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Twenty20 World Cup final factfile

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Factfile on Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground: Pakistan drawing inspiratio­n from ’92 win over England: Hayden

T20 World Cup titles England - 1 (2010) Pakistan 1 (2009) England

Top scorer at 2022 T20 World Cup: Alex Hales 211 runs. Top wicket-taker: Sam Curran – 10

Path to final:

Super 12

Beat Afghanista­n by five wickets at Perth. Lost to Ireland by five runs (DLS method) at Melbourne

No result v Australia (rain) at Melbourne. Beat New Zealand by 20 runs at Brisbane. Beat Sri Lanka by four wickets at Sydney Semi-final

Beat India by 10 wickets at Adelaide

Pakistan

Top scorer at 2022 T20 World Cup: Mohammad Rizwan - 160. Top wickettake­r: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan - 10

Path to final:

Super 12

Lost to India by four wickets at Melbourne. Lost to Zimbabwe by one run at Perth

Beat Netherland­s by six wickets at Perth. Beat South Africa by 33 runs (DLS method) at Sydney

Beat Bangladesh by five wickets at Adelaide Semi-final

Beat New Zealand by seven wickets at Sydney T20s head-to-head: England lead 18-9. One match ended without a result

First T20 Internatio­nal meeting

August 29, 2006, Bristol. Pakistan won by five wickets with 13 balls remaining after chasing down England’s 144-7.

Last T20 Internatio­nal meeting

October 3, 2022, Lahore. England won by 67 runs to seal the series 4-3 after blitzing 209-3 and then restrictin­g Pakistan to 142-8.

England’s big total came on the back of an unbeaten 78 from Dawid Malan and Harry Brook’s 48 not out.

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