Welcome to the highlights of England vs Pakistan 2nd ODI - 1996 Pakistan tour of England (Texaco Trophy) 3-match ODI series - The second One-Day International cricket match between England and Pakistan was played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on August 31, 1996.
Match Overview:
A brilliant maiden century by opener Nick Knight and Alec Stewart's blazing 46 before Adam Hollioake's career-best four-for, Darren Gough and Robert Croft's combined 5-wickets helped to England massive 107-run victory over Pakistan and took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the series in the second ODI.
Match Stats:
- England's 107-run win was their third largest victory by terms of runs against Pakistan in ODIs.
- Nick Knight became the 19th England batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
- Nick Knight became the sixth England batsman to score a century against Pakistan in ODIs.
- Nick Knight's 113 was his highest score for England in one-day international and the fifth highest-score by an England batsman against Pakistan in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
England scored 292-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Nick Knight cracked a career-best 113 off 132-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Alec Stewart hammered a 46 off 32-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 143.75, Ronnie Irani cracked a unbeaten 45 off 63-balls included one-six & a four.
Graham Thorpe hit 21 off 28-balls including 2-fours, Robert Croft and Adam Hollioake each scored 15-runs.
Pakistan best bowler by Mushtaq Ahmed captured two-wickets, Ata-ur-Rehman, Waqar Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq each took one-wickets.
Pakistan bundled out for 185 in 37.5 overs with top scorer by Ijaz Ahmed cracked a 79 off 80-balls including 10-fours.
Saeed Anwar hammered a 33 off 25-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 132, Saleem Malik scored 23 off 29-balls included a four and Wasim Akram hit a run-a-ball 21-runs contained a boundary.
England best bowler by Adam Hollioake claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 23-runs in 6.5-overs including a maiden, Darren Gough picked up 3-wickets for 39-runs in 8-overs, Robert Croft took 2-wickets and one for Alan Mullally.
Nick Knight named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored a career-best 113-runs knocked off facing 132-balls including 11-fours.
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