England Beat Pakistan in 5th ODI of Series,2015

Pakistan and England were scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day International Series in United Arab Emirates in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 5th One Day international match was to be played on Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 24th Nov, 2015. England already won and leads the series 3-1 with 1 more game still to play.

England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Pakistan team and 11 was looking like in this 5th One day international match: S Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), W Riaz, Anwar Ali, Azhar Ali (c), Mohammad Irfan, Yasir Shah, Babar A, M Rizwan, I Ahmed

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th One day international Match: Eoin Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (wk), James Taylor, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris W, M Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Reece T

England batted very well and aggressively and was able to post total of only 310 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of J Taylor who made 102 runs in 51 balls with 10 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls and E Morgan who made 80 runs in 50 balls with 8 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 311 runs in 50 over’s to win this match as they already lost the series 3-1 and even if they win this match it will still won’t affect the status of the series.

Pakistan batted poorly and was unable to chase the total of 311 runs and was bowled out for 250 runs in only 45.1 over’s and top scored by M hafeez who made 80 runs in 80 balls with 10 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 60 runs and won the series 4-1 in the 5 match ODI series.

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