Pakistan came back hard in the fourth ODI at Lords against England team. After winning the toss Pakistan elected to bat first. Kamaran Akmal and M Hafeez provided 62 runs slow and steady start. Kamaran got out at 28 but Hafeez managed to score 68 runs with five 4’s and a 6. Shahid Afridi started his inning with aggression and made 37 runs on 22 balls. He got out in the last over before power play started.

Abdul Razzak came to bat when Pakistan lost Captain Shahid Afridi and scored 44 runs on 20 balls. He hit five 4’s in the last over of the inning. Last two over of the inning was very productive for Pakistan and they scored more then 40 runs in those over. GP Swann again took 4 wickets for his team.

AJ Strauss and SM Davies provide good aggressive start to their team and the put on 113 runs in almost 20 over. Pakistan’s fast bowling was hit for some runs. Spinner Ajmal took first wicket for Pakistan. SM Davies got out at 49 while Strauss scored 68 runs. After getting first wicket Pakistan bowlers came back hard and started picking wickets. Gul took 4 wickets again while Akhtar took 3 wickets. Fielding was also good from Pakistan side and they make England all out on 227 runs in 46.1 over. Pakistan managed to level series 2-2.

Tags: Shoaib Akhtar, Umer Gul