Pakistan’s opening batsman Sam Ayub has been a flop in the entire T20 World Cup tournament. His poor form continued in the Super-8 match against England also. He was out after scoring only 7 runs in 7 matches. Ayub was trying to make an aerial shot against Joffra Archer’s dangerous short pitch ball, but was caught by Jacob Bethel. Seeing his poor shot, a Pakistani fan started pulling his hair.

Sam Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan started the innings for Pakistan. Ayub and Farhan’s bats were unable to keep up with the speed of Joffra Archer. In the third over, Archer came to bowl the second over of his spell, on the very first ball of which Archer bowled a short ball, Ayub swung the bat in front but the timing of the shot was not good. Jacob Bethel also did not make any mistake in taking the catch.

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Poor performance in the World Cup

On one hand, Sahibzada Farhan is scoring fifty for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, but his partner Sam Ayub has been a flop. Till now Ayub has been able to score only 70 runs in 5 innings in the current T20 World Cup and the average is only 14. Due to this poor performance, questions are being raised on the decision of giving him a place in the World Cup team.

Last year was also not good for Sam Ayub. He had scored 581 runs in international T20 cricket in the year 2025, but his average was only 20.75. One of the main reasons for Ayub’s continued presence in the team despite poor batting form is his bowling. Ayub keeps the option of spin bowling open in the Pakistan team. He has taken a total of 5 wickets so far in this World Cup.

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Pakistan vs England Score: Batting first, Pakistan has set a target of 165 runs for England. Opener Sahibzada Farhan was once again the top scorer of the team, who played a strong half-century of 63 runs. But in the last 3 overs, Pakistan’s batting completely collapsed. From Sam Ayub to Captain Salman Aga, big players flopped in this match.

The beginning and the end were both bad

Pakistan team won the toss and chose to bat first, but the beginning and end of the innings were also bad for them. Within the first 21 balls of the innings, the Pakistani team had lost 2 wickets and scored only 27 runs. In the middle overs, Babar Azam (25 runs) and Fakhar Zaman (25 runs) along with Sahibzada Farhan somehow pulled the team out of trouble. Sahibzada Farhan scored 50+ for the third time in this World Cup.

At one time Pakistan had scored 140 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. The last 3 overs proved to be very bad for the Pakistan team. Pakistani batsmen could score only 24 runs in the last 18 balls and lost 5 wickets. Talking about the last 5 overs, Pakistan team scored 52 runs but lost 6 wickets.

Babar Azam once again proved to be a burden on the team, as his innings of 25 runs came at a strike rate of 104. On the other hand, Shadab Khan played a brilliant innings of 23 runs in 11 balls and helped in taking the team beyond 150. Let us tell you that this match is very important for Pakistan. It is very important for Pakistan to win this match in order to reach the semi-finals.

Liam Dawson took the most wickets for England, who dismissed 3 batsmen. Whereas Joffra Archer and Jamie Overton took two wickets each. Adil Rashid also managed to take one wicket.

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