Summary England take lead in series by 2-1
SHARJAH (Web Desk) - England won the 3rd One Day Internationa (ODI) at Sharjah by 6 wickets as it chased 209 inside 41 overs on Tuesday. Talor top scored with 67 runs not out followed by Butler who made 49 not out as they guided their team to victory.
Earlier, England bowled out Pakistan inside 50 overs on 208 runs as a middle order collapse led to a low total for Pakistan while batting first in Sharjah on 3rd ODI. Pakistan was forced to leave out leg-spinner Yasir Shah as they won the toss and opted to bat in the third day-night international against England in Sharjah.
Yasir Shah suffered from a knee problem and was replaced by left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar as the only change in the side which lost the second game by 95 runs in Abu Dhabi.The 20-year-old Gohar is playing his first international for Pakistan.
England, who lost the first game by six wickets in Abu Dhabi, remained unchanged for the second time in a row.
Teams:
Pakistan: Azhar Ali (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Zafar Gohar, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan
England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Taylor, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes
Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Shozab Raza (PAK)
Tv umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
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England have won the 3rd ODI by 6 wickets!
39 overs: 196-4
Iftikhar Ahmed bowls an economic over. Only 2 run from it.
36 overs: 180-4
35.1: SIX! Taylor hits Malik for a huge six.
33 overs: 153-4
33.5: FOUR! Back to back boundaries by Taylor.
33.4: FOUR! Batsman mistimes the ball but it lands safely and runs away for four.
30 overs: 144-5
Irfan is back in attack.
27 overs: 129-4
27.4: SIX! Taylor hits Malik for a huge six as he comes down the groud. Thats disappeared into the stands.
24 overs: 120-4
Spinners Shoaib Malik and Gohar making life tough.
21 overs: 89-3
Debutant Zafar Gohar spinning the ball sharply. Making life tough for the set batsman from both ends.
20.3: OUT! Finally Hales succumbs to a turning delivery by Zafar. He s out on 30.
18 overs: 76-2
17.3: FOUR! Eoin Morgan hits Malik for a reverse sweep for a boundary.
15 overs: 63-2
Malik is introduced to the attack.
12 overs: 47-2
Gohar is handed the ball. Spinner introduced in 11th over.
9 overs: 33-2
Irfan bowling one jem of a spell. Bouncers, one after another making Hales very nervrous as he ducks and jumps to avoid getting hit.
6 overs: 27-2
5.5: OUT! Zafar Gohar takes his first wicket. Joe Root is caught trying to hit the ball high, goes straight to the filed.
3.0 overs: 13-1
End of an eventful over. Joe Root comes out to the crease.
2.2 overs: OUT! Roy (7) is gone. It was a simple catch for Shoaib Malik standing at the Cover off Mohammad Irfan s bowling. Roy tried to flick the ball but it held on him and a leading edge was comfortably taken by Shoaib Malik in the covers. England are 12 for 1 and Pakistan have gotten their all-important breakthrough.
England have come out to bat. Jason Roy and Alex Hales will open the innings for the visitors.
Pakistan all out for 208. England to chase 209 runs to win
49.5: OUT! Irfan gets out to a yorker once again.
Overs 49: 200-9
48.5: SIX! Wahab Riaz hits one in the stands. 200 comes up for Pakistan.
Overs 47: 187-9
46.2: OUT! Zafar Gohar is gone after edging it to keeper. Last man Irfan comes out and takes guard.
Overs 45: 181-8
Pakistan crawling at a run rate of barely 4 per over. Wahab and Zafar on crease.
Overs 42: 162-8
41.2: OUT! Another run out takes place, this time Shoaib Malik is the victim.
Overs 39: 157-7
39.3: OUT! Anwar Ali skies the ball. Neatly caught by fielder in the outfield.
Overs 36: 146-6
35.4: OUT! Iftikhar has mistimed a bouncer. Fielder catches it in the deep.
Overs 33: 138-5
33.2: OUT! Rizwan is gone as well. Run out as he failed to coordinate with his partner. Poor running between the wickets.
Overs 30: 134-3
29.4: OUT! Hafeez is gone. Mistimes a shot to fielder. Willey is the bowler.
Overs 29: 130-2
Sarfaraz Ahmed on crease.
Overs 26: 121-2
Moeen Ali keeping things tight. Just 1 run from the over. Run rate is 4.51.
Overs 23: 113-2
Adil Rashid introduced to the attack.
Overs 19: 91-1
Azhar Ali and Muhammad Hafeez on crease.
18.5: Hafeez survives a stumping attempt.
Overs 16:
15.6: SIX! Clean strike by Hafeez, down the ground for a maximum.
15.5: FOUR! Hafeez hits the ball over mid-on, it goes for a boundary.
Overs 12: Pakistan 50 runs, RR: 5.00 (Azhar Ali 1, Mohammad Hafeez 4).
Overs 10.6: Chris Woakes to Babar Azam. OUT! short of length ball, outside off stump, Babar goes for a pull shot and gets a top edge towards fine leg, Adil takes a well judge catch there.
Overs 8: Pakistan 37 runs, RR: 4.62 (Azhar Ali 18, Babar Azam 18).
Overs 6.3: Chris Woakes to Azhar Ali. SIX! good length ball, outside off stump, Azhar comes down the wicket and launches it over long-off for a six.
Overs 5.1: Reece Topley to Babar Azam . FOUR! Good length ball, outside off stump, comes forward and drives through covers for four runs.
Overs 5: Pakistan 15 runs, RR: 3.00 (Azhar Ali 8, Babar Azam 6).
Overs 2.4: David Willey to Azhar Ali. FOUR! Fuller in length ball, outside off stump, comes forward and drives through extra cover for four runs.
Match begins! DJ Willey has ball in the hand. Azhar Ali and Babar Azam are on the crease.
