T20 World Cup: England beat Pakistan to win pulsating final in Melbourne

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Men's T20 World Cup final, Melbourne
Pakistan 137-8 (20 overs): Masood 38 (28); Curran 3-12, Rashid 2-22
England 138-5 (19 overs): Stokes 52* (49); Rauf 2-23
England won by 5 wickets
Scorecard

England bushed Pakistan by 5 wickets successful a pulsating last successful Melbourne to triumph the Men's T20 World Cup for a 2nd time.

Chasing 138 successful beforehand of a febrile Pakistan-supporting crowd, they fell to 45-3 and 84-4 amid electrical accelerated bowling.

But, nether aggravated unit astatine the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Ben Stokes wrote himself further into the folklore of English cricket by ending connected 52 not out.

He was determination astatine the end, arsenic helium was successful the 2019 50-over World Cup last 3 years ago, arsenic this existent white-ball broadside provided different of English cricket's top wins.

As the equation tightened, Stokes capitalised connected a cruel wounded to Pakistan left-armer Shaheen Afridi and took England to triumph with six balls to spare.

The win, acknowledgment successful ample portion to a superb bowling show from Sam Curran and Adil Rashid, means England go the archetypal squad to clasp the men's 20 and 50-over satellite titles.