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Pakistan vs England ODI Series
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore
Umpires: D B Hair, B G Jerling
Result: England beat Pakistan by 42 runs
Series Result (ENG PAK): 1 - 0
Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff
Lahore first ODI England vs Pakistan
 England triumph in one-day openerDec 10, 2005
England achieved their highest one-day total on foreign soil to win the opening match of the one-day series against Pakistan by 42 runs.
Andrew Strauss anchored the innings with 94 and Kevin Pietersen (56) and Andrew Flintoff (72 not out) produced the big-hitting to carry them to 327-4.
Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik all made half centuries in reply.
But Pakistan were all out for 285 as super-sub Liam Plunkett claimed 3-51.
The result ended a seven-match winning streak for Pakistan in limited-overs internationals and gave England a much-needed lift after being beaten 2-0 in the Test series.
Their performance in the field perhaps owed more to perspiration than inspiration, with a weary-looking Flintoff conceding 41 from his opening four overs and Steve Harmison faring little better.
But the pair combined to end a 117-run second wicket stand when Flintoff caught Butt (67) off Harmison at mid-off - the left-hander having been dropped by Paul Collingwood off the second ball of Pakistan's innings.
Flintoff then dismissed Younis for 60, with Collingwood's hands this time proving safe, and added the final two wickets - the last a perfect yorker to bowl Danish Kaneria and take him to 100 victims in one-day games for England.
Spinner Ian Blackwell, called into the squad to replace injured Ashley Giles, also played a crucial role as he sent down 10 overs at a cost of 45 runs without conceding a single boundary.
And debutant Plunkett underlined his potential with the vital wickets of Yousuf (59), Malik (50) and Abdul Razzaq to prevent Pakistan building the necessary momentum after reaching the 40-over mark on 240-4.
England skipper Marcus Trescothick had no hesitation in batting first after winning the toss but it was new opening partner Matt Prior who provided the early impetus with 45.
Prior, who won selection with his 72 in the warm-up game against Pakistan A, opened his account with four off Sussex team-mate Rana Naved.
And he added another when he picked a back of the hand slower ball and carved it away through the covers for four.
Strauss came in following Trescothick's dismissal for 13 with question marks against him, having made only 44 runs in four innings during the Test series.
But successive boundaries off Naved calmed any nerves as he and Prior added 51 before Prior appeared to lose the flight of a full toss from paceman Mohammad Sami and was lbw.
Pietersen was given the benefit of the doubt when struck on the pad by Razzaq and did not waste the reprieve as he deposited leg-spinner Kaneria for six over mid-wicket and backward square leg off successive balls.
His half century came up off 35 balls and he looked hungry for more when he was well stumped by Kamran Akmal off a leg-side wide from Malik.
Flintoff bided his time at the start of the innings, content to let Man of the Match Strauss close in on what would have been a third one-day century.
But the Middlesex left-hander's hopes were dashed when he hit a long hop from Kaneria straight to Salman Butt, leaving England 237-4 after 39 overs.
With Collingwood ready as always to bustle and scurry for every available one and two, Flintoff then produced the type of hitting that helped make him a national hero during the Ashes series.
He was dropped by Younis on 31 and made the most of the let-off as sixes off Kaneria and Malik helped carry him to fifty off 55 balls, prior to a sequence of 4-4-6-4 in the 48th over, bowled by Naved.
The last 11 overs saw 90 added to England's total and the task of surpassing it proved beyond Pakistan, whose often inspirational skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq for once failed to deliver as he contributed only 13.
First one-day international, Lahore: England 327-4 (50 overs) beat Pakistan 285 (46.5 overs) by 42 runs
Scorecard
England won the toss and decided to bat
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327 for 4 (50.0 overs)
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285 all out (46.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| M E Trescothick |
c Danish Kaneria |
b Naved-ul-Hasan |
13 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
| M J Prior |
lbw |
b Mohammad Sami |
45 |
55 |
6 |
0 |
| A J Strauss |
c Salman Butt |
b Danish Kaneria |
94 |
98 |
6 |
0 |
| K P Pietersen |
st Kamran Akmal |
b Shoaib Malik |
56 |
39 |
7 |
2 |
| A Flintoff |
not out |
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72 |
65 |
5 |
3 |
| P D Collingwood |
not out |
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34 |
27 |
4 |
0 |
| Extras |
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5nb 5w 3lb |
13 |
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| Total |
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for 4 |
327 |
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Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Shoaib Akhtar |
10.0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan |
9.0 |
0 |
75 |
1 |
| Mohammad Sami |
7.0 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
| Abdul Razzaq |
6.0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
| Danish Kaneria |
9.0 |
0 |
62 |
1 |
| Shoaib Malik |
9.0 |
0 |
59 |
1 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 43 |
M E Trescothick |
| 94 |
M J Prior |
| 185 |
K P Pietersen |
| 237 |
A J Strauss |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Salman Butt |
c A Flintoff |
b S J Harmison |
67 |
65 |
8 |
1 |
| Kamran Akmal |
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b J M Anderson |
5 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Younis Khan |
c P D Collingwood |
b A Flintoff |
60 |
56 |
6 |
1 |
| Mohammad Yousuf |
c V S Solanki |
b L E Plunkett |
59 |
63 |
5 |
0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq |
c G O Jones |
b P D Collingwood |
13 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
| Shoaib Malik |
c G O Jones |
b L E Plunkett |
50 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
| Abdul Razzaq |
c G O Jones |
b L E Plunkett |
13 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
| Shoaib Akhtar |
run out |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan |
not out |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Mohammad Sami |
c M E Trescothick |
b A Flintoff |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Danish Kaneria |
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b A Flintoff |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
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2nb 5w 5lb |
12 |
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| Total |
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all out |
285 |
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Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| S J Harmison |
8.0 |
0 |
58 |
1 |
| J M Anderson |
7.0 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
| A Flintoff |
8.5 |
0 |
73 |
3 |
| L E Plunkett |
9.0 |
0 |
51 |
3 |
| I D Blackwell |
10.0 |
0 |
45 |
0 |
| P D Collingwood |
4.0 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 15 |
Kamran Akmal |
| 132 |
Salman Butt |
| 160 |
Younis Khan |
| 179 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| 262 |
Mohammad Yousuf |
| 279 |
Abdul Razzaq |
| 282 |
Shoaib Malik |
| 282 |
Shoaib Akhtar |
| 285 |
Mohammad Sami |
| 285 |
Danish Kaneria |
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Plunkett replaced Pietersen at the start of Pakistan's innings
Live Cricket 
Umpires: D B Hair, B G Jerling
Pakistan: Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Naved-ul-Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria, Arshad Khan (sub)
England: M E Trescothick, M J Prior, A J Strauss, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, G O Jones, V S Solanki, I D Blackwell, J M Anderson, S J Harmison, L E Plunkett (sub)
Date |
Match |
Venue |
| Oct 31 - Nov 2 |
England vs Patron's XI |
Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Nov 6-8 |
England v Pakistan A |
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore |
| Nov 12-16 |
1st Test |
Multan |
| Nov 20-24 |
2nd Test |
Faisalabad |
| Nov 29 - Dec 3 |
3rd Test |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Dec 7 |
1 Day Warm Up |
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore |
| Dec 10 |
1st ODI |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Dec 12 |
2nd ODI |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Dec 15 |
3rd ODI |
Karachi |
| Dec 19 |
4th ODI |
Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Dec 21 |
5th ODI |
Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi |
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