Fifties by Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif help tourists to easily chase down 136 with 31 balls to spare; Wahab Riaz took three wickets as visitors finish tour on a high.

By Abdullah Ansari (7th September, 2016)

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat. 

Teams:

England: JJ Roy, AD Hales, JE Root, EJG Morgan (c), BA Stokes, JC Buttler (wk), MM Ali, DJ Willey, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan.

Pakistan: Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (c and wk), Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir.

England Innings

England's innings began in a circumspect manner as Imad Wasim bowled a tight over. However, the openers took the attack to the pacers as Mohammad Amir and Sohail Tanvir struggled with 53 runs conceded in the powerplay. Thereafter, Imad Wasim was brought back into the attack and he stemmed the flow of runs while dismissing the openers. Hasan Ali played his role as well as he mixed up his pace and bowled with intelligence, while Wahab Riaz mixed pace with guile as England struggled for fluency after the powerplay. None of the batsmen got going and they struggled to hit boundaries as Wahab finished with 3 wickets and Hasan and Imad took two each in an excellent bowling performance; England finishing with a below-par 135/7.

Fall Of Wickets

1-56 (Roy, 6.4 ov)
2-67 (Hales, 8.6 ov)
3-67 (Root, 9.1 ov)
4-93 (Buttler, 13.1 ov)
5-104 (Stokes, 14.5 ov)
6-110 (Morgan, 15.5 ov)
7-132 (Willey, 19.3 ov)

Pakistan Innings

Pakistan's innings began at an express pace as Sharjeel took Willey for a couple of fours. However, it was Khalid Latif's 4 fours off Jordan that established Pakistan's dominance, and they continued hitting boundaries throughout the powerplay, finishing with 73/0. None of the bowlers could really exercise much control over the Pakistan batsmen as the boundaries flowed regularly. Sharjeel reached a 30-ball fifty before he was dismissed by Rashid going for another six, but Latif continued on as he slog swept Moeen Ali into the stands to get to an impressive fifty of his own - Babar Azam joined him and the two batsmen took Pakistan to victory as they sealed a nine-wicket win with over five overs remaining.

Fall Of Wickets

1-107 (Sharjeel Khan, 11.1 ov)

Match Summary:

A stunning win for Pakistan and a brilliant performance. They had plenty of energy in the field and had a well-planned strategy which was well executed, followed by some scintillating batting as the visitors finished the tour on a high, winning the last two matches.

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