England win by four wickets

England continued their winning streak with a four wicket win in the last over.

LEEDS: England defeated Pakistan by four wickets in the second one day international of the NatWest Series at Headingly on Sunday.

England finished with 296 for the loss of six wickets with three balls remaining in the match. Andrew Strauss top scored for England with with 126 runs and was caught leg before off Saeed Ajmal's  bowling.

Michael Yardy and Tim Bresnan remained not out at13 and 10 respectively.

Earlier, Pakistan batted first and scored 294 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Kamran Akmal was the highest scorer for Pakistan with 74 runs after hitting 12 fours, followed by new comer Asad Shafiq who made 50 runs.

For the bowling side Broad took four wickets for 81 runs in 10 overs.

Earlier Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat. Both teams were unchanged from the first of this five-match series, which England won by 24 runs at the Riverside on Friday.

Pakistan's decision to stick with the same side meant there was still no place for all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who has been struggling with shoulder and back injuries.

Once again fast bowler Wahab Riaz, who will be interviewed by police next week in the course of their spot-fixing inquiries, was omitted.

Teams

England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Steve Davies (wkt), Jonathan Trott, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Pakistan: Kamran Akmal (wkt), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (capt), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Irfan

We all want to go home with respect: Afridi

"We all want to go home with respect," said Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Saturday.

"We want to play some good cricket and get some victories. Yesterday (Friday) the performance was much better, not 100 per cent but I was quite happy with the efforts from the boys. That's what I'm expecting in the next game as well," said Afridi.

"The guys (Butt, Aamer and Asif) are still not guilty and we are waiting for the results,” he added.

Afridi said "we are good cricketers and want to maintain our respect and that is gained by playing good cricket. After a victory the respect will come again.”

"I'm still very confident that my team can win against any team in the world," Afridi insisted.

He said that the fact that there were several fresh faces in the one-day squad would help prevent physical fatigue.

"Asif and Aamer bowled a lot of overs in the Tests but aren't with us and we have some fresh bowlers. Mohammad Irfan, Abdul Razzaq and Umar Gul are feeling good and full of energy."