“The performance was hugely satisfying”, Morgan revealed at the post-match presentation.
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Buttler joined the act as he smashed Iftikhar (0-18) for a six to complete the formality for England overhauling the Pakistan target in 41 overs.
Taylor (67 not out) shifted gears as he plundered Gohar for two boundaries in the 23rd over. He made 64 runs. Azam departed for 22, leaving Pakistan at 45 for one.
“Every role we’ve given James Taylor, he’s excelled in”.
SIX: Taylor hoists Malik over mid-wicket. Couple of deliveries later, Shoaib Malik removed Morgan to bring open up game for Pakistan.
SIX: Hales gets a few pressure off England with a big hit off Gohar after he was kept by Irfan.
“I think we had a very good start but in the middle we just lost it”, Azhar said.
Woakes will be up against Liam Plunkett, Chris Jordan and the untried left-arm variation of Mark Footitt for a place in the squad. The duo added a crucial 60 runs together before Pakistan gave England another scare.
Chris Woakes was England’s most impressive bowler with four for 40. But, he was not quick enough to escape the attention of irate Pakistani fans, who saved his comments and reposted them on the social media. Riaz sent the next ball to the same region and this time he was dropped by Root. Zafar Gohar makes his debut. Pakistan were bundled out for 208 runs. At the top of the batting order, Ahmed Shehzad could become Azhar’s third opening partner in as many matches. Pakistan’s three spinners claimed 17 wickets to help their side to a 127-run victory in the Test.
Hafeez top-edges towards deep square leg and Root makes no mistake. With that dismissal, a partnership worth 47 runs came to an end. Pak 92-2, 20 overs.
FOUR: Babar Azam strides forward to hit Topley througn covers.
At 93 for four, the balance was arguably tipping back to Pakistan.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on a decent batting track.
James Taylor is relishing the challenge of trying to secure an ODI series win over Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates as the contest moves to Sharjah today.
That moment turned the direction of the innings in England’s favour as Eoin Morgan cleverly used his bowlers.
England were unchanged for the third one-day global against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. He is reported to have sustained a knee injury.
After having lost the first match in the series, England staged a marvelous comeback by winning a couple of games on the trot.
“(Mohammad) Hafeez is not allowed to bowl”, Azhar said of the spinning allrounder, who has banned from bowling for 12 months over an illegal action. Seeing in a defending way, then, whichever wins the third one-day will skips the fear of losing the series irrespective of whatever may be the result comes of the fourth one.
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“What I find hard to explain to guys who weren’t out there at the time is (how important it was) that they went out there and played their shots – in such a way that you don’t let somebody bowl in the same position twice”.
