World Championship of Legends, Pakistan’s fourth consecutive victory, defeating England by 79 runs

World Championship of Legends, Pakistan's fourth consecutive victory, defeating England by 79 runs

Birmingham: In the World Championship of Legends, Pakistan defeated England by 79 runs to win the event for the fourth time in a row.

In response to Pakistan’s 196 runs, the England team collapsed for 117 runs in 17 overs.

Kevin Pietersen’s innings was limited to 4 runs, Phil Mustard scored 30 runs, Ian Bell 11 runs and Ali Brown also played an innings of 11 runs.

7 batters of England champions failed to get into double figures.

Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets on behalf of Pakistan champions, while Abdul Razzaq dismissed 2 players.

Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yameen and Sohail Khan dismissed 1 player each.

Earlier in the match played in Birmingham, England invited Pakistan to bat first after winning the toss.

Pakistan scored 196 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Pakistan champions Soheb Maqsood 64 and Shoaib Malik played an innings of 51 runs, Misbah-ul-Haq scored 23 runs and Abdul Razzaq scored 20 runs.

Stewart Meeker dismissed 2 players for England.

Shoaib Malik was given the man of the match award for his brilliant half-century and a wicket.

It is Pakistan’s fourth consecutive victory in the World Championship of Legends, the Pakistan champions will play South Africa tomorrow.

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