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Pakistan vs England, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022 Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Date & Time: Nov 13, 07:00 PM LOCAL
Ben Stokes stroked his maiden T20I half-century
Ben Stokes stroked his maiden T20I half-century © Getty

ENGLAND BECOME T20 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS

Pakistani pacers put up a strong show to ensure that the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup was stretched to the final over even as they had a meagre 137 runs to defend against possibly the strong batting line up. However, an injury to Shaheen Afridi, leading him to not bowl 11 deliveries from his quota proved enough for England as they lifted their second T20 world cup with five wickets in hand. Yet again, it was Ben Stokes who saw the team through in a tricky but low run chase with his maiden T20I half-century - an unbeaten 52. However, it was a win which was set up by the English bowlers. Sam Curran returned impressive figures of 3 for 12, while Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan bagged a brace each. With this win, England becomes the first men's team to simultaneously hold both ODI and T20 World Cups. Just another world cup win for coach Matthew Mott.




















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Kaushik: "Both teams get into a huddle now at different ends of the ground. England's is a short cursory one, Pakistan's is still going on. No team is driven as much by emotions as Pakistan."

While we wait for the toss, here's something you can read, by Ganesh C, on Pakistan's latest sensation: Mohammad Haris - A mirror to Pakistan's heartbeat

You can also check out our match preview: England, Pakistan and 'one more match'

Kaushik Rangarajan, our reporter at the venue, has some updates for us. He says, "Two mini jeeps with covers are stationed by the pitch. The groundsmen here have been keeping a very close watch on the weather over the last two days, for obvious reasons... it's cloudy and windy and the locals believe the wind is good, to blow away those clouds."

At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in a world cup final between England and Pakistan, for as much as the latter would want to believe, it's not 1992 as yet. We're still in 2022, the time machine is far from being invented and the winner of the final yet unknown.

Barring the uncertainty over Mark Wood's injury, not too many changes are expected in the playing XIs of the two sides.

Hello and welcome to the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup. We will be bringing you live updates of all the action. You can join in as well with your views and questions. Tweet to us using #CricbuzzQnV

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