T20: England beat Pakistan by 6 wickets to claim the series

T20: England beat Pakistan by 6 wickets to claim the series
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England 90-4 (Collingwood 21)Pakistan 89 (Umar Akmal 17)England beat Pakistan by 6 wicketsEngland beat Pakistan by six wickets to claim the two-game T20 series at Cardiff. Pakistan playing first were dismissed for their lowest total in T20 cricket.No Pakistani player looked promising and the batting order kept falling rapidly as whole team was dismissed at a total of just 89 runs. Young man Umar Akmal was the top scorer from his side that scored 17 runs. Umar Gul 16, Muhammad Hafeez 14 and Kamran Akmal scored 11 runs. Captain Shahid Afridi fall prey to Stuart Broad after scoring just 2 runs. He was caught by Eoin Morgan due to a high thick edge on the off side while trying to hit the ball on the leg side.Tim Bresnan three while Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Sidebottom claimed two wickets each. The T20 world champions reached 90-4 from 14 overs. Paul Collingwood top-scored with 21 and Eoin Morgan was 18 not out as England won its seventh straight game. Tim Bresnan was awarded man of the match.England won the series opener by five wickets two days ago, after taking the Test series 3-1.The two sides begin a five- match one-day series on Sept. 10.
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