Stokes, Bairstow set up victorious run chase
ESPNcricinfo staff
01-Sep-2016

Azhar Ali won the toss for Pakistan ... • Getty Images
... and invited England to field first•Getty Images
Sami Aslam started cautiously for Pakistan•Getty Images
... but Ben Stokes' safe hands accounted for both openers•Getty Images
Liam Plunkett was the beneficiary of Stokes' second catch, as Aslam fell for 24•Getty Images
Azhar Ali was Pakistan's mainstay in an innings that never really got going•Getty Images
... despite two emphatic sixes from Pakistan's captain•Getty Images
Pakistani supporters were out in force but had little to cheer•Getty Images
Moeen Ali didn't concede a boundary in his spell of 10-0-39-2•Getty Images
... while Adil Rashid claimed three wickets in his own spell•Getty Images
Sarfraz Ahmed was the first of Rashid's victims•Getty Images
Chris Jordan conceded 14 runs in his final four overs•Getty Images
Only Imad Wasim looked fluent in striking 57 not out off 41 balls•Getty Images
However, chasing 248, England lost Jason Roy for 14•AFP
... to Mohammad Irfan, who soon added Alex Hales for 8•AFP
Joe Root missed out on his sixth fifty in a row when he top-edged Hasan Ali to fine leg•Getty Images
And England were reeling at 72 for 4 when Eoin Morgan edged Umar Gul to slip•Getty Images
But Ben Stokes led England's fightback with a mature innings•Getty Images
... with the local boy Jonny Bairstow alongside him in a fifty-run stand•Getty Images
Stokes made his fourth ODI fifty before being caught at deep midwicket•Getty Images
Bairstow also passed 50 as he and Moeen took the chase closer•Getty Images
A direct hit saw Bairstow run out for 61 with 23 still required•Getty Images
Moeen clubbed a couple of sixes to finish of the job and give England a 4-0 lead in the series•AFP