T20 World Cup Final 2022: ENG crowned champions, beat PAK by five wickets

England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the Twenty20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. 

England, the 50-over world champions, became the first team to hold both global white-ball trophies. 

Star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was also a protagonist in England 2019 World Cup final win, hit the winning runs and scored his first-ever T20I half century in the process.

England were reduced to 45-3 inside the powerplay as openers Alex Hales (1) and Buttler (26 off 17) - so destructive in the 10-wicket demolition of India in Thursday's semi-final - and Phil Salt (10 off 9) were dismissed and were 84-4 in the 13th over once Harry Brook (20) was brilliantly caught at long-off by Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Shaheen injured himself taking that grab and subsequently pulled up one ball into the 16th over - with Stokes then clubbing his replacement, off-spinner Iftikhar Ahmed, for four and six off successive balls to reduced the requirement 28 from 24 balls and England would not be denied, with the wicket of Moeen Ali (19 off 13) coming too late for Pakistan.

Earlier, England won the toss and decided to field first in the T20 World Cup final.