Pakistan v England in United Arab Emirates 2015

Scorecard - 4th ODI, Pakistan vs England at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (20 Nov 2015)

England

355/5 (50) RR:7.1

England won by 84 runs

MOM: Jos Buttler

Pakistan

271/10 (40.4) RR:6.66

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49.4 - Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, everything's going to the fences. Pakistan are going to the cleaners. And the crowd is going berserk. Slower ball clobbered across the line wide of long-on

49.3 - Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, off-cutter on the pads, now some elegance from this marauder. Glances it fine, to beat square leg in the ring. Slick!

47.3 - Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, there are only gaps on the field for Buttler, no fielders. Slingy full toss outside off, he deliberately slices his push and hits the gap between short third man and backward point

46.2 - Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, Bumble has one word to describe this shot "Outrageous". I can't find anything more apt. Moves well outside off, nearly touching the wide tramlines. Gets it on a length and scoops it over a helpless keeper

45.4 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, FOUR, this is quite an extraordinary shot. Length ball angling in on leg, Buttler's feet don't move at all. It's like playing French cricket. He just reverses his hands and scoops it over short third man. Brilliant

45.2 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, FOUR, slower bouncer, climbs nicely towards head-height, this time Buttler knew what was coming. Waits on the pull and then clanks it away behind square

44.2 - Riaz to Buttler, FOUR, length ball outside off, and bang! He doesn't bother to move across with his front foot. Just throws his arms after it and laces it over extra-cover

44.0 - Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Buttler extends his arms and squeezes the drive behind square. Yasir Shah runs around from sweeper cover, puts in the dive but in vain

43.4 - Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, what was that? First he walked across looking to scoop, saw that the line is a bit wide, then adjusts to open the face and ramp it over the pseudo slip cordon. Third man runs in for the catch. But the ball was always dipping on him. In the end, he neither catches the ball nor prevents the boundary. Got it? Good.

43.3 - Irfan to Buttler, FOUR, blimey. Watch out Pakistan. Watch out. Nothing wrong with the delivery. Perfectly on a good length and deliberately bowled wider of off, Buttler moves across and just spanks it over mid-wicket. Made a musical sound off the willow

40.0 - Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, slower through the air just outside off, Morgan has to reach out with the slog-sweep. Gets enough of it to shovel it over mid-wicket. No one back there

39.4 - Shoaib Malik to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, absolute filth. Half-tracker on the stumps, Morgan jumps back and flogs the pull over mid-wicket

36.2 - Azhar Ali to Root, FOUR, Root is known for playing inside-out lofted shots. Here, he brings out that inside-out lofted stroke to a flighted ball and it races away to the extra cover fence

32.3 - Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, drifting on the pads, Roy tickles it to the fine leg fence. No need to run for those. He is just two runs short of a well-measured ton

32.1 - Riaz to Root, FOUR, with a marvellous concoction of timing and placement, Root cuts this delivery that is bowled outside off to deep backward point. He finds the gap with ease and collects one more boundary. England have upped the ante

31.1 - Shoaib Malik to Root, FOUR, flatter delivery and just outside off, Root brings out the slog sweep. Nice extension of arms from the batsman results in him nailing the sweep shot to perfection and it runs away to the deep mid-wicket fence

29.2 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, Roy is a maestro at using the reverse sweep. He uses that stroke to befuddle Yasir. It scurries to the third man fence. It also brings up the century stand between the duo

25.3 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, bowls this at the pace of milk float travels and provides a bit of width, Roy throws kitchen sink at it (on his knees), gets a big boom top-edge which flies past the keeper. Malik tries to exhibit his foot-ball(ing) skills at third man but ball won the race

19.5 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, FOUR, well-executed sweeep shot - so pleasing to the eyes! Full and straight, Roy crouches low and times the sweep to perfection, in front of square on the on-side

14.0 - Irfan to Jason Roy, FOUR, growing in confidence. Too full, too straight, Roy leans forward and rolls his wrists on the ball to hit it through mid-wicket. This time Azam can do nothing

12.4 - Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, ah, lovely! That should settle him down. Overpitched, yes. But still has to be put away. Roy moves forward and drives it gun-barrel straight

7.5 - Anwar Ali to Hales, FOUR, benefit match bowling going on. Help yourself. Low full toss on the pads. Hales tickles it wide of short fine leg. And might have scoffed at the bowler while running past him

6.4 - Riaz to Jason Roy, FOUR, Roy is not playing the odds here. Front foot is hardly moving across. Length ball in the channel, attempts a cross-batted cover-drive on the up. Inside edge misses off-stump by a kitten's whisker

6.0 - Anwar Ali to Hales, FOUR, fine leg up and he's dished one up on the pads. Hales can't believe his luck. Whips it away wide of the man in the ring

3.1 - Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, FOUR, that's such a loose shot. Thank your stars Roy. Dangled full and wide of off, his feet are chained while aiming a half-hearted cover drive. The ball catches the inside edge and whisks away past leg-stump

49.0 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, wherever you are, stop for a minute. Stand up and applaud. I'm doing the same. Just 46 deliveries for a ton. Sixth fastest in ODIs. He jumps and roars in delight. His teammates are doing the same. They are beyond themselves and overcome with joy. Length ball angled into him, smashed over mid-wicket. Played Sir Jos!

48.5 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, oh, look at that. 98 now. I am out of words. Joe Root is jumping around like a maniac on the balcony. Fuller length ball just outside off, looks at that bottom hand. Uses the long-handle and spanks it over long-off

48.3 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, he's bludgeoned his way into the 90s. Slower good length delivery following Buttler as he's backing away. He absolutely murders this over mid-wicket. Meets it with a full-blooded swipe

46.0 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, now a high full toss. Smited over square leg. It's going down the fielder's throat. Is it? Is it? No. Oh boy. He was atleast 3-4 yards inside the rope. And that has ended up costing heavily. Evades his leap and just about clears the fence

45.5 - Anwar Ali to Buttler, SIX, Buttler, Buttler, Buttler! He's on the rampage. Just slightly short, caned away over square leg. This is some hitting. Ferocious. Just transfers his weight back and thumps it hard

44.3 - Riaz to Buttler, SIX, wallop! Buttler's in the mood. Slightly short on the stumps, Buttler transfers his weight on the back foot after the initial stride forward and smacks the pull over mid-wicket. Buckle up fellas

42.3 - Azhar Ali to Buttler, SIX, he might be having some technical deficiencies but you can't question his ball-striking prowess. Hurtles down the pitch, leaves enough room to allow a clean swing, and muscles it straight back

41.5 - Irfan to James Taylor, SIX, hohoho! He's picked the bones out of that. Short of length, doesn't climb more than the midriff, Taylor pivots on the back foot and creams the pull behind square. Used all the pace on offer and didn't bother to keep it down

39.2 - Shoaib Malik to Buttler, SIX, oh boy, looked like he had sliced it off a top edge. But it kept going and going. He does pack a punch. Bends on the back knee and unfurls the slog-sweep. Nowhere near the sweet spot but the scorebook says six. That's all that matters

31.4 - Shoaib Malik to Root, SIX, Root reaches his fifty in style! He ventures out of the crease, takes it on the half-volley and lofts it over the bowler's head. He nailed that shot to perfection and on expected lines, it sailed into the stands

24.3 - Shoaib Malik to Jason Roy, SIX, oh jeez! That was in the air for a long, long time and long-off was interested (only for a brief moment though). Steps out and smacks this floaty delivery high and over long-off, Anwar Ali was a mere spectator - watching the ball sail over his head

23.3 - Yasir Shah to Root, SIX, out comes the gutsy stroke from Root and he is all smiles! Went low and slog swept Yasir over the deep mid-wicket fence, well-timed shot that

47.0 - Irfan to James Taylor, out Caught by Ahmed Shehzad at !! No, this doesn't quite seem to be his game. Slogging I mean. And also, he was hoodwinked by the lack of pace. Off-pace length delivery around off, Taylor is way too early in the slog. Spoons it off the bottom towards long-on. They don't come much easier. James Taylor c Ahmed Shehzad b Irfan 13(14) [6s-1]

40.2 - Azhar Ali to Eoin Morgan, out Stumped!! Pakistan are forcing themselves back into the picture. Now the captain is on his way back. Flashed his cards too early. Azhar saw him advancing, pulled his length back and slipped in the googly. Morgan, quite unaware, tries to bludgeon it across the line. The ball rips away beating the outside edge. Easy stumping to effect. Eoin Morgan st Sarfraz b Azhar Ali 14(13) [4s-2]

35.3 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, out Caught by Babar Azam!! Yasir Shah has winkled out Roy and that is a crucial wicket to take. It was a tired shot though, from the Surrey dasher. He advanced down the wicket, Yasir Shah though, smartly shortened his length a touch, Roy didn't get anywhere near the pitch of the ball as he looked to loft and got it off the toe-end of the bat to the fielder at long-off, who snaffled the catch. Jason Roy c Babar Azam b Yasir Shah 102(117) [4s-8 6s-1]

11.1 - Irfan to Hales, out Caught by Shoaib Malik!! Catch it Malik, catch it. And he does. Before tumbling over like a tired old man. Short of length delivery outside off, Hales rocks back and commits to the pull. Again holds up on him. Might have been a trifle early into the shot. Gets it off a thick top edge. The ball floats over to the left of third man. Easy enough for the veteran. On replays, I can infer that it was one of those cutters which stuck in the deck. Hales c Shoaib Malik b Irfan 22(29) [4s-2]

25.5 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, oh poor Yasir Shah! Must feel for this bloke, skipper gave him the slip and he successfully induces an outside edge on Roy's attempted poke. Rizwan, who has had a very poor day in the field yet again shells out a sharp chance, has been that kind of day for him. Yasir is certainly not sitting next to Rizwan (as and when they have the dinner tonight)

45.0 - Riaz to Buttler, 1 run, bangs it in short, was another cutter, Buttler saw it late and dragged the pull down to fine leg off the bottom of the bat. Brings up fifty in just 30 balls

33.5 - Yasir Shah to Jason Roy, 1 run, well, Roy gets to his maiden ODI ton and he is chuffed about it. He raises his bat to acknowledge his teammates and the sparse crowd. It has been a well-constructed innings from the Surrey dasher. Coming back to the ball, Roy cut a delivery that was shorter in length to sweeper cover

18.5 - Anwar Ali to Jason Roy, 2 runs, there comes the cheeky smile - fifty is the reason. Roy waits on the back foot and steers it to the left of third man, Riaz sprints across, puts in the slide and saves two

1.3 - Anwar Ali to Hales, 1 run, a direct-hit and Hales was gone. A misfield earlier in the over meant that Rizwan was the fielder who could be taken on. Not to be this time. Moves swiftly to his right from mid-wicket after Hales had clipped it gently, slides to collect and rifles in the throw at the non-striker's end. Misses by a few inches

37.0 - Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, FOUR, he is not holding back! Try and get as much as you can might have been the message from the dressing room and Ali is just doing that. Advances and whips it over mid-wicket, no chance for the man sprinting across to his right from long-on

35.5 - Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, again! He repeats the same shot and this time much higher, WIlley leapt high but he was never going to grab that one, third boundary into the long-on fence

35.4 - Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, Anwar Ali does what Sarfraz would have liked to do two balls before - placing it over the fielder with a lofted drive that is. Steps out and smacks this quicker delivery over mid-on

35.1 - Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, FOUR, quicker and on the stumps, Sarfraz dances down the track and loft-drives it over mid-on, couple of bounces and into the fence

33.4 - Adil Rashid to Anwar Ali, FOUR, full and on the stumps, Anwar Ali sinks low and times the pants off this sweep shot, found the gap behind backward point and got the desired outcome

31.1 - Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, out comes the aggressor again! Quicker and on the stumps, Malik goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it to the cow corner fence

29.4 - Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, FOUR, finds the gap this time, skips out and wrists this in the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket, all about placement that shot

29.0 - Topley to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Malik makes room and aims to cut, gets an inside edge to the fine leg fence for another boundary

27.0 - Woakes to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, length and on the stumps, Malik heaves it to the long-on fence for another boundary. It was a meaty blow from the veteran batsman

25.3 - Adil Rashid to Rizwan, FOUR, on middle and leg, Rizwan brings out the sweep and connects it to perfection. It runs away to the backward square leg fence in a jiffy

20.1 - Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, full toss from Moeen Ali, Azam opens the face and nicely steers it to deep backward point for a boundary

17.0 - Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, quicker and splayed down leg, Azam tickles it fine and it scurries to the boundary boards. No need to run for those

16.0 - Topley to Hafeez, FOUR, short. Pulled. Four. Same old story. Topley tries to emulate Woakes, the ball sits up for Hafeez to get comfortable, essays the airy pull to deep mid-wicket

15.0 - Moeen Ali to Hafeez, FOUR, Hales has dropped a dolly! To make it worse, parries it to the fence. Flat delivery, Hafeez shimmies and attempts a mighty heave, an alright connection but Hales was waiting there at deep mid-wicket. Tries to take it reverse-cupped but it burst through his hands. Blinded by the fore ring?

13.5 - Topley to Babar Azam, FOUR, who's Federer? Short and slower outside off, Azam plays the double-handed forehand to smack the ball to the long-off fence. All power there. Tennis lessons must have helped

12.1 - Moeen Ali to Babar Azam, FOUR, welcome Moeen boundary this. Very slow through the air, Azam reaches forward and lets his outstretched hands do the driving to deep extra cover

11.2 - Woakes to Hafeez, FOUR, that's neater than a last bencher's mathematics paper. Length delivery, Hafeez gets under it and plays the smoothy loft, the ball times itself straight down the ground for a one-bounce four

10.4 - Willey to Hafeez, FOUR, ah, put-me-away-please ball. Short at gentle pace down the leg, Hafeez swivels and plays the roll-the-wrists pull to fine leg

9.0 - Willey to Babar Azam, FOUR, you have to palm the catches on a day the Dubai pitch is offering you to them. Not having a second slip doesn't help. It was banged in on short of length, Azam plays the chained-feet punch, the ball takes the thick outside edge and flies wide of the first slip to third man. It's all happening at the moment

8.3 - Willey to Azhar Ali, FOUR, half-deliberate and Ali will not mind the runs he got off them. Short of a length outside off, Ali threw his hands at it as he tried to smear an uppish cut, the ball takes the top-edge and speeds away over the vacant cordon on its way to the third man fence

7.3 - Woakes to Azhar Ali, FOUR, Woakes is losing it already. Trashy delivery down the leg, not an ideal follow-up to a deflating pull shot, Ali half-turns and glances it very fine, off the ball goes

6.4 - Willey to Hafeez, FOUR, I-will-attack-your-pads delivery but the inswing takes it down the leg side, Hafeez times the one-legged clip towards the backward square leg fence

5.4 - Woakes to Azhar Ali, FOUR, short again but hurled wide, Ali thankfully doesn't try to fetch the pull, opts for the cut and nails it to the sweeper cover fence

4.0 - Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, intent marries timing this time. On a length, outside off, good enough to stretch one's hand and heave it across the line, ball travels to the wide long-on fence

2.0 - Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, this is more like it from Ali. Floated full outside off, Ali leans and lets his hands get to the ball, silks the drive through extra cover

1.3 - Topley to Azhar Ali, FOUR, that's lovely. Full length delivery that swings in on middle, Ali was well-balanced as he played the late-ish clip off his pads, all wrists and the ball races away to deep square leg

1.0 - Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR, ah, ever so close! This was twirled in, very full giving it a chance to swing, Shehzad managed to get some bat on this as he tried to turn it fine

27.1 - Adil Rashid to Rizwan, SIX, it is raining sixes and boundaries in Dubai. The fleet-footed Rizwan dances down the track, takes it on the half-volley and lofts it over the long-on fence. It easily sails into the stands

24.0 - Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik uses his feet, comes close to the pitch of the ball and lofts it down the ground for the maximum. The shot was measured as 101 metres

22.1 - Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik ventures out of the crease, gets close to the pitch of the ball and heaves it over the long-on fence for the maximum

19.5 - Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, SIX, Azam goes inside-out and lofts it over long-off fence for a sparkling six

13.3 - Topley to Hafeez, SIX, oh my! Dubai is witnessing a classic. Slower ball from Topley, Hafeez had his big glasses on to read that, swings his arms and launches it into the deep mid-wicket orbit

7.2 - Woakes to Azhar Ali, SIX, the ball might just have bled there. Woakes continues testing the batsmen with bouncers, tempts them again into underestimating the pace but Ali was upto it. Rocks back and times the pants out of it with a slash-the-air pull shot

5.3 - Woakes to Azhar Ali, SIX, geez, not this time. Woakes' pace has got what it deserved. Another short ball, Ali was waiting, smacks the pull, no roll of the wrists and the deep mid-wicket fence suffers

40.4 - Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, out Caught by Adil Rashid!! That's it. Hail Hales. Glorify Willey. Worship Buttler. England have yet again won an ODI series in the UAE and Pakistan end up worsening their ODI record here further. This was very full from Moeen, Anwar Ali slaps it straight to Moeen Ali's spin twin at cover who snaffled it inches above the ground. Flings the ball in the air as England's dressing room jumps for joy. There is some fire in this English team and Pakistan are the latest to get their hands burnt. Watch out for this team. Anwar Ali c Adil Rashid b Moeen Ali 24(24) [4s-4]

38.4 - Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, out Caught by Woakes!! Easy peasy for Woakes. One more to go for England. Flighted delivery outside off, Yasir tries to go full monty with the clobber across the line, connects but hits it straight down the throat of long-on. Yasir Shah c Woakes b Moeen Ali 5(8)

36.1 - Moeen Ali to Riaz, out Caught&Bowled!! Easy as you like! Moeen didn't even had to move an inch, was just like a catching practice for him. He gave this flighted delivery more air and enticed Riaz to go after it. Riaz obliged and drove it straight to Moeen. Riaz c and b Moeen Ali 1(2)

35.2 - Adil Rashid to Sarfraz, out Caught by Willey!! Crowd go silent and that should tell you the story of the day. Sarfraz emulates his previous shot - a shimmy down the track and a lofted drive. Couldn't have picked the fielder any better, straight in front of the reverse-cupping David Willey at mid-on. That should be the game for England. Sarfraz c Willey b Adil Rashid 24(26) [4s-2]

32.2 - Topley to Shoaib Malik, out Caught by Hales!! "Absolute stunner" shouts Bumble on air and the gangly Reece Topley is delighted. Pumps his fist in joy and celebrates with his team-mates. It was a tremendous take from Alex Hales. That drop catch earlier must have fired him up. Topley offers a lollypop (full toss) and Malik slogs sans any timing. Neither got the power nor the elevation behind the shot. Hales from mid-wicket sprints across, puts in the dive and grabs a stunner (just inches above the turf). England got the key man and now the target shifts to Sarfraz - the last recognized batsman left in the middle. Shoaib Malik c Hales b Topley 52(34) [4s-3 6s-2]

27.2 - Adil Rashid to Rizwan, out Caught by Buttler!! Rashid strikes just in the nick of time for the visitors. It is Rizwan who has to make his way back to the pavilion. With furious rotations of the ball, Rizwan gets this one to drift in. The ball then spins away from the right-hander, who pushes at it and gets a faint outside edge to the keeper. Rizwan was desperately disappointed to lose his wicket. Rizwan c Buttler b Adil Rashid 11(8) [4s-1 6s-1]

25.1 - Adil Rashid to Babar Azam, out Caught by Hales!! Timely wicket for the tourists. Azam was going great guns, but he has thrown his wicket away. It was a tossed up delivery that was bowled outside off, Azam mitimed the loft towards sweeper cover. Three fielders converge to pouch the catch. It is Hales, who keeps his eyes on the ball, slides on his knees and snaffles the catch with both his hands. Babar Azam c Hales b Adil Rashid 51(51) [4s-5 6s-1]

19.0 - Moeen Ali to Hafeez, out Hafeez Run Out!! Well, another terrible mix-up results in a run-out for Pakistan. Hafeez pushes it to Willey at cover-point and sets off for a single. Willey swoops down on the ball and under-arms it to Buttler, who collects it in front of the stumps and whips the bails off. The umpire checked whether the bail flew off his gloves. However, it was clear on replays it was a run-out.Hafeez run out (Willey/Buttler) 37(36) [4s-5 6s-1]

8.4 - Willey to Azhar Ali, out Caught&Bowled!! And he's gone? Can you believe it? Such a soft, soft dismissal. Willey rolled his fingers across the ball, Ali was looking to defend it with a closed bat face, ends up chipping it back to the bowler, who takes a good low catch. Somewhat off the leading edge and Willey lets out a roar into the batsman's face. Azhar Ali c and b Willey 44(32) [4s-6 6s-2]

6.3 - Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! And Shehzad falls into the same fish-net that he was trying to make holes in. Short ball, held up in the pitch perhaps, Shehzad was early into his pull and mistimed it straight down the throat of the man at deep square leg. England get a foot in the door. Ahmed Shehzad c Moeen Ali b Willey 13(17) [4s-1]

37.5 - Woakes to Anwar Ali, 1 run, dropped but a very good effort from the paceman David Willey. Ali stays firm at the crease and top-edges the pull towards long-on. Willey runs forward, puts in the forward dive but failed to cling on, hurt his finger in the process too. He is now being attended by the physio and seems as if he is fine now, all ready for the ball-rolling action again...

4.2 - Willey to Ahmed Shehzad, no run, nearly. That was hit very hard. Shortish outside off, Shehzad throws the kitchen sink on the cut, the ball rockets to Taylor at short cover who can't hold on - such was the speed. He got both hands but the ball burst through

31.3 - Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, brings up his 35th ODI fifty with a drive down to long-on

24.3 - Woakes to Babar Azam, 1 run, Azam has completed a well-measured fifty. He raises his bat and acknowledges the cheers from the crowd and his teammates. It was a fuller length delivery that was bowled just outside off, Azam drove it to cover

24.1 - Woakes to Babar Azam, 2 runs, splayed down leg, Azam tucks it to backward square for a brace. Excellent running between the wickets from the duo