It was then duo of Taylor and Buttler who helped England cross the line with a century-run stand. Courtesy this win England now can not lose the series.
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The 25-year-old also said that England batsmen had showed glimpses of their exceptional talent during the second ODI, which they won by 95 runs to level the series 1-1, Sport24 reported.
Azhar made 36 before himself being run out but, after tumbling from 132-2 to 208 all out, Pakistan were left facing a huge challenge in the field to rescue anything from the match.
The hosts might be forced to leave out legspinner Yasir Shah as they seek the advantage in the four-match series, with the spinner nursing a knee injury. Azhar hesitated, without really looking like he would go for the run, and was stranded as Taylor’s throw to Buttler at the batting end gave England its second wicket.
“We tried not to let them settle as we knew it was turning, and we just tried to be as busy as possible”, Taylor said.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on a decent batting track.
Zafar Gohar (15) and Mohammad Irfan (0) while David Willey, Reece Topley and Moeen Ali bagged one wicket each. The start was good until we lost a few wickets, then the run-outs happened.
Pakistan were off to a confident start when Azhar and Babar Azam (22) put on 45 by the 11th over before Woakes broke the opening stand when he had Azam caught in the deep off a short delivery in his third over.
England turned in a disciplined bowling performance with Chris Woakes leading from the front with four wickets. Undecided whether to pull or leave, he top-edged a slow, short delivery from Willey to be caught by Joe Root at the square-leg fence.
Waqar Younis believes Younus Khan should have delayed his retirement from one-day cricket until after Pakistan’s series with England.
But Taylor and Buttler responded wonderfully well, England’s wicketkeeper-batsman finding the range which has deserted him for much of the past five months and finishing not out on 49 after hitting an emphatic six over midwicket off Iftikhar Ahmed for victory with nine overs to spare.
But Taylor maintained that, while he has become well-used to dealing with the locker-room jokes about his height, he is determined he will have the last laugh when the two teams lock horns again on Tuesday.
Taylor brought his first six hitting Malik down the ground and he backed it with back to back boundaries off Irfan in the 34th over to take England to 164 for four.
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Both teams are scheduled to play final game of ODI series on November 20.
