00:00England champions side Akash Chopra joins me in commentary they look two
00:18decent sides heads Dominic yes two decent sides of course England last
00:23season were really underwhelming one only one game out of the five finished
00:28at the bottom of the table but this English team looks very very promising
00:32still Moeen Ali is missing Samit Patel is likely to join the team as well
00:37Ravi Bopara might be in the mix soon so cook Bell wins mustard Ambrose and as you
00:44rightly mentioned a lot of fast bowling options and plunket tremlet ask her in a
00:49side bottom Pakistan champions on the other side a little bit of swing but I
00:56have to bowl that again that's something when you get a little bit older Akash
00:59you don't unless he's had it move because he thought he might hit it towards it no
01:08we batters are a little finicky high in the air now then mascarina says mine is he
01:15gonna get anywhere near it it gets half a hand on it that's where he got caught
01:21last year James Vince is not gonna catch that that has gone all the way first
01:27six of the tournament
01:32they were checking if he was caught in the stands Nick he's not in Nick sounded
01:40like a Nick James Treadwell says not interested but they can't bowl that open up the face this
01:52will run away for a boundary
01:54two fingers in the deep on the onside meant that third man himself
02:01Sharjil high again now then Ian Bell do you want this one it's gone high what a catch
02:09serious catch doth is his cap to the holly stands and England have their first
02:16Mika gets Sharjil Dimitri mascarina wasn't able to hold on to one but this time a catch for the keeps
02:30as you get it over the top it doesn't Alistair cook who is right on the edge took a decent catch in the end
02:43Cameron at Moe comes and goes England have their second
02:51two wickets and two overs once it was Mika a good catch in the deep by Ian Bell and now is the turn of Alistair cook
02:59who finds the outside edge and that'll fly for four
03:06well you don't really have a third man in that very five
03:11he's gonna get four more
03:17a decent shot and Liam Plunkett wants a change in the field
03:22the rather the slower pacer starts is the quick single oh there's a mix-up
03:27and we've got wicket number three England pick up wicket number three here run out
03:34as I think it's Omar Amin who has to make his way back to the
03:41nice looking stroke they're not even looking they're not looking for the second they should
03:48in fact Hafiz oh no we could have a second one this time Hafiz is gone
03:52Plunkett has dropped the ball
03:55Hafiz
03:56well they certainly cut that down and this time they've got him
04:00he's gone for the attacking option and ends up edging the ball straight through to Mustard
04:07takes a rather easy catch wicket number four for England
04:14a nervous prod
04:17shoved mullet
04:21that'll be four
04:23just a bit too much wick from mascarinas
04:28oh he's threaded this through
04:35Tremlett watched it go past him it was going at a rate of knots but it's four
04:42bases himself now in America now Phil Mustard doesn't get a hand on it runs away for a boundary
04:51and finishes the 11th over Pakistan 66-4
04:55a good game or or match them this is in the air this is going out of the park the Pakistan needed
05:06their death little Nick first ball he's always a sort of person who could get that bounce because
05:13of the height that he falls from and asif Ali departs well this hybrid pitch is producing some extra kick
05:23extra bounce
05:26asif Ali once again wanted to heave that on the onside Tremlett a tall man getting that
05:32extra kick off the surface got the edge and by first place edge and gone that was the
05:40reason why he wasn't got picked in the first 11 he's gone now yeah and mascarinas who got a
05:49very good 2020 record for hampshire also represented england
05:56fine right inside bottom can't get it he's a little bit stiff
06:04that gap that is a free shot and that will go away for back-to-back boundaries so a little bit of
06:12momentum building and it's the Pakistan that's what Pakistan have got to think and that's why
06:17Hafiz is on the march now this will be three boundaries on the row Hafiz is closing in on a half
06:25century 100 up for Pakistan 15 over it's gone it's 102 for six
06:32that is some amazing blow struck
06:40yes 50 up for Hafiz a very very important and crucial lock they needed him to stay there and
06:51he did that applause all around very important not for him
06:59oh that has been absolutely hammered to the offside for yet another boundary Liam
07:10Plunkett straight away raising his hand ease my trip fire in his day that's gone straight up
07:18caught and bowled Hafiz is not moving for the moment what's happening here he is now
07:30I think it was a bit surprised he was looking at the leg empire for the height but I don't think
07:34there's gonna be any issue with that that was
07:41that's a nice change up from Stuart maker a slower delivery very good change up got a bit big on him
07:56slightly short there might be an opportunity maybe five years earlier he would have got
08:01there a bit sloppy but still a couple of runs seven of the over 18 gone 128 for seven
08:08oh he gets it this time Shohan Tanvir and his favorite area as well over mid-wicket
08:16pumps one for a stick he was there to be taken in the and this one he pumps over the bowler's head but
08:23straight to the fielder Oyn Morgan the skipper doesn't make any mistake they needed Shohan Tanvir to
08:31face the next four or five deliveries but Tremblet going for the Yorker and a big
08:38wicket again yeah it's well bowled the fuller length and he's hit it and
08:46he probably is gonna get a wicket maybe just over the field up again in the slot
08:53this is a lot longer than the previous one and 150 up again result pretty much the same
09:04the third six of the first four deliveries bowled by James Wins and it was a big call for them to
09:10give him the final over of this inning went for another big one but this time straight to the fielder
09:16James Wins picks up his first but not before giving it 22 runs in this over 160 for Pakistan champions
09:25with the loss of nine wicket something for the bowlers to bowl at still don't think that's enough
09:31on a very very good batting surface bold in that championship cricket so we are halfway in match one
09:42of the Dugasta properties WCL World Championship of Legends 2025
09:48and it will be England who will be trying to knock off 161 to win this opening game
09:56Cokie that last over might be a little costly for England they were going quite smoothly
10:10you just see how deep Cameron plenty of experience this one just died this is the first time we seeing that the ball
10:20oh nice little work to leg side that was nearly outside of stump one of three in the Pakistani team starts off with a wide
10:40this ball put him wide this would have been a perfect place for a fielder to be there because all the batters are aiming is
10:49is is just going with the getting giddy get that gets it through let's it pass that extra cover and
10:57Phil mustard has a second boundary in the over
11:05they still can't get off the mark now maybe oh he wasn't backing up then he turned his back
11:12whole hearted fast bowler runs in very square on
11:20big
11:22oh gets it through
11:24a little bit of late swing that it actually came right into the middle of Phil mustard's back
11:30oh what a shot does he get it over the top he does Alistair Cook you go
11:36nearly go to bound outside the line outside the line all direct hit but they're not looking for any more
11:48i think that'll be okay as well
11:52pulled away that is a good looking shot by Phil mustard to finish the over off
11:58four gone 28 without loss
12:10again to that leg side it's his favorite shot this is such a quick outfield brilliant fielding
12:16that is sensational fielding
12:18that is sensational fielding
12:24bold followed straight
12:26sir Alistair Cook done with pace
12:28and Pakistan have their first
12:30yeah last delivery of the third over from Roman Reis just a perfect Yorker
12:36up there full length right in the stumps and I think Alistair Cook missed the full toss it wasn't a Yorker even
12:48a reverse sweep comes in an opportunity just over the field a shot there Chohild Tanvir absolutely no
12:56a bit of turn played it beautifully waited on it
13:00and found the gap to perfection started off with the boundary
13:06you don't expect anything less from him
13:08you don't expect anything less from him
13:10it's because WCL has got a legends in this league
13:14and we are going to be legend very soon in the property development
13:18yes
13:20subtle variations
13:24such a crafty
13:28and it's not
13:30dismantle the stumps
13:32England
13:34by Aamir Yamin
13:36Aamir Yamin
13:38but James
13:401850s and 100
13:42that needs to be hit straight past the background for James Vince
13:44oh dear
13:48it's leg buys or yes it is
13:50it is
13:52I think the option was
13:54it wasn't
13:56but at the end
13:58just not
14:00bring him all
14:02it's a big
14:04towards that next side
14:08a good fielding
14:10and we keep talking about the required
14:12and a big just a single straight to the fielder
14:16well
14:18I mean Morgan would have
14:20wouldn't have played
14:24yeah you mentioned
14:28power down
14:30through the two fielder
14:32so 76 for team
14:34the bowlers
14:36the last
14:38hit the ball through the offside
14:40should come out on top
14:42what a shot that is
14:44I mean
14:46and
14:48people here in Birmingham
14:50people here in Birmingham
14:52half century
14:54from the Pakistani
14:56full top
14:58south really
15:0684
15:08this competition
15:10versus Pakistan
15:12and from an England
15:14point of view
15:16not to
15:18former cricket you play in
15:20whether it's
15:22the ability to get those Yorkers in
15:24beautifully
15:26because a little bit of pace off
15:28you
15:30just had to get it
15:32it picks up
15:34a welcome
15:36it isn't a leg stump
15:38off volley that's been put away
15:40beautifully
15:42with
15:44full mustard
15:46you hear
15:48Akash Chopra
15:50this
15:52this
15:54this
15:56I think this is a big ball
15:58oh that's close
16:00a ball that was bullets
16:04umpire's call on impact
16:06who cares
16:161780 runs
16:181839
16:20I don't
16:22was taken by Robert Cornelius
16:24from 18 balls
16:26now
16:27Owen Moore
16:28back of boundary
16:29it's Roman Reis
16:30picked up a wicket as well
16:32up and
16:34this time it is four
16:36ease my trip
16:38that's what uh
16:40is going to muscle the ball through that
16:42over point
16:44right
16:46that is so gorgeous
16:50all night
16:53in
16:54beautiful cricketing shots
16:56not from Ian Bell
16:57it was
16:58oh
16:59he's got
17:00is
17:01in
17:07the three England
17:08and Pakistan
17:09were one
17:11smashed
17:12forward
17:14forward
17:15um
17:16leading has been a revelation
17:17this
17:20Hafiz in the back
17:22square
17:24full toll of it
17:26exactly the same way
17:29we can actually check it
17:32uh
17:33tournament in this tournament
17:35very much
17:37very much England who just got a little bit close
17:41Suhail Khan
17:42first ball
17:43England
17:44again a length delivery
17:46this is
17:47Ian Bell
17:49now hit with just a for England
17:54great change
17:55superb change
17:57change
17:59he knew
18:00what Owen
18:01get a
18:02it's a bull out
18:04super
18:07final over
18:08final over
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