Shaharyar said nonetheless the board would give Younis a befitting farewell as he had retired from ODIs.
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PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan has expressed disappointment at the decision of senior batsman Younis Khan announcing his retirement from one-day internationals just before the start of the first match against England.
England spluttered to 216 all out after winning the toss and the hosts, who won the recent Test series 2-0, overcame the loss of two early wickets to coast to their target with more than six overs to spare.
Hafeez’s 102 from 130 balls nearly entirely ruined England’s already slim chance of victory, until Azam’s run a ball 62 took the game well and truly away from them.
And the 21 year-old had the scalp of Younis Khan in his fifth over, the Pakistan legend’s ODI career ending with a pull straight to Adil Rashid at mid-on. Malik, after scoring 10 runs, completed 6,000 one-day runs in his 229th match. “In the sixth over, cricket fans had a chuckle as the 7’1″ Irfan bowled to 5’6” Taylor, but the diminutive batsman survived a probing spell, including one ball that was almost hurled above his waist, but wasn’t called a no-ball. He hit ten boundaries and a six.
The outspoken former captain told a foreign-based channel that he had been thinking about retiring from one-day cricket since 2011 due various cricketing and non-cricketing reasons. “The team will remain balanced but at no stage did Younis convey any desire to us he wanted to retire”, Haroon said. It’s a very important game for us and we want to win it for him. “We probably could have done with another 30 odd runs.
The batters today, for the first time in two series, underperformed”. Morgan top-scored with 76 while Taylor made 60 as the pair added 133 for the fourth wicket as the only highlight of the innings.
Pakistan: Azhar Ali (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Bilal Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Irfan.
Once Morgan was dismissed by Shaoib Malik, England went on to lose their final six wickets for just 69 runs.
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England were looking set for a big total as Morgan and Taylor brought up the 100-run stand from 128 deliveries taking the total to 115 for three at the halfway mark.
