Liam Livingstone is in sensational form in the England vs Pakistan T20I series. After hitting the fastest fifty and hundred by an Englishman in T20I cricket, he struck some lusty blows in the second T20I as well in Leeds.
England, after losing the first T20I, made few changes in their playing XI and Eoin Morgan benched himself to allow Jos Buttler to be back in the team. Pakistan, on the other hand, were riding high on confidence and opted to bowl first after winning the toss.
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England showed their intent straightaway as Jason Roy hit a six and four in the first over before getting out. Buttler scored fifty on his comeback but couldn’t stretch his innings long. Moeen Ali played a crucial knock of 36 runs in just 16 balls, where he hit six fours and one six.
Liam Livingstone looked in great touch in this game as well and played some sensational shots during his 38-run knock. He faced 23 balls and scored two fours and three sixes while on the crease.
During this knock, Livingstone scored a humongous six over the bowler’s hear which crossed the roof of Headingley. Haris Rauf came to bowl the 16th over of the innings and bowled the first ball in the arch of Livingstone, who didn’t hesitate in taking on him. He thrashed the ball over the straight boundary and it crossed the stadium to land in the Gold Course.
Commentators were in awe of this shot and couldn’t hold themselves after watching this hit.
Watch the video of this six;
Biggest six ever?! 😱 @LeedsRhinos, can we have our ball back? 😉
Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/QjGshV4LMM
🏴 #ENGvPAK 🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/bGnjL8DxCx
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 18, 2021
England scored 200/10 in 19.5 overs where Buttler top-scored with 59 runs. Mohammad Hasnain grabbed three wickets in his four overs but conceded 51 runs as well.
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Chasing the big target, Pakistan got off to a good start thanks to Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam. But the momentum shifted soon and Pakistan lost wickets in a cluster. Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Matt Parkinson wracked havoc to grab five wickets between them. Pakistan managed just 155 runs and lost the game by 45 runs.
