“Passion for the game is infectious”: Michael Vaughan expresses hope for more international cricket in Pakistan

Gurpreet Singh | 03/10/2022
"Passion for the game is infectious": Michael Vaughan expresses hope for more international cricket in Pakistan

Michael Vaughan expresses hope in the teams to keep supporting international Cricket in Pakistan, as England’s tour comes to an end. 

Suffering a couple of one-sided losses in the sixth, and then the seventh T20I tonight at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore has meant that Pakistan have lost the historic seven-match T20I series against England 3-4.

En route the stiff target of 210 runs, Pakistan lost their star opening batting pair of Babar Azam (4 off 4) and Mohammad Rizwan (1 off 4) within the first two Overs, to uplift the spirits of the English bowlers.

The much critiqued Pakistan middle-order was exposed once again, and they yet again handed nothing but disappointment to their fans, as none of their batters displayed the required intent to chase down a total in excess of the 200-run mark.

While Shan Masood (56 off 43) and Khushdil Shah (27 off 25) did manage to get their scores registered on the board, their contributions were of very little worth to the team’s cause, as Pakistan were bundled out for mere 142/8 in their 20 Overs, thereby falling short of the target by 67 runs.

Dawid Malan, for his unbeaten 78-run knock off 47 deliveries, was adjudged the ‘Player of the match’.

Michael Vaughan expresses hope in Cricketing teams to further tour Pakistan

After Australia’s successful tour of Pakistan after 24 long years, and now with England completing the tour comprising an unprecedented seven-match T20I series, things are slowly, but surely returning back to normalcy as far as Cricketing action in the country is concerned.

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan, post the final match of the series and the England’s successful tour after 17 years, took to his social media handle, to hail the ‘fantastic’ T20I series between the two nations. Further hailing the the passion for the sport in the country as infectious, Vaughan could have not stressed enough on the importance of World Cricket to keep supporting Pakistan, by continuing to tour the country.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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