Nottingham: Babar Azam leads from the front as Pakistan beat England with 31 walks in the first international twenty20 at Trent Bridge on Friday even though Blistering Livingstone.
ScorecardPakistan Captain Azam made 85 and shared the opening holder of 150 with Mohammad Rizwan at a total record of T20 totaling 232-6.
But Livingstone gave the hopes of the host with the 42-soccer century, the fastest English in the International T20 and the fastest of all time, hitting six four and nine six times on the trip to three points.
But it was not enough to prevent Pakistani from going up 1-0 in this three-match series, with British Bincul for 201 after Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan took three wickets respectively.
This was Pakistan’s first victory about their 2021 tour after Reverse 3-0 in a one-day international series.
Azam, fresh from a hundred extraordinary in the third Odi in Edgbaston on Tuesday, attending only 49 balls when he and Rizwan took the victim from an experimental British attack.
The captain was usually elegant while hitting eight four and three six before he was caught behind David Willey.
England immediately found themselves 69-3 in the early starting for their pursuit quickly Bowler Afridi took a brilliant dexterity and Betincol to dismiss Dawid Malan on his way to 3-30.
Fifty Fifty Jason Roy raised England in hunting before Livingstone, looking to establish himself in the British settings, finding his reach with six consecutive legs from the Sadab Khan leg.
Livingstone needed only 17 balls for fifty before Khan returned by dismissing Roy.
England captain Eoin Morgan fell cheap to leave the host who wanted to stay in Livingstone.
The Lancashire All-Rounder went to a hundred with a style with six before Khan told him to be trapped inside.
The English tail now has too much to do and Afridi ends the match when he pays Matt Parkinson with four remaining balls in the game.
This series continues in Headingley on Sunday.