MANCHESTER: Veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez made eighty-six not out and teenage debutant Haider Ali fifty-four in Pakistan’s 190-4 in the third Twenty20 international against England at Old Trafford here on 1st day of September, 2020.
There was a 20-year age gap between the 39-year-old Hafeez and the 19-year-old Haider but it was hard to notice the difference as they shared a stand of exactly one hundred after coming together at 32-2.
Hafeez’s knock followed his sixty- in England’s five-wicket win in the second T20 at Old Trafford on Sunday and was his fourth half-century in his last five T20 international innings.
Pakistan, beaten 1-0 in a three-Test series by England last month, were looking to end their tour with a win.
England, however, had chased down a stiff target of 196 to go 1-0 up in the three-match series on Sunday, with captain Eoin Morgan and Dawid Malan both making fifties, after Friday’s washout.
Off-spinner Moeen Ali struck with his first ball of the match when he bowled Fakhar Zaman.
But Haider slog-swept his second ball in international cricket, from Da Moeen, for six.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam, the world’s top-ranked Twenty20 batsman, followed his 56 on Sunday with three fours off consecutive deliveries from fast bowler Saqib Mahmood before he was bowled for Twenty-one by Tom Curran.
Haider struck all-rounder Lewis Gregory’s first ball for an elegant legside pick-up six that soared over the longest boundary.
Hafeez followed up with two sixes off successive deliveries from leg-spinner Adil Rashid before Haider went to a Twenty-Eight ball fifty with a pulled four off Gregory.
Rashid switched ends so he had a longer legside boundary to work with.
But Hafeez hit him for a superb straight six and swept him for four to complete a thirty-ball fifty before Haider was bowled by Jordan.

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