England won by 3 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Jason Roy
Batter
Bowler
So, England wrap-up the series. And the last encounter will only be a formality. It will be the last ODI before the World Cup for both the teams so individuals like Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir and Joe Denly will have one final opportunity to prove their worth to get a World Cup ticket. Do join us for that on Sunday, until then this is Varun Dixit signing off on behalf of Sriram, Abhinand Raghavendran and Sagar Chawla! Good night and Take care!
21:11 Local Time, 20:11 GMT, 01:41 IST: Some glum faces in the Pakistan camp and on the contrary English players are ecstatic. It wasn't their best day in the office but they did just enough to cross the finishing line. Jason Roy as ususal gave them a rollicking start. He notched up his 8th ton in just 75 balls and that gave England the platform. The hosts lost their way in the middle overs when they lost Roy, Root, Buttler and Moeen Ali quickly. But Stokes who was going through a lean patch stepped up his game and played a match-winning innings of 71 off just 64 balls. He was assisted by Tom Curran and Adil Rashid too but Stokes stayed till the end and finshed off the match in the final over to win the series for England.
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket
Hasan Ali to Adil Rashid, 1 run, low full-toss on the stumps, Adil Rashid whips it to deep mid-wicket
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, fuller and wide of off, Stokes drives it to sweeper cover for a single
END OF OVER 49
16 Runs
ENG: 338 - 7
3 6 1 0 L2 4
Ben Stokes
69 (62)
Adil Rashid
9 (7)
Junaid Khan
10-0-83-1
Junaid Khan to Adil Rashid, FOUR, to third man
Junaid Khan to Adil Rashid, 2 runs, wanted to work it to the on-side, misses it. It struck on his pads and he had no idea where it went. Adil Rashid takes a single and Fakhar Zaman throws it wildly at the non striker's end which results in an extra run. Sarfaraz wasn't happy according to him Adil Rashid shouldn't have run!
Junaid Khan to Adil Rashid, no run, on a good length and wide of off, Adil Rashid swings and misses. A vital dot ball!
Junaid Khan to Stokes, 1 run, short and on the body, Stokes
Junaid Khan to Stokes, SIX, Stokes has smashed it for a maximum. And this should be the game for England. It was a short of length delivery and was wide of off, Stokes rises in the crease and upper cuts it over sweeper cover. Asif Ali tried to push the ball back in but failed to do so
Junaid Khan to Adil Rashid, 3 runs, fuller and wide of off
Junaid Khan [9.0-0-69-1] is back into the attack
Excellent over from Hasan Ali has made things interesting.
END OF OVER 48
0 Runs
ENG: 0 - 0
Adil Rashid
1 (2)
Ben Stokes
62 (60)
0-0-0-0
Hasan Ali to Adil Rashid, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Adil Rashid backs away to create some room but gets cramped up instead, ends up pushing it to
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, wide yorker, Stokes
Hasan Ali to Adil Rashid, 1 run, short of length delivery wide of off, it might have been a slower one. Adil Rashid was early into the shot, inside edge takes it wide of the keeper for a single
Hasan Ali to Adil Rashid, no run, fuller length delivery wide of off, Adil Rashid
Adil Rashid, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Hasan Ali to Tom Curran, out Bowled!! Knocks him over with a peach! Pakistan are still in it. Hasan Ali nails the yorker, Tom Curran fails to get his bat down in time. It clipped the toe-end of the bat and went back to Tom Curran b Hasan Ali 31(30) [4s-5]
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, full and around off, Stokes pushes it to