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England won the toss and opted to bat first. They were bolstered by two tons from opener Jason Roy and wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler to set a mammoth 356-run target for Pakistan.
Muhammad Irfan and Azhar Ali bagged two wickets for Pakistan.
In their chase, Azhar Ali and company tried to attack the visitors in an attempt to level the series but wickets kept falling at regular intervals resulting in a defeat.
Spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid bagged three wickets each for England.
Azhar Ali: Somebody has to score big when you are chasing 300+. Everyone was going along good but we missed one or two big innings. We want to play like this (aggressively). Its a big loss. Congratulation to the English side. We played bad cricket at some points. We could have done better. A player like Jos, when he gets going, you can't do much but we could have done better in the last overs.
Eoin Morgan: The best thing today was our batting. Our young bowling stepped up for us. This series has been a learning curve for us. Its been a magnificent series for us. Spinners today were key for us. Moeen and Adil were brilliant. We have a lot of character in our dressing room. Thanks to everybody at home and who came here.
Jos Buttler: To comeback and have a good day is really satisfying. Roy's innings set it up for us. The one to get to hundred was the best six for me.
PAK 271 all out (40.3 overs)
OUT! Caught at covers. England seal the series. Anwar Ali waits to see if the fielder has collected it completely. Third umpire says yes.
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Anwar Ali faces Moeen Ali now.
PAK 271-9 (40 overs)
Maiden from Woakes. First of the match.
Muhammad Irfan's blocks being cheered by the crowd.
Chris Woakes.
PAK 271-9 (39 overs)
OUT! Yasir tries to clear the long-on boundary and only finds the fielder. Pakistan down to one player only, Anwar Ali. You can count Irfan out when it comes to wielding the willow.
Moeen Ali.
PAK 270-8 (38 overs)
DROPPED! Willey puts Anwar Ali down. Hurts his bowling (left) hand.
Chris Woakes.
PAK 266-8 (37 overs)
FOUR! Anwar Ali goes for the midwicket boundary.
OUT! Wahab receives it and gives it back to the bowler. Soft dismissal.
Moeen Ali.
PAK 258-7 (36 overs)
FOUR! Anwar Ali goes twice over mid-on's head.
OUT! Sarfraz Ahmed caught at mid-on. Pakistan down to the tail. Wahab and Anwar on strike now!
Adil Rashid.
PAK 245-6 (35 overs)
Moeen goes for five runs in his over.
PAK 240-6 (34 overs)
Adil Rashid goes for nine courtesy a boundary by Sarfraz.
PAK 231-6 (33 overs)
Sarfraz will now have to manage it with Anwar Ali and Wahab as his best partner options.
OUT! Full-toss and Malik did not hit it with full intent. Caught near the fence. Someone needs to play a longer innings for Pakistan.
Sublime from Malik...tho the need was for a 50 more 😢 #PAKvENG
— Emmad Hameed (@Emmad81) November 20, 2015
Topley.
PAK 227-5 (32 overs)
FOUR! Malik goes flat over midwicket. No fielder petrolling the area.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 217-5 (31 overs)
Six runs off Topley's over.
PAK 211-5 (30 overs)
FOUR! Timed and placed perfectly between the close-in midwicket and mid-on fielder.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 206-5 (29 overs)
FOUR! Malik produces a boundary from an inside edge.
Topley is back.
PAK 197-5 (28 overs)
OUT! Caught behind. Rizwan blocked and edged it to the keeper.
SIX! Rizwan goes over long-on.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 188-5 (27 overs)
FOUR! Malik this time. Over wide mid-on.
Chris Woakes.
PAK 182-5 (26 overs)
FOUR! Swept away by the new batsman Rizwan. Pakistan batsman are not letting the run-rate rise high.
OUT! Babar Azam (51) sends it to the heavens and the angel drops it into the fielder's hands. Alex Hales takes the catch. Pakistan welcome Muhammad Rizwan to join Malik.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 176-3 (25 overs)
FIFTY up for Babar Azam off 49 balls. Valuable innings from the youngster. Third ODI half-ton for the kid.
Chris Woakes.
PAK 171-3 (24 overs)
SIX! This is big Malik. Its really big. Its really really big. Its humongous.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 162-3 (23 overs)
SIX! Malik dances down the ground and goes over midwicket. Pakistan have been positive all day. They can make a mess out of low targets and at times make mammoth targets look small.
Moeen Ali.
PAK 150-3 (22 overs)
Just four runs off the over.
Adil Rashid.
PAK 146-3 (21 overs)
FOUR! Babar Azam makes sure the boundaries do not dry up. Full-toss hit square on the off-side.
Meanwhile #BabarAzam is all class! #PAKvENG
— Emmad Hameed (@Emmad81) November 20, 2015
Moeen Ali.
PAK 138-3 (20 overs)
Hafeez get himself run out this time on 37. Pakistan going at a good momentum but they are losing wickets regularly.
PAK 105-2 (14 overs)
FOUR! Whacked by Babar Azam. Short ball and on off. Hit with a horizontal bat past mid-off.
SIX! Slower ball and Hafeez punishes it over midwicket.
Topley is back.
PAK 91-2 (13 overs)
Seven runs off his over courtesy a boundary by Babar Azam.
Spinner brought in. Mooen Ali to bowl.
PAK 84-2 (12 overs)
Woakes goes for seven in the over courtesy a boundary by Hafeez.
PAK 77-2 (11 overs)
Six runs off the over.
Willey.
PAK 71-2 (10 overs)
Just two runs off the over.
Chris Woakes again. He will be happy that Azhar is out!
PAK 68-2 (9 overs)
FOUR! Edged and the ball flied past two slips. Babar Azam survives.
OUT! Azhar is gone! No way! Played it late and the ball took a leading edge to the bowler himself.
FOUR! Azhar Ali edges it to third man.
Willey.
PAK 60-1 (8 overs)
FOUR! Leg glance and Azhar is in business again. Fine leg welcomes the ball.
SIX! Azhar Ali is pulling the switch here. Way back into the stand on the leg side.
Chris Woakes.
PAK 49-1 (7 overs)
FOUR! Hafeez walks in and finds the boundary. On his legs and shovelled towards square leg.
OUT! Ahmed Shehzad's little cameo ends. He tried complimenting his captain but he was finding it difficult to find the sweet part of the bat. Pulls it to long-leg.
Willey continues.
PAK 43-0 (6 overs)
FOUR! Beautifully cut. Even the bowler admires the shot. Guided past point and beats third man to the boundary. Azhar, Azhar everywhere!
SIX! Azhar Ali is making full use of the licence to go all-out against England. Short and pulled by the captain over deep midwicket.
Chris Woakes has been given the ball now.
PAK 33-0 (5 overs)
Six runs come off the over.
DROPPED! Shehzad dropped by James Taylor in covers. That was a powerpul hit, Taylor took it on his face. That must have hurt.
Willey runs in.
PAK 27-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! Azhar Ali is not going to hold back. He is throwing his bat at nearly everything. Trying too hard the captain!
Topley.
PAK 20-0 (3 overs)
Just four runs off his over.
Willey again.
PAK 16-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! That was classic from Azhar Ali. Cover drive as text-bookish as you can get.
FOUR! The captain is in the mood today. Picked from legs and played towards square leg.
Topley to Azhar Ali.
PAK 5-0 (1 over)
FOUR! Shehzad guides the ball on his pads towards fine leg.
David Willey will open the bowling for England. Captain Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad will be tested today in the opening spots.
ENG 355-5 (50 over)
FOURx2! I can't say anything. No words for Pakistan's mediocre bowling showing and Buttler's exceptional hitting.
No-ball, waist high full-toss.
FOUR! Wide and it rushed past the keeper towards fine leg.
Wahab Riaz for the final over.
ENG 336-5 (49 over)
SIX and CENTURY! up for Joss Buttler off 46 balls. What a knock. What an innings. Crazy hitting by Buttler.
SIX! Buttler moves to 90 with a maximum on a slow ball. The ball sailed over long leg.
Anwar Ali bowls the penultimate over.
ENG 315-5 (48 over)
FOUR! The third man is standing in the circle. Buttler has lady luck on his side today.
Wahab Riaz steams in.
ENG 306-5 (47 over)
OUT! Caught at long-on. Irfan gets Taylor but the danger man, Buttler, is still out there.
FOUR! Scooped over his own and keeper's head. Buttler playing an AB innings.
Muhammad Irfan in for his last over.
ENG 298-4 (46 over)
SIXx2! Short ball, then full-toss both guided towards long leg.
FOUR! Switch-hit and Buttler gets the reward for his improvisation.
FOUR! Pulled towards long leg. No fielder in sight for miles.
Anwar Ali has the ball now.
ENG 276-4 (45 over)
SIX! A tad short and the swing takes the ball into the crowd. Buttler is hitting it with the sweetest part of his bat.
FOUR! Stand and deliver shot from Buttler. Finds extra cover.
Wahab is on now.
ENG 262-4 (44 over)
FOUR! Desperate dive from Yasir on the boundary, nearly just, stopped it but the ball rolled on and kissed the boundary. Buttler gives England a good over to cheer about.
FOUR! Buttler just keeps his bat in front an Irfan fuller delivery. The scoop helps it on its way towards third man.
FOUR! Buttler moves towards and goes for the long leg boundary with a clean swing of the bat.
Muhammad Irfan bowls his ninth over.
ENG 247-4 (43 over)
SIX! Buttler gets to the pitch of the ball and goes straight over the sidescreen.
Azhar bowls again. He should do this quite regularly.
ENG 237-4 (42 over)
SIX! Short by Irfan and pulled by Taylor over square leg.
Muhammad Irfan brought back after Malik got a bashing in his over.
ENG 229-4 (41 over)
Three runs and a wicket off the over.
STUMPED! Second wicket for the captain. Another stumping. Captain accounts for captain. This is called leading from the front.
Azhar proving more economical than the regular bowlers. He is back for his fourth.
ENG 226-3 (40 over)
FOURx2! Morgan finds the unguarded midwicket boundary on two occasions. Swept perfectly!
SIX! Buttler goes for the mighty one-knee smack over midwicket.
Shoaib Malik is give the ball now.
ENG 210-3 (39 over)
Five runs off his over.
Azhar continues into his third over.
ENG 205-3 (38 over)
With two new batsmen in, Morgan and Buttler, Pakistan bring Muhammad Irfan back.
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ENG 197-3 (37 over)
STUMPED! Joe Root attempts a reverse sweep and fails. Sarfraz is quick to remove the bails. Pakistan are back in the game?
Azhar Ali again.
ENG 196-2 (36 over)
OUT! Caught at long-off. Flighted ball, Jason Roy (102) goes for it but finds the fielder. Captain Morgan will walk in now.
Yasir into his last over.
ENG 193-1 (35 over)
Four runs off the over.
Azhar Ali has taken the ball himself. Is he doing an AB here? I can bowl, bat and field my team alone to victory?
ENG 189-1 (34 over)
CENTURY! Jason Roy completes his ton off 113 balls. How far can he go?
Yasir Shah is back.
ENG 185-1 (33 over)
FOURx2! Root starts the assault on Wahab from the word go in the over, Roy moves to 98 with another boundary.
Wahab Riaz.
ENG 175-1 (32 over)
SIX! Root went down the track, and hit Malik for a six.
FOUR!
Malik replaces Shah
ENG 163-1 (31 over)
Just three of the over
Wahab Riaz to replace Malik
ENG 160-1 (30 over)
FOUR!
Yasir Shah
ENG 152-1 (29 over)
Six of the over
Shoaib Malik
ENG 147-1 (28 over)
Seven of the over
Yasir Shah
ENG 140-1 (27 over)
Six of the over
Shoaib Malik
ENG 134-1 (26 over)
Another expensive over from Yasir, 10 runs of the over.
DROP - Rizwan dropped a sitter of Roy on the bowling of Yasir, and he is furious with the effort.
FOUR!
Yasir Shah
ENG 122-1 (25 over)
Another big one for the visitors, 10 runs coming of it.
SIX! Second six in two overs, this time from Roy
Yasir Shah
ENG 114-1 (24 over)
Expensive over from Yasir, eight runs coming of it.
SIX!
Yasir Shah
ENG 106-1 (23 over)
Just three of the over
Shoaib Malik to continue
ENG 103-1 (22 over)
Four of the over
Yasir Shah
ENG 99-1 (21 over)
Six runs of Malik first over
Shoaib Malik to come in and replace Anwar Ali
ENG 93-1 (20 over)
Five of the over
FOUR! After four consecutive dots, Roy sweeps Yasir for four and release some pressure
Yasir Shah to continue
ENG 88-1 (19 over)
Five of the over
And with this couple, Roy reaches his half-century.
Anwar ALi
ENG 83-1 (18 over)
Five singles and a couple of the over
Yasir Shah to continue
ENG 76-1 (17 over)
Anwar saved a certain boundary on the last ball of the over. Brilliant work from the right-arm fast medium bowler on his follow up.
Just four of the over
Anwar Ali to bowl
ENG 72-1 (16 over)
Great start for the leg-spinner. Just one of the over
Yasir coming into attack.
ENG 71-1 (15 over)
Just three of the over
Anwar Ali is back. Azhar switching between his pacers for the time being.
ENG 68-1 (14 over)
FOUR! Such a calculated over by Irfan ends with a boundary by Roy towards midwicket.
Muhammad Irfan again.
ENG 62-1 (13 over)
Five of the over
FOUR! Glorious straight drive from Roy
Wahab Riaz to continue
ENG 54-1 (12 over)
Just three and a wicket of the over
OUT! Its Irfan who provides a crucial breakthrough as he got an important wicket of Hales, who was caught at third man by Shoaib Malik.
Irfan
ENG 54-0 (11 over)
Just three of the over
Wahab Riaz to continue
ENG 51-0 (10 over)
Six of the over
Irfan to replace Anwar Ali
ENG 45-0 (9 over)
Just three of the over
Wahab Riaz
ENG 42-0 (8 over)
Five of the over
FOUR!
Anwar Ali to coninue
ENG 36-0 (7 over)
Six of the over
FOUR! INSIDE EDGE - Extremely unlucky for Wahab Riaz, who came so close to picking up the first wicket of the day
Wahab Riaz to replace Irfan
ENG 30-0 (6 over)
Six of the over
FOUR! Hales clip of the pads for an easy boundary
Anwar Ali
ENG 24-0 (5 over)
Nine runs of the over
Irfan to continue
ENG 15-0 (4 over)
FOUR!
Anwar Ali
ENG 11-0 (3 over)
Five runs of the over
Irfan to continue
ENG 6-0 (2 over)
Five runs of the over
Anwar Ali
ENG 1-0 (1 over)
Just one of the over
Muhammad Irfan to bowl the first over
Meanwhile, two English openers are out in the middle. Roy to face the first ball.
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TOSS: England win the toss and bat first
Team News:
Pakistan: Couple of changes. Ahmed Shehzad comes in for Iftikhar and Yasir Shah comes back for Zafar Gohar.
https://twitter.com/NabeelHashmi88/status/667654436974673920
England: Unchanged.
Match Day - Fourth ODI #PAKvENG #DreamGreen pic.twitter.com/VaMWdDDWoH
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 20, 2015
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