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Sarfraz century not enough for brittle Pakistan

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England gained their first wicket when the TV umpire ruled that Sami Aslam had gloved his pull  Getty Images
Pakistan were soon two down as Sharjeel Khan could do nothing about a beauty from Mark Wood  Getty Images
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The ball nipped from outside leg to pluck out off stump  Getty Images
And it was three down in the blink of an eye when Chris Woakes removed Azhar Ali  Getty Images
Babar Azam responded with some confident strokes...  Getty Images
... as he and Sarfraz Ahmed repaired the damage with a 64-run stand  AFP
Liam Plunkett broke the fourth-wicket partnership by removing Azam  Getty Images
Shoaib Malik hit Pakistan's first six of the series when he charged at Moeen Ali  Getty Images
Sarfraz reached his second fifty of the series to hold Pakistan together  AFP
Mark Wood returned for a second spell and nabbed Malik's wicket  Getty Images
Sarfraz was ecstatic on completing the first Pakistan ODI hundred at Lord's  AFP
Imad Wasim picked up the pace after a slow start to make a 57-ball fifty  AFP
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The umpires had to step in when Plunkett and Imad had a brief altercation  Getty Images
Mohammad Amir struck a big blow by bowling Jason Roy for a duck  Getty Images
Alex Hales' struggles continued when he missed a sweep and was bowled  Getty Images
Eoin Morgan fought for fluency in another hard-worked innings  Getty Images
... while Root led the chase with his second fifty of the series  Getty Images
Root and Morgan added 112 for the third wicket  Getty Images
Ben Stokes danced down the wicket and hit a straight six during a lively stay  Getty Images
Moeen Ali ensured a couple of late wickets didn't cause any drama for England  Getty Images
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