Pakistan beat England by 14 runs in the 6th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Monday.
Finally, Pakistan has ended their 11-match losing streak after they were white-washed by England 4-0 and Australia 5-0. They had put a brilliant bowling display to defend 348 runs on a batting-friendly track, to defeat England by 14 runs.
Earlier, Hafeez missed the chance to become the 1st centurion of the ICC World Cup 2019, but an improved batting display from Pakistan saw them make 348 for 8 against England.
Pakistan finally managed a win against England, riding on the performances from Shadab Khan 2/63 and Wahab Riaz 3/82. The batting order has also played a crucial role in Pakistan’s win as Mohammad Hafeez scored 84 runs and Babar Azam scored 63 runs.
Man of the match
Mohammad Hafeez, who produced an all-round show to help Pakistan win against the hosts and top-ranked side England by 14 runs was declared as the man of the match. He scored 84 runs and picked a wicket of Eoin Morgan.
Scorecard
Pakistan
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Fall of Wicket | |
| Imam-ul-Haq | b Moeen c Woakes | 44 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 82/1 Fakhar | |
| Fakhar Zaman | b Moeen st Buttler | 36 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 111/2 Imam | |
| Babar Azam | b Moeen c Woakes | 63 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 199/3 Babar | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | b Wood c Woakes | 84 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 279/4 Hafeez | |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | c&b Woakes | 55 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 311/5 Asif | |
| Asif Ali | b Wood c Bairstow | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 319/6 Sarfaraz | |
| Shoaib Malik | b Woakes c Morgan | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 325/7 Wahab | |
| Wahab Riaz | b Woakes c Root | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 337/8 Malik | |
| Hassan Ali | not out | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shadab Khan | not out | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 348/8 | 50 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | |||
| Chris Woakes | 8 | 1 | 71 | 3 | |||
| Jofra Archer | 10 | 0 | 79 | 0 | |||
| Moeen Ali | 10 | 0 | 50 | 3 | |||
| Mark Wood | 10 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |||
| Ben Stokes | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| Adil Rashid | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
England
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Fall of Wicket | |
| Jason Roy | lbw b Shadab | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12/1 Roy | |
| Jonny Bairstow | b Riaz c Sarfaraz | 32 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 60/2 Bairstow | |
| Joe Root | b Shadab c Hafeez | 107 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 86/3 Morgan | |
| Eoin Morgan | b Hafeez | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 118/4 Stokes | |
| Ben Stokes | b Malik c Sarfaraz | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 248/5 Root | |
| Jos Buttler | b Amir c Wahab | 103 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 288/6 Buttler | |
| Moeen Ali | b Riaz c Fakhar | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 320/7 Moeen | |
| Chris Woakes | b Riaz c Sarfaraz | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 320/8 Woakes | |
| Jofra Archer | b Amir c Wahab | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 322/9 Archer | |
| Adil Rashid | not out | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Wood | not out | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 334/9 | 50 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | |||
| Shadab Khan | 10 | 0 | 63 | 2 | |||
| Mohammad Amir | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | |||
| Wahab Riaz | 10 | 0 | 82 | 3 | |||
| Hassan Ali | 10 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Shoaib Malik | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
However, It was a remarkable victory for Pakistan, the win also snapped Pakistan’s 11- match losing streak which includes the 4-0 loss against England in the ODI series just before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
