Summary Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first in the fourth ODI of the series
LEEDS: (Dunya News) - Pakistan has won the toss against England in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) on Thursday and decided to bat first. England had already sealed the 5-match series by winning the third consecutive match on Tuesday after beating Pakistan by 169 runs. England had scored 444 runs while Pakistan could only score 275 runs in response.
England innings
Muhammad Irfan took first two wickets and England were struggling at 36/2. Hassan Ali took third and then Umar Gul took fourth wicket as England lost four key batsmen at score of 72.
Pakistan took fifth wicket after a 103-run partnership between Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow. England were still 73 runs away from victory at that point. Imad Wasim got the wicket.
England lost sixth wicket as Bairstow got out run out. England needed 23 runs to win but Pakistan had lost fast bowler Muhammad Irfan so they did not have any bowling options.
Pakistan innings
Pakistan started off the innings with a brisk 16 off 22 by Sharjeel Khan but the opener lost his cool soon enough and Pakistan found themselves 24 for 1 at the end of the 4th over. Azhar Ali joined Sami Aslam in the middle and the two slowly took the total to 61 when Sami Aslam was caught by Stokes off Plunkett s bowling. He had scored 24 runs off 44 balls by then with the help of one boundary.
Babar Azam joined Azhar Ali and scored just 12 runs off 21 balls before getting out while Sarfraz Ahmed wasn t allowed to make big of any of his chances, limiting him to a somewhat a slower 12-run innings off 23 balls. Rizwan was a disappointment yet again as he was out LBW by Adil Rasheed on a straighter delivery.
Azhar Ali is still out there along with Mohammad Nawaz in what already seems a hopeless endeavour. He is 72 off 91 with 5 boundaries and 2 gigantic sixes.
Pakistan squad for fourth ODI:
Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Azhar Ali*, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Imad Wasim, Umar Gul, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Irfan
England squad for fourth ODI:
AD Hales, JJ Roy, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow†, MM Ali, DJ Willey, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan
