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Daily Times
July 15, 2021
In the end professionalism and determination prevailed. After the hosts main team members were diagnosed with COVID-19, Pakistan had the opportunity to overwhelm England’s ‘B Team’ in a three-match one-international series. But the ‘B Team’ proved much more professional and clinical than skipper Babar Azam and his charges. Though England won the series after claiming victories in the first two contests, the way the hosts fought and executed their game plan against a formidable target of 332 in the third and final ODI, it was out of this world. Pakistan were literally blown away. It was a dazzling and remarkable performance by England who were thrown together at the last minute. They had one training session ahead of this series and they were playing a side who could have risen to second in the World Cup Super League table had they won.