• Wahab Riaz grabs three wickets as run chase falls short
So they can’t chase absolutely anything. Even after an immaculate hundred from Joe Root and a typically majestic one from Jos Buttler, England were beaten by a wonderfully tenacious Pakistan side, oblivious to the torments they experienced here against West Indies three days ago.
Pakistan, reinforcing their reputation for producing tales of the unexpected, won a thrilling encounter, which had a capacity crowd captivated as England tried to pull off the highest run chase ever in World Cup history. They needed 349 for victory and fell 14 runs short. Sometimes the mistakes – and there were plenty of them – were as entertaining as the moments of magic – and there were a few of those as well.
Written by Vic Marks at Trent Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/03/england-pakistan-cricket-world-cup-match-report under the title “Cricket World Cup: Buttler and Root tons in vain as Pakistan stun England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
