Mohammad Nawaz helped Pakistan restrict the Lankans to a low score
What’s the story
In the third match of the T20I Tri-Series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz delivered an impressive performance.
He took three wickets and helped restrict Sri Lanka to a modest total of 128 runs in their allotted 20 overs.
Janith Liyanage was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with a valiant knock of 41 runs off 38 balls.
Here are further details.
Middle-order collapse and Nawaz’s impact
Sri Lankan openers added 31 runs but were then reduced to 60/3 in the eighth over before a middle-order collapse saw them slump to 86/6 by the 14th over.
Nawaz was instrumental in this collapse, taking two wickets in an over that left Sri Lanka searching for answers.
He dismissed Kusal Perera and Dasun Shanaka in the 12th over.
Thereafter, he got Kamindu Mendis’ wickets, leaving the Lankans reeling at 86/6.
Nawaz is two shy of 250 T20 wickets
Nawaz picked 3/16 from his overs, conceding at 4 runs an over. This effort sees him get to a tally of 81 T20I scalps from 83 matches at an average of 22.06.
Versus Sri Lanka, he owns three wickets from 5 matches at 26.
As per ESPNcricinfo, Nawaz now owns 248 T20 wickets from 304 matches at 26.81.
