For Hales, if invading the third umpire’s room during the Fourth Test was not bad enough, he can hardly score a run at the moment.
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Mark Wood earlier took the wicket of opener Sharjeel Khan on his worldwide return.
Roy overcame a dizzy spell to blitz a 56-ball 65 to ensure England were well ahead of the rate before the rain delays began after 34 overs of the home side’s reply.
For Morgan, the England captain, there was a duty to be there at the end, both in light of a personal fallow spell with the bat that had seen him go 23 worldwide innings without a half-century and the poorly called single in the 28th over of the run chase that left Root short of his ground as Azhar Ali hit the stumps from cover with a pinpoint throw.
Ben Stokes is set to return after suffering a calf tear in the second Test against Pakistan, initially only as a batsman, while Mark Wood should make his first worldwide appearance since the UAE tour, having recovered from ankle surgery.
At 113-3, Pakistan needed Azhar and Sarfraz (55) to rebuild their innings and together the pair took the score closer to 200 and allowed the lower order to add some valuable runs. Pakistan failed to clear the ropes at all and only four boundaries were scored in the final ten; only four runs came from the last over.
Jason Roy and Joe Root got a move on but it cost Roy his wicket on 65 in the 19th over when he holed out to Babar Azam.
Moreover, the two sides will meet again early next summer for a three-match one-day series before the Champions Trophy, for which fans can now book corporate hospitality at Edgbaston and the Kia Oval. Just three more balls were played before the rain returned and the hosts were handed victory via the Duckworth-Lewis method.
The experienced Shoaib Malik was joined by the exciting Sarfraz Ahmed and he wasted no time in moving to 36 from 42 balls.
England drew first blood by dismissing Sharjeel Khan (16) in the sixth over.
Alex Hales dropped Ali in the very next over before England turned to Root in search of some turn on the Hampshire surface.
Wicketkeeper Buttler was just unable to stretch to Azhar’s inside edge off Liam Plunkett, but could hardly be blamed for the ball remaining out of reach.
So Babar had no argument when Rashid’s appeal was granted, even though replays showed he edged the ball before it struck his pads.
The default setting for Pakistan’s limited-overs captain seems to be “under pressure” but Azhar had accepted the situation with a laugh and a shrug on the eve of the match.
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They have beaten Pakistan in their last three ODI series, in 2010, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and Hussain expects England to keep the winning feeling going over the next five matches.
