud Shakeel 56; Lewis Gregory 3/44, Saqib 2/21) by 52 ru❀ns.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
15 of the current squad in isolation. Buttler and Archer injured. What and the team have achieved is incredible 🙌🏻 Lookin♑g forward to watching t🥀he next game!
— Eoin Morgan (@Eoin16)
Looks like it was
Pakistan B team &
England A team.
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm)
Truly amazing from England. That is a special depth of talent in Whiteball cricket. India, N﷽ew Zealand and perhaps to a lesser extent Australia have built up a Cadre of talent across different formats that is enviable.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Pakistan needs a few more players with the heart, self-belief and cour🌳age of Hassan Ali
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
Modern day ODI cricket is all about attack! England didn't relent even after losing 2 early wkts. 🇵🇰 team management needs to understand & implement a purposeful, full of intent plan. At present, this Pakistan side with the present approach will struggle to beat quality sides
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial)
Pakistan's record against England in bilateral Men's ODIs in the last 10 years
Matches 20
Won 2
Lost 17
NR 1
Win% 10.53One of the two wins was in a dead-rubber match 🐎after losing first four ODIs in the 2016 series.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Saud Shakeel demonstrated how to play in these conditions,required run rate of 5.3 was never going to be an issue,just needed better application and the batsmen knowing🎀 where their off stump is,disappointing overall by Pak bec🍎ause this was chasable.
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
So on a Richter scale this defeat would be 15….
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja)
A win for England yes (& ofc the players), but this is also a series win for the county system, the🍨 ECB’s approach to T20 leagues & for the network of sc💃outs headed by James Taylor, Mo Bobat & David Court. In a way wins like this are more impressive than the World Cup.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
Longer format always helps your skill sets and as a player u find easier to ad🅰just to shorter forms of the game . No rocket science. India and England playing 5 test s💎eries before t20 World Cup and we have exchanged a test for 2 t20s.
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
Two matches, two convincing wins fo🍌r England. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Lewis Gregory is the player of the match 👏
4️⃣0️⃣ off 4️⃣7️⃣ with the bat
3️⃣-4️⃣3️⃣ with the ball— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag)
