Pakistani captain Azhar Ali praised his bowlers but said that more needed to be done.
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“It’s unfortunate that Jos suffered an injury, and I got told 32 minutes before the start that I was playing so to contribute was nice”.
“No regrets about the team – it was an opportunity to get Liam Dawson on the worldwide stage, it was important looking ahead to the winter, in case we go to three spinners, that he had a game under his belt”, Morgan said. Muhammad Irfan, who was recalled as replacement of injured Muhammad Hafeez and picked up two early wickets in fourth ODI, could not complete his 10 overs quota after suffering cramps in his fifth over.
Pakistan captain Azhar Ali won the toss and elected to field in the fifth and final one-day global against England.
The 7ft 1in (2.16m) Irfan produced a rising delivery that Jason Roy (14) could only edge and Mohmammad Rizwan held a fine catch diving to his left at second slip. Definitely, we didn’t bowl well enough in Nottingham.
Despite producing a spirited performance in the preceding Test series, Pakistan have looked listless in the 50-overs format, with even conceding highest ever ODI score when England scored a mammoth 443-4 at Trent Bridge.
Jordan, though, was a mixed bag in his first spell with 21 runs coming from his first two overs but he was the bowler to break the opening stand when Sharjeel Khan, who had again showed his penchant for the pull off the hip, skied into the off side when Ben Stokes took a well-judged catch over his shoulder. “A few more wickets and the game could have been different”.
That became 72-4 in the 15th over when Morgan, the captain who is thinking about pulling out of the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh over security concerns, edged Umar Gul to slip.
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Stokes went on the offensive straightaway by driving Wasim for six over long-on. The partnership, however, got dismantled when Stokes (69 off 70) failed to clear Yasir Shah, stationed at cow corner, off Imad Wasim.
Pakistan lost their crucial fourth wicket in Sarfraz Ahmed, who replaced Babar Azam after he Rashid into Liam Plunkett’s hand at backward-point, in the 30th over after Azhar registered his ninth ODI fifty.
And Bairstow’s dismissal for 61 was also avoidable, as he was run out following a direct hit from Azhar.
England chose to rest Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett and bring in Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood instead.
Belated aggression came courtesy of Imad, the left-hander hitting seven fours and a six in his second successive half-century.
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The last match of the series will be at Cardiff on Sunday.
