England beat Pakistan by four wickets in fourth ODI

Hosts now lead five-match series 4-0


Ali Mangi/Azeem Siddiqui September 01, 2016
England's Jonny Bairstow celebrates his fifty with Moeen Ali in fourth ODI at Headingley on September 01/2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Pakistan were beaten once again by England in the fourth ODI on late Thursday at Leeds by four wickets as the hosts bagged the super series with it.

Pakistan, after opting to bat first against England, could only manage 247 in 50 overs for the loss of eight wickets. Captain Azhar Ali was the highest scorer with 80 runs off 104 balls. Imad Wasim's 57 off 41 balls helped Pakistan at the end of the innings.

Adil Rashid bagged three wickets for England while Chris Jordan and Moeen Ali grabbed two wickets each.

9 records tumbled in third England-Pakistan ODI

In their reply, England never looked out of sorts in the chase. Ben Stokes (69) and Johnny Bairstow (61) made sure England went past the finish line with ease.

For Pakistan, Mohammad Irfan was the most successful bowler with two wickets in his five overs as he walked off the pitch with a sprain.

Both teams made more than few changes in their playing eleven after the sereis was decided two days ago when the hosts defeated visitors by 169 runs in the third ODI.

For Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, Umar Gul and Mohammad Irfan replace Shoaib Malik, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz and Muhammad Amir.

For England, Jonny Bairstow, David Willey and Chris Jordan replace Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.

Pakistan crumble before England’s record ODI total

England Team

AD Hales, JJ Roy, JE Root, EJG Morgan (captain), BA Stokes, JM Bairstow†, MM Ali, DJ Willey, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan

Pakistan Team

Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Imad Wasim, Umar Gul, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Irfan



Well the last match of the series will be played on coming Sunday, so we will join you again for the live coverage for the fifth and final ODI match of the series. Till then, it's Good bye from all of us down here.



Well that's it for today. We saw a scintillating contest between two sides who gave their all in a dead rubber, and it was the English, who once again came on top and now have won seven in a row against the Men in Green.



Over 48: ENG 245-6

SIX! And it's all over, thanks to a massive six from Moeen Ali, once again down the ground.

SIX! Moeen Ali hits one down the ground for a maximum.

Azhar Ali to bowl his third over.


Over 47: ENG 231-6


Just five off Hasan's final over.

Hasan Ali to bowl his last over.



Over 46: ENG 231-6

Just four runs off it.

Azhar Ali to start his second over.



Over 45: ENG 227-6

Three runs and a wicket off Gul's final over of the day.


Gul to start his last over of the day.



Over 44: ENG 224-5

Seven runs off Azhar's over.

So it's some bowling time for captain Azhar.



Over 43: ENG 217-5

Six off Gul's over.

Umar Gul to start his ninth over.



Over 42: ENG 211-5

Five off Imad's last over.

Imad to bowl his final over of the day.



Over 41: ENG 206-5

Just five off Ali's over.

Hasan Ali to continue.



Over 40: ENG 201-5

Just three off it.

Nawaz to bowl his final over.



Over 39: ENG 198-5

Just two off Ali's eighth over.

Hasan Ali to start his new spell.



Over 38: ENG 196-5

Seven runs off Nawaz's over.



Nawaz to bowl his ninth over.



Over 37: ENG 189-5

Four off Imad's over.

Imad to continue.



Over 36: ENG 185-5

Four runs off it.

Nawaz to start his new spell.



Over 35: ENG 181-5

Six runs and a wicket off the over.

FOUR! Faster one and Bairstow edged one, but there was no slip. Goodness gracious. What was Azhar thinking there?



Imad Wasim to continue.



Over 34: ENG 175-4

Just three off Gul's over.

Umar Gul to continue.



Over 33: ENG 172-4

Just a single off the over.

Imad Wasim to continue.



Over 32: ENG 171-4

Three off Gul's seventh over.

Umar Gul to start his new spell.



Over 31: ENG 168-4

Just five off Imad's over.

Imad Wasim to start his third spell.



Over 30: ENG 163-4

11 off Nawaz's over, an expensive one for Pakistan.

FOUR! Stokes sweeps one for a boundary through point region.



Nawaz to continue.



Over 29: ENG 152-4

Six off the over.



Hasan Ali to continue.



Over 28: ENG 146-4

Five off Nawaz's over.

Nawaz to continue.



Over 27: ENG 141-4

Six off Hasan's over.

FOUR! Bairstow hits one through extra cover for a boundary.

Hasan Ali to continue.



Over 26: ENG 135-4

Three off Nawaz's over.

Mohammad Nawaz to bowl his fifth over.



Over 25: ENG 132-4

Three off Ali's fifth over.

Hasan Ali to start his second spell.



Over 24: ENG 129-4

Eight off Nawaz's over.

Nawaz to continue.



Over 23: ENG 121-4

Five runs off Imad's over.

Imad to continue.



Over 22: ENG 116-4

Nine off Nawaz's over, a good one for England.



Mohammad Nawaz to continue.



Over 21: ENG 107-4

Five off Imad's over.

Imad Wasim to continue.



Over 20: ENG 102-4

Three runs off Nawaz's over.

Nawaz to continue.



Over 19: ENG 99-4

Nine runs off Imad's over.



Imad Wasim to start his second spell.



Over 18: ENG 90-4

Three off his first over.

Mohammad Nawaz to start his first over off the day.



Over 17: ENG 87-4

Five off Gul's over.

Gul to continue



Over 16: ENG 82-4

Expensive over from Hasan Ali, 10 off it.

FOUR! Two glorious boundaries for Stokes and he is making sure England keep moving forward.

Hasan Ali to continue.



Over 15: ENG 72-4

Two runs and a wicket off Gul over.



Umar Gul to start his new spell.



Over 14: ENG 70-3

Seven off Hasan's third over.

FOUR! Short and Ben Stokes smashes one through deep square leg boundary.

Hasan Ali to continue.



Over 13: ENG 63-3

Just three off Imad's over.

Imad Wasim to start his new over.



Over 12: ENG 60-3

One run and a wicket off Hasan Ali's over, a good one for Pakistan.



Hasan Ali to start his second over of the day.



Over 11: ENG 59-2

Seven off Imad's first over.

FOUR! Full pitch and Morgan hits one between extra cover and mid off for a boundary.

Imad Wasim to start his first over of the day.



Over 10: ENG 52-2

Nine off Hasan's first over off the day.

FOUR! Another one, this time a a bit full and Root hits one pass mid on for another boundary.

FOUR! Slightly short, and Root hits one between deep square leg and deep mid wicket for a boundary.

Hasan Ali to start his first over of the day.



Over 9: ENG 43-2

Just a single off Irfan's over.

Mohammad Irfan to continue.



Over 8: ENG 42-2

It's six off Gul's fourth over.



Gul to start his fourth over.



Over 7: ENG 36-2

So it's a wicket maiden from Irfan, he is really on fire.



Irfan to bowl his fourth over.



Over 6: ENG 36-1

Four off Umar Gul's over.

FOUR! Root get's his third boundary, this one down the ground.

Umar Gul to start his third over.



Over 5: ENG 32-1

Five off Irfan's third over.

FOUR! Root get's his second boundary after edging one over second slip.

Mohammad Irfan to start his third over.



Over 4: ENG 27-1

Eight off Gul's second over.

FOUR! Another one, this time through extra cover region for a boundary.

FOUR! Full pitched and Hales hit one down the ground for a boundary.

Umar Gul to start his second over.



Over 3: ENG 19-1

So 12 runs and a wicket off Irfan's second over.

FOUR! First ball and Joe Root scores his first boundary through point.



FOUR! Full pitch and Roy smashes one through extra cover region for a beautiful boundary.

FOUR! Short and Roy pulls one through square leg region for a boundary.

Mohammad Irfan to start his second over.



Over 2: ENG 7-0

A maiden from Umar Gul, good start for Pakistan.

Umar Gul to start second over for Pakistan.



Over 1: ENG 7-0

Seven off Irfan's first over off the series.

FOUR! Jason Roy hits first boundary of the English innings with a splendid boundary through covers region.

So it's Jason Roy and Alex Hales to open for England, whereas it's the tall left-armer Mohammad Irfan, who will start for Pakistan.



So we are back for the live action once again, and we will have to see how the team will react in the field after some series thrashing two days against the same opposition.



Till then, we will take a short break and will come back after a short while.

So That's it every one. By the look of it, it looks like a below-par target for this English side, but we will have to see what will happen in the second session when both teams will come out to play.



Over 50: PAK 247-8

Eleven off the over, a good finish for Pakistan.



Liam Plunkett to start last over of the day.



Over 49: PAK 236-8

Just one and a wicket off the over.



Chris Jordan to continue.



Over 48: PAK 235-7

19 runs off Willey's over, the best for the Pakistan team so far.



FOUR! Another one down the ground, this time for a boundary.



David Willey to continue.



Over 47: PAK 216-7

Just three off Jordan's eighth over.

Chris Jordan to continue.



Over 46: PAK 216-7

FOUR! Short and Imad hits one to the leg side for a boundary.

Willey to start his new spell.



Over 45: PAK 208-7

FOUR! Full toss and Imad hits one between deep square leg and deep mid wicket.

Jordan to continue.



Over 44: PAK 200-7

10 off the over, and a good one for Pakistan.



Plunkett to continue.



Over 43: PAK 190-6

Just two off the over.

Chris Jordan to continue.



Over 42: PAK 188-7

Eight off the over, a good one for Pakistan.



Plunkett to continue.



Over 41: PAK 180-7

Just three and a wicket off Ali's last over.



Moeen Ali to start his last over of the day.



Over 40: PAK 177-6

Just four off the over.

Liam Plunkett to start his start his second spell.


Over 39: PAK 173-6


Just four off the over.

Moeen Ali to start his ninth over.



Over 38: PAK 169-6

Just three and a wicket off the over. And that's some spell from the leg-spinner, who finished with figures of 10-0-47-3.



Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 37: PAK 166-5

Five runs off Ali's over.

Moeen Ali to start his eighth over.



Over 36: PAK 161-5

Just two off Rasheed's over.

Adil Rasheed to start his ninth over.



Over 35: PAK 159-5

Just five off Ali's seventh over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 34: PAK 154-5

Just three and a wicket off Rasheed's eighth over.



Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 33: PAK 151-4

Just three off the over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 32: PAK 148-4

Just six off the over.



Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 31: PAK 142-4

Four off Ali's over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 30: PAK 138-4

Just four and a wicket off the over.



Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 29: PAK 134-3

Five runs off the over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 28: PAK 129-3

Just three off the over.

Ben Stokes to start his second spell.



Over 27: PAK 126-3

Just three off the over.

Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 26: PAK 123-3

Just five off the over.

Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 25: PAK 118-3

Just five off Ali's over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 24: PAK 113-3

Just two off the over.



Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 23: PAK 111-3

Just two off Ali's first over.



Moeen Ali to start his first over of the day.



Over 22: PAK 109-2

Eight runs off Rasheed's over.

FOUR! Azhar sweeps one through deep square leg region for a boundary.

Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 21: PAK 101-2

Just three off the over.

Liam Plunkett to continue.



Over 20: PAK 98-2

Nine runs off the over.



Adil Rasheed to start his second over.



Over 19: PAK 89-2

Eight runs off the over.



Plunkett to continue.



Over 18: PAK 81-2

Six runs off Rasheed's first over.

Adil Rasheed to start his first over of the day.



Over 17: PAK 75-2

Four off the over.

Plunkett to start his third over.



Over 16: PAK 71-2

Just two off Stokes' third over.

Ben Stokes to start his third over off the day.



Over 15: PAK 69-2

Nine runs off Plunkett's second over.

FOUR! Full pitch and Azhar hits one straight down the ground.

FOUR! On the pads and Azhar glides it down to the fine leg boundary.



Plunkett to start his second over.



Over 14: PAK 60-1

Eight runs off his Stokes second over.



Ben Stokes to start his second over of the innings.



Over 13: PAK 52-1

Just five off Plunkett's first over.

Liam Plunkett to start his first over off the day.



Over 12: PAK 47-1

Just two off Stokes first over.

Ben Stokes to start his first over of the day.



Over 11: PAK 45-1

Five off Willey's sixth over.

David Willey to continue.



Pretty much sums up why Pakistan team is on number nine in the ODI ranking.

With captain Azhar Ali on nine off 18 and young Sami Aslam on 12 off 31 in absolutely perfect batting conditions.

So in the modern day cricket, where England just in the last match scored 444 in 50 overs, Pakistan are going at the run rate of four runs per over.



Over 10: PAK 40-1

Four off Jordan's fifth over.

Chris Jordan to continue.

Over 9: PAK 36-1

Four off Willey's fifth over.

Willey to start his fifth over.



Over 8: PAK 32-1

Just three off Jordan's fourth over.

Chris Jordan to start his fourth over of the day.



Over 7: PAK 29-1

Five off Willey's fourth over.

FOUR! Full pitch and Azhar hits one between extra cover and mid off for a boundary.

David Willey to continue.



Over 6: PAK 24-1

Second consecutive over of the innings.

Chris Jordan to start his third over off the day.



Over 5: PAK 24-1

First maiden of the innings.

David Willey to start his third over.



Over 4: PAK 24-1

Thirteen runs and wicket off the over.



FOUR! Short and Sharjeel cuts one through deep square leg for a boundary.



Chris Jordan to continue his second over of the day.



Over 3: PAK 11-0

Two off Willey's second over.

David Willey to start his second over.



Over 2: PAK 9-0

Eight off Jordan's first over of the series.

FOUR! On to the pad and Sharjeel flicked between point and extra cover for the first boundary of in the innings.

So it's Chris Jordan to start his first over of the series.



Over 1: PAK 1-0

So just a single off the first over of the day, and a good start from Willey and England.

For Pakistan, it's Sami Aslam and Sharjeel Khan to open for the third consecutive match.

Whereas for England, it's David Willey to start proceedings.

So we are all set for the start of the fourth ODI.



For England, Jonny Bairstow, David Willey and Chris Jordan replace Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.



For Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, Umar Gul and Mohammad Irfan replace Shoaib Malik, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz and Muhammad Amir.



So both teams made more than few changes in the playing eleven.



TOSS: The news is Azhar Ali has won the toss and decided to bat first.

So its toss time and England's Eoin Morgan will flip the coin.



The series is already decided so it's all about pride for team Pakistan, as they would surely want to register few victories before they will go back home.

Hey everyone! So we are live here today for the fourth ODI between England and Pakistan.

COMMENTS (5)

Ghazal | 7 years ago | Reply Expect bold statement against england from general raheel any time ,for in humane treatment of Pakistan cricket team during all 4 matches.
MJ | 7 years ago | Reply I would rather play a fit Amir or Wahab than an unfit Irfan.
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