It came down to the final over, as the best contests always seem to. Under the Lahore lights and a wall of noise, the Green Shirts held their nerve to win the series decider and send a packed stadium into raptures.
How it was won
Chasing a competitive total, the innings wobbled at the halfway mark before a composed partnership dragged the game back, one calculated single at a time.
We spoke about staying in the present, ball by ball. The crowd carried us home in that last over.
The bowling unit deserves equal credit, having defended a modest total in the previous match to force the decider in the first place.
- A match-winning partnership rebuilt the run chase.
- The pace attack conceded just a handful of boundaries at the death.
- Fielding standards were among the best of the year.
Attention now turns to a testing away tour, but for one night at least, the celebrations in Lahore ran long into the evening.
