Summary Man of the Match award went to Jos Buttler
DUBAI (Dunya News) - England won the 4th One Day International (ODI) of Pakistan-England series in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and took the series by 3-1 in the 4 ODI match-series as it bowled out Pakistan with 41 overs to win by a margin of 84 runs, reported Dunya News.
Batting first England set out a mammoth target of 355 at the loss of 5 wickets. The English campaign was spearheaded by Josh Buttler who made a brisk 116 off 68 balls. He scored the 7th fastest ODI century to bat Pakistan out of the contest.
Chasing the total, Pakistan flourished at the start but kept losing wickets in the middle overs despite a good run rate. Top-8 batsmen reached double figures including three half-centuries yet kept losing wickets to rash shots. Top scorer Shoaib Malik(53) was such as example.
Earlier on in the series, Pakistan, trailing 2-1, brought back fit-again leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who missed the third match with a knee injury, and included opener Ahmed Shehzad for the first time in the series.
Pakistan left out Iftikhar Ahmed and Zafar Gohar from the side which lost the third match in Sharjah by six wickets on Tuesday.
Squads:
Pakistan: Azhar Ali (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Ahmed Shehzad, Shoaib Malik, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Yasir Shah, 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
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England win match by 84 runs, win series
40 overs: 271-9
Muhammad Irfan on crease wih Anwar Ali. Pakistan losing wickets in quick succession.
Anwar Ali walks onto the crease. He is accompanied by Sarfaraz Ahmed from the other end.
36 overs: 258-7
35.2: OUT! Sarfaraz is gone. Reckless shot. Adil Rashid is the bowler.
32 overs: 227-6
32.2: OUT! Brilliant catch by fielder. Topley dismisses
28 overs: 206-5
25.1: OUT! Babar Azam is gone. Rashid gets his man. Caught at deep cover.
24 overs: 171-3
Babar Azam on 45 and in good form. Malik on 15 runs.
20 overs: 138-3
20.1: FOUR! Babar Azam smacks Moin Ali over point region.
16 overs: 118-2
15.6: FOUR! Hafeez strikes Topley over mid-wicket region for four.
12 overs: 84-2
Hafeez and Babar Azam on crease. Hafeez on 35 off 27 balls
8.4: OUT! Azhar Ali caught and bowled. He departs after making a brisk 44
8 overs: 60-1
7.3: FOUR! Azhar Ali strikes the ball again.
7.2: SIX!
4 overs: 23-0
Azhar Ali scoring at rate of run-a-ball. Shehzad also finding his rhythm.
0.0 overs: Pakistan starts batting. Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad at crease.
END OF INNINGS
50 overs: 355-5
English batsmen on a roll. Finish at 355. Jos Butler scores 7th fastest century.
48 overs: 315-5
47.3: FOUR! Buttler hits Wahab Riaz to point region.
44 overs: 262-4
FOUR, FOUR, FOUR, single, FOUR, SIX in last 6 balls. Butler is on fire. 50 from 30 balls.
40 overs: 226-3
39.6: FOUR! Third boundary conceeded by Malik this over.
39.4: FOUR! Butler hits another boundary, this time over deep mid-wicket.
39.2: SIX! Butler hits Malik for a huge six off a slog sweep.
36 overs: 196-2
35.3: OUT! Yasir Shah picks the important wicket of Joe Root.
32 overs: 185-1
Wahab Riaz comes to bowl. Conceedes a boundary on 2nd ball he bowls.
28 overs: 146-1
Partenership now 94 from 103 balls. What a stand by Roy and Root. Malik back into the bowling attack.
25.4: DROPPED! Yasir Shah shouts in frustration, as fielder at slips drops the catch. Roy gets a reprieve.
24 overs: 124-1
24.4: SIX! Roy warming up now, a maximum to the boundary. Malik looks on as the ball travels all the way over the ropes.
20 overs: 93-1
19.4: FOUR! Yasir Shah gets hit at square leg by Roy.
16 overs: 72-1
Anwar Ali into the attack. English batsman playing the bowlers with ease. Roy nearing half century now.
12 overs: 57-1
11.1: OUT! Hales skies the ball to the fielder. Irfan strikes in typical fashion, a bouncer to end the innings of the batsman.
8.0 overs: 42-0
Wahab Riaz bowling now. English opening partnership going strong.
4.0 overs: England are 15-0 (RR: 3.75)
Mohammad Irfan has ball in the hand. Jason Roy and Alex Hales are in as openers.
04:00 PM: Match begins !
