Morgan top-scored with 76 while Taylor made 60 as the pair added 133 for the fourth wicket as the only highlight of the innings.Įngland got off to a disastrous start when Irfan, the tallest player in international cricket at 7ft 1in (2.16m), produced a sharp delivery to bowl opener Jason Roy with only the second ball of the game. England, who won the toss and batted, struggled against Pakistan's bowling led by Mohammad Irfan who took 3-35. "We were quite a few runs short and with less than 220 on the board, you can't blame the bowlers, so there is a lot to learn and pick before the next game," said Morgan. "We want to win it for him and I am happy to have contributed in this win." England skipper Morgan said his side's batting had let them down. "I want to dedicate this hundred to Younis who has been a role model for all of us," said Hafeez of the senior batsman. Hafeez dedicated his hundred to the retiring Younis. In all he hit four sixes and two fours in his run-a-ball knock.
Azam also impressed, hitting Chris Woakes for a straight six to complete his second one-day fifty, off just 55 balls. Hafeez, who hit 151 in the third Test in Sharjah last week, completed his tenth one-day century off 127 balls. He is the ninth Pakistani batsman to score 6,000 or more one-day runs. Malik, when ten, completed 6,000 one-day runs in his 229th match. Hafeez and Malik steadied Pakistan to 111 before Malik fell to a reckless shot off spinner Moeen Ali.
Younis, who before the start of the match announced his retirement from one-day cricket, finished his career with 7,249 runs in 265 matches. Pakistan, just like England, were rattled at the start, as left-arm paceman Reece Topley (3-26) dismissed Azhar Ali (eight), Bilal Asif (two) and Younis Khan (nine) to leave Pakistan at 41-3.
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