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Stokes, Bairstow set up victorious run chase

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Azhar Ali won the toss for Pakistan ...  Getty Images
... and invited England to field first  Getty Images
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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
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