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Cricket World Cup 2023, 44th Match, Kolkata, Nov 11th, 2023

England

(49.6 ov) 337/9

Pakistan

(43.3 ov) 244/10

Complete England won by 93 runs

Player of Match: David Willey

Summary (Overs 1-10); Phase winner: England
-- England cut loose after early new ball threat
-- Afridi, Rauf beat the bat few times
-- Boundaries start flowing after first 3 overs
-- Rauf proves to be expensive
-- Iftikhar brought into the attack (10th over)
England are off to a brisk start in the first powerplay. Pakistan need to break this partnership to get back into the contest
9.6
Iftikhar Ahmed to Bairstow, 1 run, on a back of a length, turning in, tucked to deep backward square leg for a single
9.5
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, 1 run, to mid-on
9.4
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, no run, drifts in from round the wicket and skids after landing, Malan pushes it to covers. Iftikhar Ahmed was interested, wonder why
9.3
Iftikhar Ahmed to Bairstow, 1 run, slower through the air, worked with the spin to deep mid-wicket
9.2
Iftikhar Ahmed to Bairstow, no run, 102.9kph length ball on middle and leg, turned to short mid-wicket
9.1
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, 1 run, 97.6kph length ball on off, punched to wide long-off
8.6
Shaheen Afridi to Bairstow, no run, Shaheen Afridi switches to round the wicket and bowls a pitched up ball on off, driven to the fielder at mid-on
8.5
Shaheen Afridi to Malan, 1 run, slower ball at 120.4 clicks, it's the off-cutter, clipped to wide mid-on for a single
8.4
Shaheen Afridi to Malan, no run, back of a length ball moving in from outside off,
8.3
Shaheen Afridi to Malan, FOUR, to deep backward point
8.2
Shaheen Afridi to Malan, FOUR, Shaheen Afridi bowls a short ball but it sits up nicely for Malan. Malan was expecting it with the field change. He gets on top of the bounce and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary
Fine leg moves squarer
8.1
Shaheen Afridi to Malan, no run, back of a length ball shaping in from outside off, punched to the fielder at point
7.6
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, 1 run, drifting in towards the pads, played with soft hands in front of square leg to retain strike
7.5
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, no run, full ball outside off,
7.4
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, FOUR, Malan gives himself a bit of room to go inside out over extra cover but ends up slicing it with the spin over backward point. The ball races across the practice pitches and through to the fence
7.3
Iftikhar Ahmed to Malan, no run, tossed up ball on off, stroked to extra cover
7.2
Iftikhar Ahmed to Bairstow, 1 run, slower through the air, Bairstow tucks it past the fielder at mid-wicket for a single