Pakistan succumbed to defeat against the second-string England team ꦛin the third and last ODI, failing to avoid an embarrassing clean sweep 0-3.
James Vince’s maiden hundred and a quickfire half-century from Lewis Gregory powered the English side♑ to a stunning three-wicke💙t win at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
After losing the first two ODIs of the three-match series, Babar Azam & Co. tried🌳 to make a s༒trong comeback. Captain Babar smashed his career-best score of 158 as the visitors posted 331-9 on the board after being sent in to bat.
In replay, Vin🌞ce scored a 95-ball 102 and the depleted England line-up chased down the mammoth total💫 in 48 overs with three wickets in hand.
Brief scores: Pakistan 331-9 in 50 overs (Babar Azam 158, Mohammad Rizwan 78; ꦬBrydon Carse 5/61) lost to England 332-7 in 48 overs (James Vince 102, Lewis Gregory 77; Haris Rauf 4/65) by 3 wickets.
Both teams will now take on each𓄧 other in a three-match T20I series s༒tarting from July 16.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
This England white ball set up has been outstanding for 5 yrs but I think this last week has proven the culture they have developed across the whole of E🦹nglish cricket has created a foundation for white ball succes♌s for many years … Great to watch …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
That is some series win for . Great to see those given the opportunity grasp it with both hands! Thrilled for all of them. Pakistan, on the other hand, will be 🦂disappointed (to put it mildly). They squan🐻dered a really good opportunity.
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell)
Well done to for putt♕ing on a gre♕at show. Esp today was phenomenal and his partnership with Gregory was the cherry on top. This is the depth one should have in their back up!
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11)
Even 400 won’t have sufficed with such sloppy fielding, Pakistan. And no excuses for unimaginative bowling. Almosꦜt as if Pakistan had no plan, nꦬo fizz. Well done England
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
This generation of cricketers are a joke 😍
Stokesy’s babes formed overnight 👏
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
Eoin Morgan has spoken regularly about England’s need for more middle order depth. Lewis Gregory h♌as certainly made his case in this series. Been Somerset’s finisher for a number of seasons and now giving it a good go for England.
— Rob Johnston (@RobJ_Cricket)
Pakistan's win percentage against Top 4 ODI teams (Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ) in the last five years is only 18.42%. They have won only 7 out of 38 matches.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Try telling the 20,000 nervous wrecks at Edgbaston this is a 'dead rubber'. What an extraordinary game of cricket. The highest aggregate score at this ground. Whoever wins…this has been one of the best games of ODI cricket we've seen in a while.
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz)
I’m a *fan* of this England s𓆏ide. Thank you for a fantastic fight, and for brilliantly exposing Pakistan’s dee💯per problems.
— Roha Nadeem (@RohaNadym)
Take a bow !
158 from 139.
— Ian Pont Official (@Ponty100mph)
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As series wins go…
This one is up there 👏
🏴 🇵🇰
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
Just hom🅘e … the crowd today … absolutely outstanding… a privilege to be a part of it 👍👍👍👏👏👏
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket)
Me after wa🔥tching Pakistan cricket team lose once again:
— Benazir 🏏 (@BenazirMubasher)