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Chris Woakes turned England’s most profitable bowler in World Cups as he surpassed former all-rounder Ian Botham after claiming a single wicket throughout England’s 93-run victory over Pakistan on the iconic Eden Gardens. Woakes’ 31st wicket was the ultimate dismissal of the evening as he bowled a slower off supply, Haris Rauf slogged it with full power attempting to clear the boundary however his shot went straight to Ben Stokes at mid-on.
In England’s final sport in opposition to the Netherlands, he levelled Botham’s document of 30 wickets for England which he picked throughout his embellished profession.
With 29 wickets right-arm pacer Phil Defreitas holds the second spot whereas James Anderson who nonetheless continues to place up efficiency for England within the Check format has claimed 27 wickets for the Three Lions within the World Cup. Spinner Adil Rashid has 26 wickets to his identify whereas pacer Mark Wooden has 24 wickets.
Coming to the match, whereas chasing a goal of 338, David Willey in his final worldwide sport made Pakistan batters toil laborious as they’d no solutions to his fast swinging deliveries. He made the a lot of the alternative as he dismissed Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Azam again to the pavilion for scores of zero and 1 respectively.
Skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan stitched up a 51-run partnership driving Pakistan’s innings with hopes of ending it on a optimistic be aware.
Rizwan held on to his wicket on the opposite finish together with Saud Shakeel. One other promising but brief liver partnership ended with Rizwan strolling again to the pavilion. The 25-year-old Gus Atkinson offered the breakthrough to derail Pakistan’s innings by dismissing Babar for 38.
Adil Rashid’s spin bamboozled Shakeel (29) whereas Agha Salman’s promising knock of 51 was delivered to an finish by Willey. The remainder of the batters crumbled apart from Shaheen Sha Afridi and Haris Rauf who confirmed some struggle in the direction of the top.
Afridi’s cameo of 25 ended as Atkinson claimed his second wicket of the evening, whereas Rauf’s fireworks took Pakistan’s rating previous 200 however his valiant 35-run knock got here to an finish with Chris Woakes selecting up the ultimate wicket.
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