Moeen Ali and England came up agonisingly short against a debutant with nerves of steel in a game they should have won.
All rounder Aamer Jamal was given 15 runs to defend from the final over and despite facing down a well-set Moeen, he came up trumps to secure the five run win even though the target was only 146. The stand-in skipper is one of the most destructive batters in the world and finished 51 not out, but was left kicking himself after failing to get hold of more than one big shot in an over of wide yorkers.
He missed out from the first two balls. From the third he launched a giant six over mid-wicket to make it eight runs required from three balls, but seamer Jamal, coping with a sodden ball thanks to the dew, stuck to his plan and it worked.
