- England crush Pakistan by 93 runs to finish forgettable WC campaign on winning note
England scored a competitive 337 for nine against Pakistan in their last game of what has been a forgettable World Cup campaign, here on Saturday.
Batting first, Jonny Bairstow (31) and Dawid Malan (59) added 82 runs for the first wicket before star all-rounder Ben Stokes smashed 84 runs in 76 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes.
Joe Root compiled a neat 60 in 72 balls.
The pair of Stokes and Root stitched 132 runs for the third wicket to power the defending champions, who will be returning home after this game.
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took three wickets for 64 runs while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Wasim took two apiece.
Scoreboard (England innings)
Dawid Malan c Mohammad Rizwan b Iftikhar Ahmed 31 Jonny Bairstow c Agha Salman b Haris Rauf 59 Joe Root c Shadab Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 60 Ben Stokes b Shaheen Shah Afridi 84 Jos Buttler (c) run out (Haris Rauf) 27 Harry Brook c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Haris Rauf 30 Moeen Ali b Haris Rauf 8 Chris Woakes not out 4 David Willey c Iftikhar Ahmed b Mohammad Wasim 15 Gus Atkinson b Mohammad Wasim 0 Adil Rashid not out 0 Extras: (b 5, lb 2, w 12) 19
Total: (For nine wickets in 50 overs) 337
Fall of wickets: 82-1, 108-2, 240-3, 257-4, 302-5, 308-6, 317-7, 336-8, 336-9.
Bowling: Shaheen Shah Afridi 10-1-72-2, Haris Rauf 10-0-64-3, Iftikhar Ahmed 7-0-38-1, Mohammad Wasim 10-0-74-2, Shadab Khan 10-0-57-0, Agha Salman 3-0-25-0
