PAK vs ENG ODI Tri-Series 2026 Match 2 Summary
The PAK vs ENG ODI Tri-Series 2026 Match 2 is the story of a team that recovered from a disastrous start. Pakistan lost Fakhar Zaman to the second ball of the match, then recovered to post 302/9 and bowled England out for 215 in 38.4 overs. The 87-run win at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was driven by Hasan Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, and above all Arafat Minhas, who took the Player of the Match award with a century-class all-round display.
Below is the full match report, with scorecards, partnerships, turning points and post-match reactions.
Table of Contents
Match Overview
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Series | Pakistan ODI Tri-Series, 2026 |
| Match | Match 2: Pakistan vs England |
| Venue | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Pakistan | 302/9 (50 overs) |
| England | 215 all out (38.4 overs) |
| Result | Pakistan won by 87 runs |
| Player of the Match | Arafat Minhas (59 runs and 6/40) |
| Captains | Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan), Harry Brook (England) |
The match was part of Pakistan’s preparation for the upcoming World Cup. For a side still working out its best XI, this was a useful performance: the batting order wobbled early, but the middle and lower order and the bowling attack all delivered.
Pakistan Innings: Recovery After a Shaky Start
The Top-Order Collapse
Pakistan began as badly as possible. Fakhar Zaman was out on the second ball, caught by Joe Root off Gus Atkinson, and the score read 0/1. Saim Ayub gave some early momentum with a boundary but was caught by Sam Curran off Sonny Baker for 8, leaving Pakistan on 31/2 in the sixth over.
Babar Azam then played a patient hand. He made 34 from 52 balls, but a strike rate of 65.38 meant the innings could not accelerate. Will Jacks bowled him in the fifteenth over, and Pakistan were 59/3. Salman Agha added 16 off 19 before Adil Rashid had him caught by Atkinson at 81/4.
Saad Baig and Hasan Nawaz Rebuild
Saad Baig, the wicketkeeper-batter, kept the innings together with 35 off 54 balls, including five fours. He was not fluent, but he held one end while Hasan Nawaz settled in. Baig fell at 133/5 in the 28th over, caught by Curran off Atkinson. Pakistan were in trouble at that stage, with the required acceleration still a long way off.
The Turning Point: Hasan Nawaz and Arafat Minhas
The match swung in the stand between Hasan Nawaz and Arafat Minhas. By our calculation from the fall-of-wickets data, the pair added roughly 78 runs between 133/5 and 211/6, and England never quite recovered from it.
- Hasan Nawaz scored 79 off 74 balls with five fours and four sixes, a strike rate of 106.76. Jamie Overton bowled him in the 40th over.
- Arafat Minhas hit a quick 59 off 58 balls with nine boundaries and no sixes.
Minhas then shared another stand of about 72 with Faheem Ashraf, who blasted 39 off just 26 balls, with five fours and a six, at a strike rate of 150. Minhas fell at 283/7 and Ashraf at 285/8, but Pakistan were already in a commanding position.
Late Cameos
Shaheen Afridi (10 not out off 5) and Haris Rauf (4 not out off 2) hit boundaries in the closing overs. Naseem Shah was dismissed for 1 at 296/9, but the late hitting took Pakistan to 302/9. The extras column mattered too: England conceded 17 extras, including 11 leg byes and 5 wides.
Pakistan Batting Scorecard
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fakhar Zaman | c Joe Root b Gus Atkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Saim Ayub | c Sam Curran b Sonny Baker | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Babar Azam | b Will Jacks | 34 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 65.38 |
| Saad Baig (wk) | c Sam Curran b Gus Atkinson | 35 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 64.81 |
| Salman Agha | c Gus Atkinson b Adil Rashid | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 84.21 |
| Hasan Nawaz | b Jamie Overton | 79 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 106.76 |
| Arafat Minhas | c Harry Brook b Sonny Baker | 59 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 101.72 |
| Faheem Ashraf | c Will Jacks b Sam Curran | 39 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 150.00 |
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | not out | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Naseem Shah | c Jamie Overton b Sonny Baker | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Haris Rauf | not out | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 11, w 5, nb 0, p 0) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 302/9 (50 overs, RR: 6.04) |
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Fakhar, 0.1), 31-2 (Saim, 5.5), 59-3 (Babar, 14.2), 81-4 (Salman, 18.4), 133-5 (Saad, 27.3), 211-6 (Hasan, 39.5), 283-7 (Arafat, 47.6), 285-8 (Faheem, 48.3), 296-9 (Naseem, 49.3)
England Bowling Scorecard
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Atkinson | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Sonny Baker | 9 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.20 |
| Will Jacks | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jamie Overton | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.80 |
| Adil Rashid | 8 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 |
| Sam Curran | 5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Joe Root | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
Sonny Baker was England’s most successful bowler with 3 wickets but also the most expensive, conceding 65. Jamie Overton was the pick of the economy rates at 3.80.
England Chase: A Fast Start That Faded
Banton and Duckett Lay the Platform
Chasing 303, England started well. Tom Banton and Ben Duckett put together a stand that Harry Brook later described as nearly a hundred. Banton scored 57 off 53 balls with five fours and two sixes, and Duckett contributed 45 off 46 with eight fours. At that stage England were ahead of the rate and the target looked reachable.
Arafat Minhas Changes the Match
Pakistan’s response came from the spinner. The pitch offered some assistance to the slower bowlers and Minhas used it with variations in pace and flight. Banton was caught by Shaheen Afridi off his bowling, and the opening stand was broken. England then lost wickets in clumps:
- Harry Brook (5) was bowled by Minhas.
- Jordan Cox (18) was out lbw to Minhas.
- Will Jacks (19) was caught by Afridi off Minhas.
- Jamie Overton (1) was caught by Hasan Nawaz off Minhas.
- Adil Rashid (0) was lbw to Minhas.
Minhas finished with 6/40 from 8.4 overs, the best figures of the match and a rare combination of a half-century and a six-wicket haul in the same ODI.
Support From the Pace Attack
Haris Rauf took 2/32 in six overs, removing Ben Duckett and Sam Curran. Naseem Shah dismissed Joe Root, bowled for 33, and finished with 1/46. Gus Atkinson was run out for 7, a direct result of Pakistan’s sharp fielding. England were all out for 215 in 38.4 overs.
England Batting Scorecard
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Banton | c Shaheen Afridi b Arafat Minhas | 57 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 107.55 |
| Ben Duckett | c Fakhar Zaman b Haris Rauf | 45 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 97.83 |
| Joe Root | b Naseem Shah | 33 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 94.29 |
| Harry Brook (c) | b Arafat Minhas | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Sam Curran | c (sub) Ghazi Ghori b Haris Rauf | 27 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 69.23 |
| Jordan Cox (wk) | lbw b Arafat Minhas | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 112.50 |
| Will Jacks | c Shaheen Afridi b Arafat Minhas | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 79.17 |
| Jamie Overton | c Hasan Nawaz b Arafat Minhas | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Gus Atkinson | run out (Arafat Minhas) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 |
| Adil Rashid | lbw b Arafat Minhas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sonny Baker | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | 2 | ||||
| Total | 215/10 (38.4 overs, RR: 5.56) |
Pakistan Bowling Scorecard
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.10 |
| Naseem Shah | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Haris Rauf | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.30 |
| Saim Ayub | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.90 |
| Arafat Minhas | 8.4 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 |
Key Turning Points
- The Fakhar Zaman duck. Losing a wicket in the first over could have derailed Pakistan, but the middle order absorbed the pressure.
- The Hasan Nawaz and Arafat Minhas partnership. It lifted Pakistan from 133/5 to 211/6 and turned a likely 250 into a 300-plus total.
- Faheem Ashraf’s cameo. A 26-ball 39 at a strike rate of 150 gave Pakistan the late acceleration that decides many ODIs.
- Minhas in the middle overs. The spinner broke the England innings after the opening stand and removed five of the next batters.
- Extras. England’s 17 extras in the first innings, against just 2 conceded by Pakistan, were worth a full 15 runs in the final margin.
Post-Match Reactions
Shaheen Afridi said the performances of Hasan, Arafat and Faheem pleased him, but stressed that the top order must also contribute. He said the team is preparing for the World Cup and that these were encouraging signs. He added that the plan was to use bouncers and length deliveries against the new batters, and called Minhas a proper all-rounder whose bat-and-ball contribution benefits Pakistan.
Harry Brook said England were content with a target of around 300, believing Pakistan’s total was slightly below par on a dewy evening. He credited Banton and Duckett with setting the tone, then admitted the side lost wickets in clumps and could not build partnerships. England had discussed strike rotation but did not put it into practice, and he said the team hopes to improve in the next game in a couple of days.
Arafat Minhas, the Player of the Match, said he kept his plans simple. He noted that the pitch offered little to spinners in the first match but had some help on this occasion, though it was on the slower side and he bowled accordingly. He stressed the importance of variations in pace and flight, said he had worked on them, and explained that he told Hasan Nawaz they needed to bat deep and then score towards the end.
Player Analysis
Arafat Minhas (Player of the Match): The standout performer. A 59 off 58 balls and 6/40 in the same match is exceptional in ODI cricket, and it shows real all-round value ahead of the World Cup.
Hasan Nawaz: His 79 was the backbone of the innings. He mixed patience with power, hitting four sixes at a strike rate above 106.
Faheem Ashraf: A short, sharp innings that changed the final total, plus a tidy two-over spell.
Haris Rauf: Two key wickets, including Duckett, at an economy of 5.30.
Areas to fix: Pakistan’s top four scored just 77 runs between them, with Fakhar out for a duck, and the team will want more from them.
England’s concerns: Brook’s side lost 10 wickets in 38.4 overs, and nobody converted a start into a big innings. The bowling also leaked 11 leg byes and 5 wides.
What This Result Means for the Tri-Series
The win keeps Pakistan in strong shape in the ODI Tri-Series 2026 and gives them valuable momentum at home. For England, the target is clear: rotate the strike better, build partnerships after a good opening stand, and tighten up the extras. With the next fixture only a couple of days away, both camps will have little time to adjust.
Official Sources for Fixtures, Points Table and Updates
For confirmed fixtures, squads and official announcements, visit these official pages:
- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official website
- England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) official website
- International Cricket Council (ICC) official website
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won the PAK vs ENG match in the ODI Tri-Series 2026 Match 2?
Pakistan won by 87 runs after scoring 302/9 and bowling England out for 215.
Who was the Player of the Match?
Arafat Minhas, who scored 59 and took 6/40.
Where was the match played?
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
Who top-scored for Pakistan and England?
Hasan Nawaz top-scored for Pakistan with 79, and Tom Banton top-scored for England with 57.
Who were the best bowlers?
Arafat Minhas (6/40) for Pakistan and Sonny Baker (3/65) for England.
Conclusion
This PAK vs ENG ODI Tri-Series 2026 Match 2 summary shows a Pakistan team that can fight back from 0/1 and 59/3. The middle-order recovery, the late hitting and a match-winning performance from Arafat Minhas gave them a comprehensive 87-run victory. England showed promise with the bat at the top but lacked the discipline to chase 303. Keep following the official PCB, ECB and ICC pages for the latest updates on the series.
