England vs Pakistan, 4th ODI at Dubai, Nov 20 2015 - Match Result

10.12pm Handshakes all round, and quite an achievement from England to seal this series, especially after a pretty heavy thumping in the opening contest. The hero of the hour, none other than Jos Buttler, whose turbo-charged century put England out of reach. It was a valiant chase in the circumstances, but 46-ball centuries are generally hard to trump ...

atifsardarkhan: "Only website where you come across the most interesting comments. I'm sure many others would come for the same reason :D BTW! WELL PLAYED TEAM ENGLAND and hope our team find some better middle order players." You're very welcome, it's been a pleasure ...

So, England win by 84 runs, and claim an impressive 3-1 series win. If Buttler isn't the Man of the Match I will eat the TV. Have a read of George Dobell's match report, being uploaded as we speak. From Gnasher and myself, goodnight and don't forget to tune back in next week for the tour finale, the T20 series.

40.4

Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, OUT

tossed up, driven, plucked low at short cover, and England have sealed the series! Or have they? A quick check upstairs to make sure it carried, but the fielders are in little doubt. A pretty futile faff, the umpire's soft signal was out, and sure enough, it is!

Anwar Ali c Rashid b Ali 24 (24b 4x4 0x6 35m) SR: 100

40.3

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

tonked out to wide long-on

40.2

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

tossed onto a good length, fielded inadvertently by the non-striker, Irfan

40.1

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

punched down the track

Over40

Maiden

PAK 271/9CRR: 6.77 RRR: 8.50

Mohammad Irfan 0 (6b)Anwar Ali 24 (20b 4x4)

CR Woakes0/46 (8)

A maiden over. A rare moment of calm in a bat-frenzied contest

39.6

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

outside off, a loose poke

39.5

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

bouncer! Grrr ... did well to get it that high, to be fair. Irfan turns his head and wears it on the armpit

39.4

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

39.3

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

forward and defended into the covers

39.2

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

on the back foot, and angled into the covers

39.1

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Woakes to Irfan, no run

defended

Ali: "Can anwar snatch the match from England? Its a lot to ask but he did the same with Srilanka" That was also a one-wicket win. ~~Never say never~~ ... who am I kidding?

Over39

1 run, 1 wicket

PAK 271/9CRR: 6.94 RRR: 7.72

Anwar Ali 24 (20b 4x4)Mohammad Irfan 0 (0b)

MM Ali2/53 (9)

38.6

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

down the track, tapped to midwicket

38.5

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

driven back to the bowler

David R.: "Pardon the injection of mathematics but it's not less than a run a ball, and Pakistan can't technically win it in singles. The required run-rate is still over 7, and it only briefly dipped below 7 (to 6.85, as I recall)." Fair point, who's actually paying attention at this stage anyway?

38.4

Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, OUT

battered into the deep, and that is easy pickings for Woakes at wide long-on. Nearly done

Yasir Shah c Woakes b Ali 5 (8b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 62.5

38.3

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Moeen Ali to Yasir Shah, no run

half an appeal as Yasir misses a slog sweep

38.2

Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, 1 run

clattered down the ground, lots of intent but the field is set back

James Bartholom: "The chase was never going to be easy. England maintained pressure and forced Pakistan to go after the ball, ultimately costing wickets" Troo dat

38.1

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Moeen Ali to Anwar Ali, no run

Over38

4 runs

PAK 270/8CRR: 7.10 RRR: 7.16

Yasir Shah 5 (6b)Anwar Ali 23 (16b 4x4)

CR Woakes0/46 (7)

37.6

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Woakes to Yasir Shah, no run

a play and a miss to complete the over

A break in play as Willey gets patched up. Pakistan could get em in singles, theoretically ...

37.5

Woakes to Anwar Ali, 1 run

having said that, there is a horrid static hoick from deep in the crease, and David Willey running in from deep long-on can't quite get his fingers under the ball. Or maybe he does, as he is in a significant amount of pain. That could smart ...

37.4

Woakes to Yasir Shah, 1 run

on the pads, a gentle clip out to the leg-side. There is a serenity so far about this partnership, as if they have twigged that it is less than a run a ball ...

Muneeb: "I know its pretty much over but my heart is still saying we can win.. Bleed green" You ought to get that checked out. Could be gangrene ...

37.3

Woakes to Anwar Ali, 1 run

driven on the up to midwicket

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