England win by a massive 121 runs, wrapping up their sixth series win of a very successful summer. They were simply too strong for Pakistan today. Shoaib Akhtar was exemplary with the new ball once again, and England were in trouble before Morgan and Collingwood, and then Morgan and Bresnan, revived the innings. Morgan reached his second hundred in consecutive appearances at the Rose Bowl, and 257 was always going to be a stiff chase. Hafeez and Kamran Akmal launched Pakistan's pursuit with gusto, but once their stand was broken England took the upper hand and never eased up. Swann did the expected by striking in his first over, and Pakistan's middle order crumbled as the pressure mounted. Despite the controversy that's accompanied it, the cricket in this series has been riveting and the players from both sides line up on the boundary to shake hands as England walk off victorious.
Shahid Afridi: "I want to congratulate the English team, these guys played really well. Despite all the controversies our guys improved day by day and game by game. Eoin Morgan and Graeme Swann played really well for England today. My boys really bowled well on this wicket, but the way Swann bowled, he really bowled well. The main positive thing I can take from this tour is the way we played and the way we were united. Winning and losing is one thing but it's important to stay united." Eoin Morgan is Man of the Match: "It's a massive bonus to finish on a high here, it sums up our summer as a whole. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. With a lot of world class players in the side it's easy to gel with the team and express yourself." Do you expect to see your name in the Ashes squad? "No I don't expect anything. If it comes it comes." Andrew Strauss is the Player of the Series: "I've tried to be a bit more aggressive and a bit more attacking and as captain you have to lead from the front in that regard." Six series wins this summer: "It's a pretty good effort, I think we've done really well. We've had to dig pretty deep at times, particularly in this series which is one of the hardest I've played in. But we stuck together. We can't wait [for the Ashes]. In some ways this summer prepared us as we had to deal with quite a lot, and we'll have to deal with a lot this winter." A jubilant England side have the series trophy and plenty of champagne in their hands. They look delighted at the win and a touch relieved that this long summer - one of the longest international summers on record - has come to an end. They'll have a break now before their pre-Ashes bootcamp. That series will be England's whole focus now and they'll be a battle-hardened unit after this testing home season. |
36.5 | Broad to Shoaib Akhtar, no run, 148.0 kph, Shoaib's not going to be getting in line with many... back of a length from Broad, Shoaib steps to leg and pokes at it as the ball bursts past the outside edge
England 256/6 (50 ov) Pakistan 135 (37.0 ov) England won by 121 runs
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| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
 | AJ Strauss* | c †Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar | 25 | 48 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 71.42 |
| 10.2 148.6 kph, caught behind! Shoaib has been whistling them past the outside edge, and finally Strauss gets a touch to one. Big edge, and Kamran dives to his left to take it infront of first slip. Shoaib gets further reward for an impressive opening spell, and Pakistan are on top now! 47/3
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| SM Davies† | st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez | 17 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 89.47 |
| 5.4 89.6 kph, gone! The move has worked for Pakistan, Davies advances down the pitch but is beaten by the spin and there's a simple stumping for Kamran Akmal - who actually makes it look simple 31/1
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| IJL Trott | b Shoaib Akhtar | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 8.5 149.0 kph, gone! That's brilliant from Shoaib and it's late swing again, Trott drives without footwork and his stumps are demolished. Pakistan, and their supporters, go wild 46/2
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| IR Bell | b Shahid Afridi | 28 | 78 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 53.84 |
| 26.6 96.9 kph, gone! Afridi makes the breakthrough as he finds Bell's inside edge which then rattles the stumps. Was a flatter ball, Bell was trapped on the back foot...well bowled by Afridi, that's a key breakthrough 106/4
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| PD Collingwood | b Umar Gul | 47 | 139 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 66.19 |
| 44.1 146.1 kph, clatter! Yorker from Gul, ideal bowling for the situation and Collingwood falls. He had come down the track and given himself room, but swung right over the top of the ball and had his stumps broken 199/5
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| EJG Morgan | not out | 107 | 147 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 105.94 |
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| LJ Wright | b Shoaib Akhtar | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 45.2 146.0 kph, bowled him! That wasn't the yorker, it slipped out as a low, dipping full toss but it swung in sharply - and late - and beat Wright's flashing bat and smashed into the stumps. Wright had made room and was trying to thump it through the covers, but he was beaten by pace and late movement. Shoaib takes his third! 202/6
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| TT Bresnan | not out | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 |
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| Extras | (lb 5, w 5) | 10 |
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| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins) | 256 | (5.12 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-31 (Davies, 5.4 ov), 2-46 (Trott, 8.5 ov), 3-47 (Strauss, 10.2 ov), 3-59* (Collingwood, retired not out, 14.6 ov), 4-106 (Bell, 26.6 ov), 5-199 (Collingwood, 44.1 ov), 6-202 (Wright, 45.2 ov) |
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| Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 4.00 | (2w) |
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| 8.5 to Trott, 149.0 kph, gone! That's brilliant from Shoaib and it's late swing again, Trott drives without footwork and his stumps are demolished. Pakistan, and their supporters, go wild 46/2
10.2 to Strauss, 148.6 kph, caught behind! Shoaib has been whistling them past the outside edge, and finally Strauss gets a touch to one. Big edge, and Kamran dives to his left to take it infront of first slip. Shoaib gets further reward for an impressive opening spell, and Pakistan are on top now! 47/3
45.2 to Wright, 146.0 kph, bowled him! That wasn't the yorker, it slipped out as a low, dipping full toss but it swung in sharply - and late - and beat Wright's flashing bat and smashed into the stumps. Wright had made room and was trying to thump it through the covers, but he was beaten by pace and late movement. Shoaib takes his third! 202/6
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| Abdul Razzaq | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.66 |
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| Mohammad Hafeez | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 |
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| 5.4 to Davies, 89.6 kph, gone! The move has worked for Pakistan, Davies advances down the pitch but is beaten by the spin and there's a simple stumping for Kamran Akmal - who actually makes it look simple 31/1
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| Umar Gul | 10 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 5.50 |
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| 44.1 to Collingwood, 146.1 kph, clatter! Yorker from Gul, ideal bowling for the situation and Collingwood falls. He had come down the track and given himself room, but swung right over the top of the ball and had his stumps broken 199/5
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| Saeed Ajmal | 8 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 6.25 | (1w) |
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| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 |
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| 26.6 to Bell, 96.9 kph, gone! Afridi makes the breakthrough as he finds Bell's inside edge which then rattles the stumps. Was a flatter ball, Bell was trapped on the back foot...well bowled by Afridi, that's a key breakthrough 106/4
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| Pakistan innings (target: 257 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Kamran Akmal† | lbw b Wright | 41 | 82 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 77.35 |
| 18.1 130.2 kph, Wright strikes! Kamran falls, lbw. Huge appeal, and he's given! Kamran really isn't happy, he doesn't want to go ... and HotSpot shows an inside edge, so that's very unlucky for him. But he's got to go 80/3
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| Mohammad Hafeez | c Collingwood b Broad | 29 | 52 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 69.04 |
| 12.4 144.5 kph, vintage Collingwood, migraine or no migraine, great catch at backward point! It was short and rising outside off and Hafeez launched into a cut, but couldn't keep it down. Colly leapt to his right, plucking the ball out of the air, and England make the breakthrough! Hafeez is unhappy as he trudges off, he seems to be suggesting to Kamran that the ridiculous running broke his concentration 63/1
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| Asad Shafiq | c †Davies b Broad | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 12.5 137.1 kph, gone first ball! Caught behind! What a ball to get first up, Broad has been moving them in through the air but this one hit the seam - off a good length - and moved towards the slips. Shafiq hardly moved his feet, getting a thin edge, and Davies did the rest. Broad is on a hat-trick! 63/2
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| Mohammad Yousuf | b Swann | 20 | 63 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 46.51 |
| 27.4 84.8 kph, what a beauty! Swann, what a bowler he is, spins this between Yousuf's bat and pad. Another stunner from the finest spinner in the world. Yousuf was looking to push into the off side, but was defeated all ends up 104/5
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| Fawad Alam | b Swann | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| 19.5 86.3 kph, what a ball! Swann strikes with his fifth ball of the match, and what a delivery it was. Tossed up, drifting towards the pad, dipping, gripping and spinning past Alam's uncertain push. Undone in the flight, beaten by the turn 83/4
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| Umar Akmal | c & b Collingwood | 19 | 54 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 55.88 |
| 32.3 118.3 kph, Collingwood strikes with his third ball! Umar was looking to attack, driving hard back at the bowler but the ball just stopped on the surface and he pushed it in the air straight back to Colly. It was hit pretty hard - and Collingwood juggled the catch - but he held on and that's probably the last nail for Pakistan 121/7
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| Shahid Afridi* | b Swann | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 27.5 87.3 kph, gone! And another! England on a roll as Afridi lunges forward but gets an inside edge into his stumps...Swann now on a hat-trick 104/6
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| Abdul Razzaq | not out | 11 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 40.74 |
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| Umar Gul | run out (†Davies/Swann) | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 |
| 35.2 from Swann, terrible running! The pressure was building but they really didn't need this. Gul played with the turn to short fine leg, Razzaq wanted the run but Gul hesitated before setting off, the throw came in to Swann and he whipped the bails off at the non-striker's end with Gul well short 130/8
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| Saeed Ajmal | run out (Morgan) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 36.4 Broad to Abdul Razzaq, there goes another one! Ajmal is run out, Razzaq drove a fullish ball to Morgan in the covers and set off for a single. Hesitation from both batsmen but Ajmal eventually tries to take the run, Morgan hurls in a shy right on target and he's not even in the frame. Just one more needed by England 135/9
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| Shoaib Akhtar | c Morgan b Broad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 36.6 146.2 kph, that's it, all over now! Pakistan fold with a whimper as Shoaib backs to leg, Broad follows him and Shoaib shuts his eyes and fends... a leading edge loops into the covers and fittingly Eoin Morgan takes the catch that wins the match and seals the series for England 135/10
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| Extras | (lb 3, w 2, nb 1) | 6 |
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| Total | (all out; 37 overs; 172 mins) | 135 | (3.64 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-63 (Mohammad Hafeez, 12.4 ov), 2-63 (Asad Shafiq, 12.5 ov), 3-80 (Kamran Akmal, 18.1 ov), 4-83 (Fawad Alam, 19.5 ov), 5-104 (Mohammad Yousuf, 27.4 ov), 6-104 (Shahid Afridi, 27.5 ov), 7-121 (Umar Akmal, 32.3 ov), 8-130 (Umar Gul, 35.2 ov), 9-135 (Saeed Ajmal, 36.4 ov), 10-135 (Shoaib Akhtar, 36.6 ov) |
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| TT Bresnan | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4.42 |
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| JM Anderson | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 | (1w) |
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| SCJ Broad | 8 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 3.12 | (1w) |
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| 12.4 to Mohammad Hafeez, 144.5 kph, vintage Collingwood, migraine or no migraine, great catch at backward point! It was short and rising outside off and Hafeez launched into a cut, but couldn't keep it down. Colly leapt to his right, plucking the ball out of the air, and England make the breakthrough! Hafeez is unhappy as he trudges off, he seems to be suggesting to Kamran that the ridiculous running broke his concentration 63/1
12.5 to Asad Shafiq, 137.1 kph, gone first ball! Caught behind! What a ball to get first up, Broad has been moving them in through the air but this one hit the seam - off a good length - and moved towards the slips. Shafiq hardly moved his feet, getting a thin edge, and Davies did the rest. Broad is on a hat-trick! 63/2
36.6 to Shoaib Akhtar, 146.2 kph, that's it, all over now! Pakistan fold with a whimper as Shoaib backs to leg, Broad follows him and Shoaib shuts his eyes and fends... a leading edge loops into the covers and fittingly Eoin Morgan takes the catch that wins the match and seals the series for England 135/10
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| LJ Wright | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2.66 |
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| 18.1 to Kamran Akmal, 130.2 kph, Wright strikes! Kamran falls, lbw. Huge appeal, and he's given! Kamran really isn't happy, he doesn't want to go ... and HotSpot shows an inside edge, so that's very unlucky for him. But he's got to go 80/3
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| GP Swann | 9 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 2.88 | (1nb) |
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| 19.5 to Fawad Alam, 86.3 kph, what a ball! Swann strikes with his fifth ball of the match, and what a delivery it was. Tossed up, drifting towards the pad, dipping, gripping and spinning past Alam's uncertain push. Undone in the flight, beaten by the turn 83/4
27.4 to Mohammad Yousuf, 84.8 kph, what a beauty! Swann, what a bowler he is, spins this between Yousuf's bat and pad. Another stunner from the finest spinner in the world. Yousuf was looking to push into the off side, but was defeated all ends up 104/5
27.5 to Shahid Afridi, 87.3 kph, gone! And another! England on a roll as Afridi lunges forward but gets an inside edge into his stumps...Swann now on a hat-trick 104/6
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| PD Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
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| Match details |
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England won the 5-match series 3-2
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Player of the match EJG Morgan (England)
Player of the series AJ Strauss (England)
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Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and IJ Gould
TV umpire NJ Llong
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire RK Illingworth
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| Match notes |
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- England: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (80 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: England - 59/3 in 15.0 overs (IR Bell 8)
- England: 100 runs in 25.1 overs (152 balls), Extras 1
- PD Collingwood retired hurt on 5 from 59/3 (14.6) to 106/4 (26.6)
- Drinks: England - 130/4 in 32.0 overs (PD Collingwood 20, EJG Morgan 36)
- England: 150 runs in 34.4 overs (209 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (PD Collingwood 27, EJG Morgan 22, Ex 1)
- EJG Morgan: 50 off 58 balls (4 x 4)
- Power Play 3: Overs 43.1 - 48.0
- England: 200 runs in 44.2 overs (268 balls), Extras 6
- England: 250 runs in 49.2 overs (299 balls), Extras 10
- EJG Morgan: 100 off 97 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (EJG Morgan 29, TT Bresnan 18, Ex 3)
- Innings Break: England - 256/6 in 50.0 overs (EJG Morgan 107, TT Bresnan 18)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (Kamran Akmal 28, Mohammad Hafeez 22, Ex 1)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 72/2 in 16.0 overs (Kamran Akmal 36, Mohammad Yousuf 3)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (155 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 115/6 in 31.0 overs (Umar Akmal 14, Abdul Razzaq 4)
- Power Play 3: Overs 36.1 - 41.0
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