England beat Pakistan, take 2-0 lead in series

Root top-scores with 89 for hostsa as Imad bagged two wickets

Azeem Siddiqui/Abdul Majid August 27, 2016
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England were the better team once again as they beat Pakistan in the second ODI of the five-match series by four wickets on Saturday at Lord's.

Pakistan opted to bat first and set a 252-run target for the hosts courtesy Sarfraz Ahmed's 105 even after being three down for only two runs.

For England, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood bagged three wickets each.

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In their reply, England did score slowly but they never lost the hold of the match even after Mohammad Amir dismissed Jason Roy on the second ball of the first over.

Joe Root scored 89 as captain Eoin Morgan contributed 68 for the team.

For Pakistan, Imad Wasim was the most successful bowler with two wickets.

Teams

Pakistan: Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir

England: JJ Roy, AD Hales, JE Root, EJG Morgan (captain), BA Stokes, JC Buttler†, MM Ali, CR Woakes, AU Rashid, LE Plunkett, MA Wood



Over 47.3: ENG 255-6

FOUR! Woakes cuts and England have won this match by four wickets.



Single off the first ball and the scores are level. Dot to follow.

Two runs to defend and here comes Yasir Shah for his last over.



Over 47: ENG 249-6

Quick single off the last ball by Ali.

Another dot as mid-off comes into play.

Moeen dances forward but Hasan deceives him with a slower one. Dot!

Single, three runs and a double followed by a dot ball. Oh wait! third umpire has called it a no-ball. Free hit!

Hasan Ali has the ball.



Over 46: ENG 242-6

Only a single off the over and that too a leg bye.

Mohammad Amir in for his last over. He hasn't seemed threatening after his first spell. Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes on the crease for England.



Over 45: ENG 241-6

OUT! Joe Root gets a top edge and he is caught by Shoaib Malik at short extra cover. Wahab gets a consolation wicket because this match has England written all over it.



Wahab Riaz.



Over 44: ENG 236-5

FOUR! Moeen Ali goes on the back foot and sends it down the slope for a boundary.

Mohammad Amir in for his ninth over. England need 21 and Root needs 12 for his century.



Over 43: ENG 231-5

Just a single off the over. No hurry from England. They know they can do it or is it pressure from Pakistan bowlers?

LBW appeal! Umpire has raised his finger. Moeen thinks it dubious and reviews it. The ball IS drifting down the leg side due to late swing. Saved by the swing Moeen Ali.

Wahab Riaz again.



Over 42: ENG 230-5

FOUR! Moeen Ali drives it past mid-off.

Mohammad Amir comes on to bowls.



Over 41: ENG 223-5

RUN OUT! A direct hit from Yasir Shah from point means Jos Buttler has to walk back. Moeen Ali joins Root (83).

Wahab Riaz runs in.



Over 40: ENG 219-4

Hasan Ali goes for seven runs in his over.



Over 39: ENG 212-4

FOUR! Swept and Root beat short fine leg.

Yasir Shah in for his ninth. A wicket from him here will help too, if he can!



Over 38: ENG 204-4

BOWLED! Stokes executes a pull on a not-so-short delivery. Misses it and it clips the bails.

FOURx2! Stokes unleashing himself on the new comer.

Hasan Ali.



Over 37: ENG 194-3

SIX! Stokes goes over the Yasir's  head. Straight as an arrow!

Yasir Shah in for his eighth.



Over 36: ENG 184-3

FOUR! In the block hole but on his legs. Stokes digs it and places it past of the man at fine leg.

Hasan Ali has been brought back. Starts with this!





Over 35: ENG 174-3

Four runs off his over.

Yasir Shah in for his final spell. He bowls his seventh.



Over 34: ENG 170-3

FOUR! Inswinging yorker but it runs down to the fine leg boundary as Stokes glances it.

Wahab Riaz in for his seventh over.



Over 33: ENG 161-3

Eight runs off the over.

FOUR! Swept towards square leg by Ben Stokes.

Imad Wasim.



Over 32: ENG 153-3

Five runs off the over.

Wahab Riaz in for his sixth.



Over 31: ENG 148-3

Two runs and a wicket off the over.

BOWLED! Morgan (68) tries to act smart but Imad pushes one quicker, darting into the wickets. Morgan beaten by pace. Ben Stokes joins Root now and Pakistan need to create pressure now.



Imad Wasim bowls his sixth over.



Over 30: ENG 144-2

Two runs off his over.

Wahab Riaz has the ball now. Can he bring reverse swing into the game here?



Over 29: ENG 144-2

Ten runs off the over.

FOUR! Morgan cuts in front of square.

Imad Wasim is back.



Over 28: ENG 134-2

Maiden by Amir. First of the series by Pakistan.

Amir in for his seventh over. Pakistan need a miracle from here or England need to gift the victory to the visitors themselves, otherwise, this match is nearly decided.



Over 27: ENG 134-2

FOUR! Reverse sweep from Morgan. His trademark swat towards third man.

Yasir Shah still looking to inspire Pakistan, but can he?



Over 26: ENG 128-2

FOUR! Full-toss, drifting down leg and Morgan just guides it on its way.

Mohammad Amir in for the second over of his second spell.



Over 25: ENG 120-2

Six runs off the over. Morgan is on 48*, Root 55*.

Yasir Shah in to try and spin some magic for Pakistan, again!


Over 24: ENG 114-2

Morgan is having issues watching the ball with the new contacts on. Twice he is beaten by Amir; once the ball was too high, the second time it was drifting down the leg side.



Mohammad Amir is back as Azhar wants a wicket.



Over 23: ENG 111-2

FOUR! Morgan goes down on knee and pulls a sweep to find the square leg boundary.

Yasir Shah!



Over 22: ENG 102-2

FOUR! Morgan punches one towards midwicket. The fielder puts a dive in but its late.

Shoaib Malik in for his second over.



Over 21: ENG 93-2

Five runs off the over.



Yasir Shah in. He hasn't seemed threatening.



Over 20: ENG 88-2

Just a single off the over.

Spin from the other end as Shoaib Malik is given the ball.



Over 19: ENG 87-2

Seven runs off the over.

FOUR! Slog sweep guided towards midwicket by Root.

Yasir Shah again.

Over 18: ENG 80-2

Three runs off the over.

Wahab Riaz in for the fourth.



Over 17: ENG 77-2

Five runs off his over.

Here comes Yasir Shah for Pakistan. He was the difference at Lord's in the first Test. Can he emulate that performance in this ODI?



Over 16: ENG 72-2

FOUR! Wahab tests Morgan with a short ball. The England captain is up to the challenge and pulls it towards square leg. Beats the fielder who gets a hand to it but isn't able to stop it.

Wahab Riaz continues his spell.



Over 15: ENG 66-2

FOUR! Morgan makes room to play the cover drive and guides it towards extra cover.

Imad in for his fourth.



Over 14: ENG 58-2

FOUR! Shortand Morgan throw his bat at it. The ball takes a nudge off the glove and runs down to the fine leg boundary.

Wahab Riaz steams in for his second over.



Over 13: ENG 53-2

Six runs off the over.

FOUR! Reverse sweep from Eoin Morgan and the ball runs down towards the unguarded third man boundary. FIFTY up for England too.

Imad Wasim again.



Over 12: ENG 47-2

Seven runs off the over. Pakistan need to break this partnership if they want to savour any chances of winning this match.

Wahab Riaz has been introduced into the attack now.



Over 11: ENG 40-2

Only two runs off the over.

Imad Wasim in for his second over.



Over 10: ENG 39-2

Four runs off the over.

Hasan Ali continues.



Over 9: ENG 35-2

Two runs and a wicket off the over.

BOWLED! A quicker one from Imad. Hales goes for a sweep and misses it completely. His misery ends here. Captain Eoin Morgan joins Root in the middle.



Imad Wasim brought in for some spin now.



Over 8: ENG 33-1

Three runs off Hasan Ali's over.



Over 7: ENG 30-1

FOUR! Flicked fine by Alex Hales.

Amir in for his fourth. Azhar looking up to him to get another wicket.



Over 6: ENG 24-1

Just one run off the over. Pakistan need wickets and not low-scoring overs to win this one. If England can bat fifty overs, this match is theirs for the taking.

Hasan Ali continues into his third over.

Over 5: ENG 23-1

FOUR! Short and Hales pulls it towards square leg.

Amir in for his third. Can he strike again?



Over 4: ENG 18-1

FOUR! Driven through the gap towards wide mid-off. Root accounts for that boundary.

 

Hasan Ali in for his second now.

Over 3: ENG 13-1

Only tow runs off the over.

Amir in for his second over.



Over 2: ENG 11-1

FOURx2! Joe Root drives twice through covers. Classy from the England batsman.

Hasan Ali to share the new ball with Amir.

Over 1: ENG 3-1

BOWLED! Beauty from Mohammad Amir as he strikes first up for Pakistan. Is this the break that they needed to come back hard in this series?



Mohammad Amir has the new ball in his hand. Jason Roy and Alex Hales are going to open the chase for England.



Over 50: PAK 251

OUT! That's it, that's the end of the innings for Pakistan as Muhammad Amir was run out by Chris Woakes on second last delivery of the innings. Quite a come back from the visiting side after they lost first three wickets for just two runs inside first five overs of the innings. We will be back with live action once the play will resume. Do join us for all the update.



Woakes to bowl the final over of the innings.



Meanwhile, Pakistan former T20I captain praised Sarfraz Ahmed's century on Twitter.





Over 49: PAK 245-9

Nine runs and wicket off Wood's last over.





Wood to start second last over of the innings.



Over 48: PAK 236-8

Seven runs and a wicket in the over.







Woakes to start his ninth over.



Over 47: PAK 229-7

Six runs off Wood's ninth over.

Mark Wood to start his ninth over.



Over 46: PAK 223-7

15 runs and wicket off the over, a good one for Pakistan.







FOUR! Imad smashes one down the ground for a splendid boundary.



Plunkett to continue.



Over 45: PAK 208-6

Just three of Rasheed's last over.

Adil Rasheed to bowl his last over.



Over 44: PAK 205-6

Just two off the over.

Plunkett to bowl his ninth over.



Over 43: PAK 203-6

Five and a wicket came off the over.

OUT! Sarfraz walks back to the pavillion after scoring a stunning century.



Adil Rasheed to bowl his ninth over.



Over 42: PAK 198-5

Alot of action in the Plunkett's eighth over, but still Seven came off it.





Liam Plunkett to start his third spell.



Over 41: PAK 191-5

Just four off Rasheed's eighth over.

Adil Rasheed to start his second spell.



Over 40: PAK 187-5

Eight runs of Ali's over, another good one for Pakistan.



Mooen Ali to continue.



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Over 39: PAK 179-5

Nine runs off Woakes' over, a good one for Pakistan.



Woakes to continue.



Over 38: PAK 170-5

Just five of Ali's ninth over.

Moeen Ali to start his ninth over of the innings.



Over 37: PAK 165-5

Just three off Woakes' seventh over.

Woakes to continue.



Over 36: PAK 162-5

Five off Ali's eighth over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 35: PAK 157-5

Five off Woakes' over.

Chris Woakes to start his second spell.



Over 34: PAK 152-5

Just Six off Ali's over.



Ali to continue.



Over 33: PAK 146-5

Just four off the over.

Plunkett to continue.



Over 32: PAK 142-5

Seven off Ali's sixth over.



Moeen Ali to start his sixth over.



Over 31: PAK 135-5

Just three off Plunkett's over.

Liam Plunkett to replace Mark Wood.



Over 30: PAK 132-5

Just three off Moeen's over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 29: PAK 129-5

Just one off Wood's over.

Mark Wood to continue.



Over 28: PAK 128-5

Just two off Ali's over.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Over 27: PAK 126-5

Just two and a wicket off the over.



Mark Wood to start his seventh over.



Over 26: PAK 124-4

Just one off Ali's over as well.

Moeen Ali to continue.



Meanwhile, here is the highlights of Sarfraz's fifty.





Over 25: PAK 123-4

Just one off Wood's sixth over.

Mark Wood to start his second spell.


Over 24: PAK 122-4


Six runs off Ali's second over.



Moeen Ali to start his second over.



Over 23: PAK 116-4

Five runs off Adil's seventh over.

Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 22: PAK 111-4

Nine runs off Ali's first over, good one for Pakistan.



Moeen Ali to start his first over of the day.



Over 21: PAK 102-4

Nine runs off Rasheed's sixth over.

It's 50-up for Sarfraz with a single. Fantastic innings under pressure.



Adil Rasheed to continue for his sixth over.



Over 20: PAK 93-4

Three off Plunkett's fifth over.

Plunkett to continue.



Over 19: PAK 90-4

Six runs off Rasheed's fifth over.

Adeel Rasheed to continue.



Over 18: PAK 84-4

Five off Plunkett's fourth over.

Plunkett to continue.



Over 17: PAK 79-4

Five off Rasheed's fourth over.

Adil Rasheed to continue.



Over 16: PAK 74-4

Five off Plunkett's third over.

Plunkett to continue.



Over 15: PAK 69-4

Just three off Rasheed's over.

Rasheed to continue.



Over 14: PAK 66-4

Just two runs and a wicket off the over.

BOWLED! It's a big one as Babar Azam departs after scoring 30.



Plunkett to continue.



Over 13: PAK 64-3

Six off Rasheed's second over.

Rasheed to continue.



Over 12: PAK 58-3

Seven off Plunkett's first over.

Liam Plunkett to start his first over of the day.



Over 11: PAK 51-3

Five off Rasheed's first over.

Surprise surprise! It's Adil Rasheed who comes on to bowl in place of Mark Wood.



Over 10: PAK 46-3

Eight runs off Woakes fifth over. Quite brilliant to see onslaught from Babar Azam and Sarfraz.





Woakes to continue.



Over 9: PAK 38-3

10-runs of Wood's fifth over, a real good one for Pakistan.



Wood to bowl his fifth over.



Over 8: PAK 28-3

Six runs off Woakes' over.



Woakes to bowl his fourth over.



Over 7: PAK 22-3

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



FOUR! Four welcome byes for Pakistan.

Wood to continue.


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Over 6: PAK 12-3

Another maiden from Woakes.

Woakes to continue.



Over 5: PAK 12-3





Wood to continue.



Over 4: PAK 3-3

Wicket and a run off the over.

OUT! Captain Azhar departs as well without scoring. Hard to see any team coming back from this situation. Fantastic bowling from Woakes again.



Woakes to continue.



Over 3: PAK 2-2

Another wicket-maiden, this time from Wood.

OUT! And Pakistan is in deep trouble with Sharjeel going back to the pavillion without scoring.



Wood to continue.



Over 2: PAK 2-1

A wicket maiden for Woakes.

OUT! Extremely controversial decision. Was he out? Was he not out? Our guess is as good as yours. Sami must consider himself extremely unlucky.



Chris Woakes to start his first over of the day.



Over 1: PAK 2-0

So just two runs off Wood's first over.

As expected, its Sami Aslam and Sharjeel Khan to open for Pakistan.

Mark Wood to start for England.



And before we begin, here a tweet from Junaid Khan, who is wishing luck to his teammates.





The English team is unchanged but we have three changes in the Pakistan lineup, where veteran Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Gul and young all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz replaced by opener Sami Aslam, Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah respectively.




The update from the center is that Azhar Ali won the toss for the second consecutive time in the series, and once again opted to bat first.






Hey every one, we are a bit late and that's understandable considering the bad weather in Karachi, but cheers as we are here!
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COMMENTS (6)

Haji Atiya | 8 years ago | Reply @NKAli: So our troops hailing from Punjab and the Northern Areas are not up to muster like their counterparts from areas in and around Karachi ?
NKAli | 8 years ago | Reply In Test cricket one is relaxed and calm. The player can go pee, yawn, nap, lunch, tea and gather his thoughts. In ODIs and T20s he has to be quick-witted and fleet-footed. He has to be a step ahead of the opposition. Pakistan being more rural than urban, time moves slowly and our paindoos love it. There you are! It's time to seriously play in Karachi where time zooms by and moves in all directions. One has to be quick-of-wit and fleet-of-foot to get by in Karachi Shareef so the practice camps and international games must be centered in Karachi. Security is there! Let's see if the PPP-PMLN have the courage to see the metamorphosis. Salams. PS: Hate to say but be prepared to join hockey and lose the ODI series. Bi bi Test cricket.
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