Pakistan edged England by one wicket in the thrilling ODI tri-series match at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a 242-run target for victory, Pakistan crossed the finish line with one wicket and17 balls remaining despite losing nine wickets with 154 runs on the board. With this victory, Pakistan secured a place in the October 31 final.
Player of the match Shadab Khan was the top scorer for the Green Shirts with a career-best unbeaten 113 off 96 balls, laced with 13 fours and five maximums.
He stitched a match-winning 89-run partnership for the last wicket with Haris Rauf (7 off 19 balls) to take his side over the line. It was the highest last-wicket partnership in a successful run chase in ODIs.
Saad Baig contributed 32 off 22 balls, hitting seven boundaries. Salman Agha made 26 off 49 balls and Hassan Nawaz 15 off 33 balls, while Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman contributed 10 runs each.
Jamie Overton bagged three wickets and Gus Atkinson and Liam Dawson two each, while Will Jacks and Henry Crocombe got one wicket apiece.
After being asked to bat by Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi, England kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 241 in 46.4 overs.
Ben Duckett was the highest scorer with 105 off 111 balls, hitting 10 fours and two maximums. Sam Curran made 42 off 52 balls, Gus Atkinson an unbeaten 36 off 28 balls and Will Jacks 13 off 16 balls, while Jamie Overton contributed 1o off 16 balls. No other batter could enter double figures.
Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged four wickets, Razaullah and Arafat Minhas two each and Haris Rauf one, while Harry Brook was run out.
Shadab Khan returned to the side, while Razaullah made his ODI debut. Shaheen Afridi confirmed leaving Naseem Shah out due to a finger injury, while Faheem Ashraf was left out of the playing XI. England also made two changes, handing Henry Crocombe his ODI debut in place of Josh Tongue.
Pakistan players wore pink kits as part of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s breast cancer awareness campaign.
