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England draw the
series with a 3-wicket win in a low scoring
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September 10, 2006 (Scorecard)
Sajid Mahmood pulled off an all round show to
help England draw the 5-match Series against
Pakistan. The 24-year-old had taken 2 for 24
with the ball and then came up with an unbeaten
22 which got England home chasing a paltry
target of 155. England had slipped down to 118
for 7 before Sajid Mahmood put on an unbroken 37
runs for the 8th wicket along with Michael Yardy
(12*).
It was a low scoring affair in the fifth and
final ODI at Edgbaston with Pakistan crawling to
just 154 losing 9 wickets in the allotted 50
overs after being put into bat by Andrew
Strauss. Pakistan made a couple of changes
bringing in Imran Farhat in place of Shoaib
Malik and then resting Shoaib Akhtar to give all
rounder Iftikhar Anjum his first International
game of the tour. England retained the same side
that had won the fourth ODI at Trent Bridge. The
visitors started off in a steady fashion but
lost wickets at regular intervals ever since
losing Imran Farhat through a run out. Pakistan
could never recover and could just put on 154
for the loss of 9 wickets batting out all the 50
overs. Younis Khan was the top scorer with 47
which came in 80 balls. He was dismissed in the
44th over. The second highest scorer was Mr.
Extras with 24 and then it was Mohammad Hafeez
at the top with 18 to his name. Jon Lewis was
terrific giving away just 25 runs in his 10
overs besides taking the wicket of the dangerous
Shahid Afridi who had come in at no.3. Sajid
Mahmood had taken the wickets of Mohammad Hafeez
and Mohammad Yousuf (11). Paul Collingwood and
Jamie Dalrymple had also chipped in with a
couple of wickets.
Mohammad Asif and Rao Iftikhar Anjum had
provided the inroads reducing England to 49 for
3. Ed Joyce (8) and the two inform batsmen – Ian
Bell (2) and Andrew Strauss (35) were the three
men out. Kevin Pietersen then found an able
partner in Paul Collingwood to take England past
the hundred run mark. Shahid Afridi and Abdul
Razzaq brought Pakistan back in the match by
taking four wickets in the space of 19 balls
with the addition of just 16 runs. However
Pakistan couldn’t get any other wickets with
Sajid Mahmood surviving the reverse swing and
Shahid Afridi’s leg spin along with Michael
Yardy. The victory came at the end of the 31st
over. For Pakistan, Mohammad Asif took two
wickets that of Joyce and Bell but gave away 57
in his 10. Abdul Razzaq took 2 for 23 in 6 overs
and Shahid Afridi took 2 for 14 in 5 overs.
Sajid Mahmood was declared as the Man of the
Match for his critical innings and impressive
bowling. Younis Khan was the Player of the
Series for his consistent batting.
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