Anderson Spares England's Blushes
Cricket: Man of the match James Anderson took four wickets for 48 as England sneaked a six-rus win over Pakistan in the final one-day international.
Man of the match James Anderson took four wickets for 48, and all-rounder Ian Blackwell three for 29, as England sneaked a six-rus win over Pakistan in the final one-day international.
Pakistan looked to be coasting as they reached 152 for three in the 40th over. But then Blackwell took the key wickets of Mohammad Yousuf (54), Younis Khan (15) and Shoaib Malik (8) and Anderson wiped up the lower order as Pakistan lost six wickets for 48 in the last 11 overs.
Pakistan eventually finishing on 200 for nine, six runs short of England's 206-9.
Earlier England's batsmen had earlier exercised conspicuous caution after finding initial trouble against a team who rested Shoaib Akhtar, his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Sami and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for this dead rubber.
The middle order got bogged down, top-scorer Solanki taking 86 balls over his 49 and Andrew Flintoff - feeling an ankle injury which meant he was playing as a specialist batsman - needing 73 deliveries to reach 39.
England's conservative gameplan at least ensured six wickets were kept in reserve for the final 10 overs, and the pay-off was the addition of 74 runs - including an ultimately decisive 19 in the last one as Liam Plunkett climbed into Razzaq.
Pakistan looked to be coasting as they reached 152 for three in the 40th over. But then Blackwell took the key wickets of Mohammad Yousuf (54), Younis Khan (15) and Shoaib Malik (8) and Anderson wiped up the lower order as Pakistan lost six wickets for 48 in the last 11 overs.
Pakistan eventually finishing on 200 for nine, six runs short of England's 206-9.
Earlier England's batsmen had earlier exercised conspicuous caution after finding initial trouble against a team who rested Shoaib Akhtar, his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Sami and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for this dead rubber.
The middle order got bogged down, top-scorer Solanki taking 86 balls over his 49 and Andrew Flintoff - feeling an ankle injury which meant he was playing as a specialist batsman - needing 73 deliveries to reach 39.
England's conservative gameplan at least ensured six wickets were kept in reserve for the final 10 overs, and the pay-off was the addition of 74 runs - including an ultimately decisive 19 in the last one as Liam Plunkett climbed into Razzaq.
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