Pakistan are through to the semi final of WCL 2024

Pakistan Champions unbeaten streak in the world championship of legends continues after they registered their four consecutive win against England. Pakistan are now in the semi final of the world championship of legends 2024. They have one match left which is against South Africa. Pakistan Champions played exceptionally well throughout the league. They outclassed India in the previous match and they outclassed England in their Fourth match. 

Pakistan Champions Batting:

Pakistan Champions Openers which were previously performed brilliantly against India, they failed to deliver in the match against England. Both the openers got out early. But Pakistan Champions middle order secured Pakistan's position in this match. Sohaib Maqsood and experienced player Shoaib Malik scored brilliant partnership together. Sohaib Maqsood scored 64 runs knock in just 44 balls with a strike rate of 145. He also scored fifty against India in the previous match. He is in fine form. On the other hand, Shoaib Malik supported Sohaib Maqsood very well and scored a blistering fifty. He played with a strike rate of 154. In the last few overs, Captain Misbah and Abdul Razzaq played a very handy innings. 

England Champions Bowling: 

England Champions bowled ordinary in last few overs but they bowled well in the starting overs. Stuart Meaker took the wickets of both Pakistani Openers. He bowled 3 overs and took two wickets. Ryan sidebottom had a good match with a ball. He didn't took any wicket but he bowled economically. He gave away only 18 runs in his three overs. 

England Champions Batting: 

England Champions didn't go too long in the batting. They bowled out in just 117 runs. At one stage, they were looking in position but gradually they collapsed in the middle overs which caused them to loss this match by a big margin. Captain Kevin Pieterson scored only 4 runs and gave away his wicket to Amir  Yamin. Phil mustard was the top scorer with 30 runs in 17 deliveries. 7 players couldn't get into double figures. 

Pakistan Champions Bowling: 

Pakistan Champions bowled brilliantly. Saeed Ajmal took the wickets of usman Afzaal, Ali Brown, and Darren Maddy. He bowled 3 overs in which he conceded only 12 runs. Abdul Razzaq who played a handy cameo at the end of innings, took couple of wickets with ball as well. Overall, it was a great Bowling effort by Pakistan Champions. 

Conclusion: 

Pakistan Batted first against England. Pakistan Champions gave a huge target of 197 to England in 20 overs. The pressure was on England, because they to need to score approximately 10 runs per over to chase this huge target. But they were only managed to score 117 runs. Pakistan Champions won this match comprehensively by 79 runs. After remainded unbeaten in this league, they are now table toppers with 8 points. 

Shoaib Malik not only played well in batting department, but he also took the wicket of Kevin O'Brien. Due to his All Round Performance, he was awarded with player of the match award.