Jason Roy powers England to 302 and 4-1 series win, but Pakistan avert a whitewash
Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 5th ODI: England v Pakistan at Cardiff, Sep 4, 2016
England 302 for 9 off 50 ov JJ Roy 87 off 89, 8 fours, 2 sixes, BA Stokes 75 off 76, 5 fours, 3 sixes, JM Bairstow 33 off 36, 4 fours, Mohammad Amir 50-3, Umar Gul 77-1, Hasan Ali 60-4, Imad Wasim 33-1.
Pakistan 304 for 6 off 48.3 ov, Azhar 33 off 37, 3 fours, Babar Azam 31 off 29, 6 fours, Shoaib Malik 77 off 80, 5 fours, 2 sixes, Sarfaraz Ahmed 90 off 73, 10 fours, 1 six, MA Wood 56-2, CR Woakes 47-1. Liam Dawson 70-2
Jason Roy became the 12th England opener to aggregate 1000 runs in ODI. An 163 run partnership between Sarfaraz Ahmed 90 and Shoaib Malik 64 ensured Pakistan reached 304 f0r 6 and averted a whitewash.
Pakistan’s highest successful chase outside Asia in ODI enabled them to avoid a whitewash.
Five-match series wins for England 4-1. Sarfarz Ahmed’s 90 in this series is the most by a Pakistan wicketkeeper in any ODI series. He eclipsed Umar Akamal’s 253 runs in Asia Cup. He partnered with Shoaib Malik for 163 runs for the fourth wicket is the third-biggest partnership for Pakistan against England for any wicket. This was Pakistan’s first century stand of the series. Hasan Ali took 4-60 and 3-50 by Mohammad Amir.
England batsmen who aggregated 175 or more runs in this series as Root made 274 runs, Alex Hale 223, Ben Stokes 201, Jason Roy 181, Eoin Morgan 179.