It is the second one-day international match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. Pakistan had won the toss and elected to field first. The playing 11 of Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Their rival England’s playing 11: Philip Salt, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley, James Vince, Ben Stokes (c), John Simpson (wk), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Brydon Carse, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Parkinson. England finished their innings by getting all-out at 247 runs in 45.2 overs. Philip Salt knock of 60 runs off 54 balls, James Vince’s knock of 56 runs off 22 balls, a short cameo of Lewis Gregory of 40 runs and Brydon Carse’s 31 runs helped England to reach the total of 247 runs.
Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali takes a five-wicket haul. He dismissed Dawid Malan at the duck, England skipper Ben Stokes at 22 runs, Craig Overton at the duck, Saqib Mahmood at eight runs, and John Simpson at 17 runs. In the previous match, England pacer Saqib Mahmood shined, but in this match, Hasan Ali showed his mark.
Now, Pakistan has to chase a total of 248 runs in 50 overs to lead the nation to victory and level the series. England had won the previous ODI and leading the series. After cracking bowling performance, Pakistan would aim to chase the total and level the series by 1-1.