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September 22, 2010, Wednesday
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PAKISTAN took the one-day series against England into a deciding fifth match after winning by 38 runs on Monday, on a day relations between the two teams threatened to boil over following fresh corruption claims.
Having set England 266 to win the fourth one-dayer and take an unassailable lead in the series, Pakistan bowled the home side out for 227 in 46.1 overs at Lord's to level it at 2-2.
Pakistan paceman Umar Gul had the best bowling figures of 4-32, while England captain Andrew Strauss top-scored with 68.
The match went ahead despite England's outrage at Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt's accusation that England players threw Friday's match at The Oval, which Pakistan won to keep the series alive. The last match is in Southampton today.
Butt's allegations came after an investigation was opened by the ICC following claims the scoring in Pakistan's innings on Friday was prearranged.
"I feel pretty deflated," Strauss said after the match. "It's been a long, arduous and difficult 24 hours and, at the back end of it to lose a game of cricket we were in a position to win, was very disappointing.
"We had a lot of meetings last night. We didn't have a lot of time to respond to the allegations that surfaced yesterday. Was it ideal preparation? No. But I wouldn't use it as an excuse."
Abdul Razzaq's entertaining end-of-innings flourish, during which he bludgeoned eight fours and a six to score 44 off 20 balls, gave Pakistan a challenging total of 265-7 to defend.
England got off to a flyer in its reply thanks to a 113-run opening partnership between Strauss and Steven Davies (49). The stand came off 123 balls, ending when Davies chopped a ball from Saeed Ajmal onto his own stumps.
Jonathan Trott followed him after playing on off Shahid Afridi for 4.
Wahab Riaz, who has also been questioned by police about fixing allegations but who wasn't selected for the game, and Trott had been involved in a confrontation in the nets before play started. They were both spoken to by match referee Jeff Crowe.
The jitters really set in when Strauss slashed a wide ball from Shoaib Akhtar straight to Fawad Alam at point in the next over.
With Afridi looking menacing and Akhtar steaming in under the floodlights, Pakistan was in the ascendancy. And when Gul bowled Collingwood for 4 and Bell drove straight at Azhar Ali for 27, England was on the ropes having lost four wickets for 36 runs and with the required run rate up to 7.75 an over.
England still had hope with limited-overs specialist Eoin Morgan at the crease but he was running out of partners, Michael Yardy becoming the third England batsman to play onto his own stumps, out for 9.
When Morgan departed for 28, the game was up for the hosts as the tail surrendered.
Having set England 266 to win the fourth one-dayer and take an unassailable lead in the series, Pakistan bowled the home side out for 227 in 46.1 overs at Lord's to level it at 2-2.
Pakistan paceman Umar Gul had the best bowling figures of 4-32, while England captain Andrew Strauss top-scored with 68.
The match went ahead despite England's outrage at Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt's accusation that England players threw Friday's match at The Oval, which Pakistan won to keep the series alive. The last match is in Southampton today.
Butt's allegations came after an investigation was opened by the ICC following claims the scoring in Pakistan's innings on Friday was prearranged.
"I feel pretty deflated," Strauss said after the match. "It's been a long, arduous and difficult 24 hours and, at the back end of it to lose a game of cricket we were in a position to win, was very disappointing.
"We had a lot of meetings last night. We didn't have a lot of time to respond to the allegations that surfaced yesterday. Was it ideal preparation? No. But I wouldn't use it as an excuse."
Abdul Razzaq's entertaining end-of-innings flourish, during which he bludgeoned eight fours and a six to score 44 off 20 balls, gave Pakistan a challenging total of 265-7 to defend.
England got off to a flyer in its reply thanks to a 113-run opening partnership between Strauss and Steven Davies (49). The stand came off 123 balls, ending when Davies chopped a ball from Saeed Ajmal onto his own stumps.
Jonathan Trott followed him after playing on off Shahid Afridi for 4.
Wahab Riaz, who has also been questioned by police about fixing allegations but who wasn't selected for the game, and Trott had been involved in a confrontation in the nets before play started. They were both spoken to by match referee Jeff Crowe.
The jitters really set in when Strauss slashed a wide ball from Shoaib Akhtar straight to Fawad Alam at point in the next over.
With Afridi looking menacing and Akhtar steaming in under the floodlights, Pakistan was in the ascendancy. And when Gul bowled Collingwood for 4 and Bell drove straight at Azhar Ali for 27, England was on the ropes having lost four wickets for 36 runs and with the required run rate up to 7.75 an over.
England still had hope with limited-overs specialist Eoin Morgan at the crease but he was running out of partners, Michael Yardy becoming the third England batsman to play onto his own stumps, out for 9.
When Morgan departed for 28, the game was up for the hosts as the tail surrendered.
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