After a wait of two matches England finally won the third ODI against Pakistan and won the series by 3-0. Pakistan lost three series from England. Test match series was lost by 3-1. T-20 series was lost by 2-0 and ODI series was lost by 3-0. Pakistan lost the important toss and lost half of the match at toss. The bowling start from visitors was very good and they didn’t allow England to bat freely and score runs.
EJG Morgan once again proved his selection right. He played lovely inning of 107 runs on 101 balls. He stabilized the inning and score runs freely in the last over. Saeed Ajmal last over was very expensive. Morgan also completed his century in the last over. Shoaib Akhtar took 3 wickets.
Start of batting from chasing side was good and full of aggression. The opener gave 63 runs start to their team. Hafeez got out at 63 runs total and he was at 29. Second wicket in shape of Asad Shafiq fell at the same score. Kamaran Akmal was given out LBW. The decision of the umpire was wrong as ball was clearly hitting the bat first. Pakistan team were all out on 37 over. They managed to score 135 runs and list by 121 runs.
Tags: EJG Morgan, Kamaran Akmal
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