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Melbourne opened for Final as England opt to bowl against Pakistan

Published : Sunday, 13 November, 2022 at 1:46 PM  Count : 506

Photo: ICC

Photo: ICC


England have won the toss and elected to field first in the T20 World Cup Final against Pakistan at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

The match kicks off at 2:00 pm Bangladesh time, Sunday.
Both teams named unchanged XIs for the match where England had to leave out fast bowler Mark Wood and key batter Dawid Malan for not proving their fitness in time for the clash and Pakistan appeared with openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to get the first chance on a pitch.

What captains say

Jos Buttler (England): We are going to bowl first. Huge game, good nerves and there's a lot of good energy around the team. Great energy in the stadium and we are looking forward to a great game. Both teams come into this final in red-hot form and we are looking forward to a tough challenge. I think it is a good wicket and hopefully, it will stay the same throughout. Obviously, there's a little bit of weather around which is why we chose to bowl. We start fresh today, and we bring confidence from the other day but we know it counts for nothing today. Same team.

Babar Azam (Pakistan): We would have also bowled first but the toss is not in our hands, so we will try to put runs on the board and put pressure on them. We have good momentum with us and will try to continue with it. We lost our first few games but have come back strongly and want to continue that in the final. A win always gives you confidence and with the way the team is playing, we will give our 100 per cent. Yes history repeats (referring to the 1992 World Cup), we will try to win this game and hold the cup. Same team.

Playing XI

England: Jos Buttler (c, wk), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi.

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