NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom / Metro1 News: Pakistan beat World Cup favourites England by 14 runs despite centuries from Joe Root and Jos Buttler here at Trent Bridge on Monday. Having scored 348 for eight in their 50 overs thanks to 84 from Mohammad Hafeez and Babar Azam´s 63, Pakistan held off the England charge with a late flurry of wickets to leave them 334-9.
Root scored 107 and Buttler made 103, but that was not enough to stop hosts England suffering a first defeat in their second match of the tournament as Pakistan bounced back from a thrashing against the West Indies.
With Babar Azam (63) and Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (55) also making fifties, this was a major turnaround from a Pakistan side who collapsed to 105 all out in a seven-wicket defeat by the West Indies in their World Cup opener at the same ground on Friday.
Pakistan were undone by a barrage of bouncers against the West Indies and England, unsurprisingly, deployed similar tactics after captain Eoin Morgan won the toss, with their attack featuring recalled fast bowler Mark Wood.
But Pakistan coped well on a ground where England had twice set a world record for the highest one-day international total -- 444 for three against Pakistan in 2016 and last year´s 481 for six against Australia.
Yet having failed to defend a score of 340 against England -- the world´s top-ranked ODI side -- at Trent Bridge last month, the worry for Pakistan was that they may not have put enough runs on the board.
For all the talk about England´s quicks, it was off-spinner Moeen Ali who took the first three wickets Monday on his way to figures of three for 50.
By contrast, fast bowler Jofra Archer´s 10 wicketless overs cost 79 runs while Woakes, who equalled the record of four catches by an outfielder in a World Cup innings, took an expensive three for 71 in eight overs.
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