5 memorable moments from the Pakistan vs England semi-final that don’t fade away

#2 Pakistan bowlers finding reverse swing

Junaid Khan led from the front

As the ball got older, the Pakistan fast bowlers wound the clock back as they extracted reverse swing from the dry Cardiff surface. Owing to the scuffed up nature of the pitch, the ball was roughed up on one end which aided bowlers like Hassan Ali and Junaid Khan.

Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler perished and a normally flamboyant Ben Stokes never got going against the reverse-swinging ball. Shockingly, a batsman of Stokes’ calibre scored only 34 runs off 64 balls with no boundaries, and that explains the dominance of the Pakistan bowlers on the day.