ENG WON
ODI
ENG beat PAK by 54 runs
Man of the Match - Chris Woakes
ENG
351-9
50.0/50 Ovrs
 
297-10
46.5/50 Ovrs
PAK
Pakistan in England, 5 ODI Series, 2019 |5th ODI |5/19/2019
Headingley, Leeds
Commentary
  • That is it from this game and series then. England have stamped their authority with a 4-0 victory and will aim to replicate this form during the World Cup. Not too many international matches being played over the course of these 10 days with the warm-up games starting on May 24. Looking forward to the big tourney. Take a break, refresh yourselves and be back for the mega event. ADIOS! TAKE CARE!
  • CHRIS WOAKES HAS BEEN NAMED THE MAN OF THE MATCH. Good choice, given that normally batsmen get that award and Root and Morgan were in the reckoning. But well done Woakes, with a 4-fer and a 5-fer in this series. JASON ROY HAS BEEN NAMED THE MAN OF THE SERIES, for scoring 277 runs in just 3 outings, which had a century and 2 half centuries.
  • At last, we got a 5-fer in this series. It was turning out to be monotonously boring with only batsmen getting their runs. But in this game, we got a 4-fer from Afridi and then in the run chase, a 5-fer from Woakes, breaking Pakistan's backbone. Rashid was decent too, for his couple of wickets. It was a better performance from England but their bowling still needs a working over.
  • It is at that stage when the actual fight began. Babar Azam and Sarfaraz Ahmed sized up the deck beautifully and played sensible strokes. Their 146-run stand kept Pakistan in the hunt till Adil Rashid produced a beauty in the field to run Babar out. Post that, Sarfaraz tried to hang around and take his team home but eventually, it was too much for him and he felt 3 runs short of his ton.
  • Heard of the saying, 'Looks are deceptive?' Perhaps Pakistan were deceived by the look of this pitch. They probably thought it was a belter like the previous ones in this series and could play their shots. But they were wrong. One needed to get set on this pitch and then try to play shots. Before they could even think of the word boundary in their mind, Woakes had reduced them to 6/3 in 3 overs.
  • For a change, in this game, the bowlers got a chance to come to the party. At first, with Root and Morgan going great guns in the first innings, it seemed like 500 was indeed on the cards. But Root's wicket led to a collapse and England were 'restricted' to 351. At the halfway mark, given the way Pakistan had batted in this series, it looked like they might chase this down.
  • A perfect warm-up heading into the World Cup for England. Their 11TH SUCCESSIVE UNBEATEN BILATERAL SERIES IN ODIS. Plus in this one, not a game lost.
  • 46.5
    W
    A Rashid to M Hasnain, OUT! STUMPED! Game, set and match. More flight from Rashid, Hasnain comes down the track and looks to swipe against the line. He misses but Buttler doesn't. Easy stumping. ENGLAND WIN BY 54 RUNS AND CLEANSWEEP PAKISTAN 4-0!
  • 46.4
    0
    A Rashid to M Hasnain, Nicely floated around off, watchfully defended.
  • 46.3
    4
    A Rashid to M Hasnain, FOUR! Terrific shot! A flighted delivery around middle, Hasnain comes down the track, takes it on the full and bashes it over the bowler, down the ground, beating long on!
  • 46.2
    1
    A Rashid to S Afridi, Full and around leg, swept through square leg for a single.
  • 46.1
    0
    A Rashid to S Afridi, The googly, around leg, Afridi looks to defend but gets hit on the pads.
  • END OF OVER 46 | 9 Runs & 0 Wkt | PAK 292/9
  • Adil Rashid returns.
  • 45.6
    6
    D Willey to M Hasnain, SIX! Ho ho ho! Take a bow, you 19-year old! A length ball outside off, Hasnain clobbers that over cover and it goes the distance!
  • Ha ha ha! What happened there? Hasnain keeps backing away to the leg side, goes out of the pitch but Willey does not deliver! He probably expected Hasnain to not play that ball.
  • 45.5
    0
    D Willey to M Hasnain, Ouch. A length ball, around middle, Hasnain backing away swings hard but gets a thick inside edge onto his left boot. Afridi immediately asks his younger partner whether he is fine.
  • 45.4
    1
    D Willey to S Afridi, Pushes this through the covers for a run.
  • 45.3
    0
    D Willey to S Afridi, Outside off, Afridi swings hard but gets a thick outside edge which does not carry to the keeper.
  • 45.2
    0
    D Willey to S Afridi, Gets across his stumps and paddles this straight to short fine leg.
  • 45.1
    2
    D Willey to S Afridi, Outside off, creamed over covers for a couple.
  • END OF OVER 45 | 11 Runs & 0 Wkt | PAK 283/9
  • 44.6
    4
    C Woakes to M Hasnain, FOUR! Outside off, Hasnain creams this over cover!
  • 44.5
    0
    C Woakes to M Hasnain, Comes down the track but gets a bouncer. Hasnain ducks.
  • 44.4
    2
    C Woakes to M Hasnain, Everything is off side for this kid. A length ball outside off, Hasnain backs away and slaps it over cover. Jonny Bairstow rushes to his right from sweeper cover, dives and then flicks it to Eoin Morgan running back from cover. Two runs taken.