Cricket predictions, best bets, and in-depth analysis are provided for free below as Pakistan takes on England in the final of the T20 World Cup on Sunday in the Philippines.
The England team has a chance to eliminate the Pakistan captain early in the final.
Where to look for it
- Sunday mornings at 8:00 am, Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event.
Best bets
- Babar Azam to score under 25.5 runs: 3pts 5-6 OKBET
- The match will be won by Liam Livingstone, who will hit the most sixes.: 1pt 11-2 OKBET
Preview
In what promises to be an exciting matchup, England and Pakistan will square off in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup in Melbourne on Sunday morning. However, due to the unfavorable weather forecast for the day, the match may be extended into the reserve day on Monday.
It has been a fantastic tournament that has been filled with nail-biting finishes and unexpected outcomes, but several games in the group stage, including England’s match against Australia at the MCG, were rained out.
It is quite possible that the weather will prevent the championship match from taking place. Showers are forecasted for both Sunday and Monday, and there is a possibility that the trophy will be split if at least ten overs per side are not played out.
The scenario looks discouraging for two teams, both of which breezed through their respective semi-final challenges in impressive fashion. Pakistan prevailed over New Zealand by a score of seven wickets, and England overcame India by reaching a target score of 169 without losing a single wicket.
Openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales destroyed the Indian bowling in an unbroken stand of 170. They had previously put on stands of 81 and 75 in England’s most recent two Group 1 matches, and their match-up with Pakistan’s new-ball attack will be extremely important.
The odds of England winning the match are 8-13, and the quality of their batting lineup suggests that they should be able to handle a rain delay better than Pakistan. Buttler and Hales combined for ten sixes against India, and devastating hitters like Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali could be moved up the order to take advantage of the opportunity.
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Even though they were missing several key players, England still managed to win their pre-tournament Twenty20 series in Pakistan by a score of 4-3. However, they should have learned from their loss to Ireland in the group stage, which was caused by rain.
Despite Moeen’s unbeaten 24 off 12 balls, their lack of urgency as a batting unit put them in a position where they were behind on the D/L method when rain came.
Pakistan breezed through their semifinal match against New Zealand, but the rest of their Group 2 campaign was anything but easy. After suffering heartbreaking defeats to India and Zimbabwe, Babar Azam’s team managed to advance to the semifinals of the competition by capitalizing on South Africa’s unexpected loss to the Netherlands.
Even though Babar and Mohammad Rizwan scored a century in the opening stand against the New Zealanders, the skipper’s performance of 53 runs off 42 balls did not completely allay concerns regarding his T20 form.
Since the beginning of September’s Asia Cup, he has had 16 scores of 25 or less in 24 innings, and only two of the ten opening batsmen England has faced at this tournament have reached 30 against them. Only two of the opening batsmen England has faced at this tournament have reached 30 against them. The favorites to win the trophy, whose paceman Mark Wood will have a late fitness test, are confident that they will be able to dismiss Babar for a low score.
Although Livingstone has had a relatively quiet tournament, this is largely attributable to the exceptional play of England’s openers. However, in a warm-up game against Pakistan, he hit two sixes while scoring 16 runs off of 16 balls faced. In the home T20 series that they played against him in 2021, he hit 13 maximums in three innings, and he is a solid bet to lead the six-hitting charts in the championship game.
