Pakistan had a similar start as England did, and lost 3 wickets for only 41 runs.
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His 109 had three sixes and seven fours.
The home side crushed England by six wickets in the first ODI played at the same venue on Monday, according to BBC News.
James Taylor (9 not out) finished the innings with a boundary, pushing England’s total to 283 for five in 50 overs.
Hafeez, who hit 151 in the third Test in Sharjah last week, completed his 10th one-day century off 127 balls.
But Pakistan fought back in the final 10 overs, restricting England to just 56 runs and picking up three wickets.
The player of the match in the second ODI said that he is not thinking about South Africa series, and that his mind is focused on winning the next two matches.
Pakistan were rattled early in the chase when Willey (3-25) struck Babar Azam (4) on the pads plumb in front of the stumps in the third over then Mohammad Hafeez (0) nicked one to the keeper off Willey without scoring.
Woakes had debutant Iftikhar Ahmed caught for five, Shoaib Malik (13) caught off a miscued pull and then had skipper Azhar Ali bowled after a laborious 45-ball 22. But chief selector Haroon Rasheed argued that Pakistan would need his batting experience against England.
However, it was not the case with English spin bowling attack as only Moeen Ali could manage to take 1 wicket.
“It’s an excellent performance, quite a commanding one”, England captain Eoin Morgan said. “The important thing is that we learnt from the last game, particularly in batting”.
In contrast – and largely because of Roy’s aggression – Hales had the luxury of taking his time to get his long levers moving through the ball.
In response, Pakistan notched a couple of early fours before Azhar Ali became Reece Topley’s first ODI victim as he was trapped plumb lbw by a high, swinging ball. “Today I am retiring from ODI cricket after deliberation with my family, wife, and close friends”, Younis said in a statement. “I take responsibility for that as we didn’t get going at the start and that put pressure on the batsmen to come”. It was not for lack of timing – his straight driving and sweeping were in good order – more perhaps because he knew the importance of posting a decent score.
The 39-year-old, also a three-time Ashes-winner, sees no reason either why white-ball opener Alex Hales can not transport his clean-striking methods successfully into Test cricket. That is a big margin of victory for England.
“There’s a lot of relief down there”.
“It makes no sense that after being picked for the full series in the one-day squad after such a big gap he should decide to retire after playing the first match”.
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If there was any doubt Hales should be next in line to audition as Cook’s latest partner after seven failed experiments stretching back to the retirement of Andrew Strauss, this secured him at least a shot at the role.
