England vs Pakistan - Third One Day International, Bristol - Bairstow century helps England complete run chase

Jonny Bairstow hit a sensational ton as England chased 359 set by Pakistan.

Photo from The Telegraph

England - 359-4 / 358-9 - Pakistan
Bairstow's 128 - his seventh ODI century - came from 93 balls, alongside Jason Roy's 76, Joe Root's 43 and an unbeaten 46 by Moeen Ali.
This was England's highest run-chase in home ODIs, and their second-best overall, with more than five overs to spare at the County Ground in Bristol.
Asked to bat first, Pakistan piled on 358-9, led by Imam-ul-Haq's composed 151.
But Bairstow's assault went unanswered by the tourists, and led to a 2-0 series lead to the hosts, who rested Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid and Jofra Archer.
This is the 17th time England have scored more than 350. 
They've done it 15 times since the last World Cup and four times in 2019.

Bairstow's opening stand of 159 with Roy in only 105 balls stunned Pakistan, they struggled with the ball and collapsed in the field.
That is the fastest opening partnership of 150 or more in terms of runs per over. 
They scored at 9.085 runs per over and that beats the previous record held by Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder against England in 2008.
Of Bairstow's 128, 106 came on the leg side, with three out of five sixes clearing the stands.
A first England double-century seemed on the cards until Bairstow hacked at Junaid Khan and inside-edged on to his stumps.
Though they slipped to 27-2 thanks to the movement extracted by Chris Woakes, Pakistan were marshalled by Imam.
He nudged singles off his pads and dabbed to third man, then moved through the gears after registering a 97-ball century.
Asif Ali hit three sixes in 52 off 43 in support of the left-hander, with England missing Adil Rashid's threat.

Joe Denly was only afforded one over with the ball - littered with full tosses and ended up costing nine runs, and was not required with the bat.
The omissions of Rashid and Buttler should have, in theory, given him the chance to stake his World Cup claim with both ball and bat.
Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson of Hampshire could pressure Denly's spot on the final 15, while an extra pace bowler is also an option.
Stokes' bowling came under question too, he cut a frustrated figure after conceding 34 runs from four overs.
Captain Morgan could also be in trouble for his team's over-rate. 
England were punished after a game against West Indies in February, leaving Morgan under the threat of a ban.

SCORECARD
England won the toss and decided to field
England won by six wickets

Pakistan Innings
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)
Imam: b Curran / 151 / 131 / 115.27 (16, 1)
Zaman: c Root - b Woakes / 2 / 4 / 50.00 (0, 0)
Azam: b Woakes / 15 / 11 / 136.36 (3, 0)
Sohail: run out - (Curran) / 41 / 41 / 100.00 (7, 0)
Ahmed: c sub - b Plunkett / 27 / 34 / 79.41 (2, 0)
A Ali: c Roy - b Woakes / 52 / 43 / 120.93 (2, 3)
Wasim: c & b - Woakes / 22 / 12 / 183.33 (4, 0)
Ashraf: lbw - b Curran / 13 / 11 / 118.18 (1, 0)
H Ali: not out / 18 / 9 / 200.00 (1, 2)
Afridi: c & b - Willey / 7 / 4 / 175.00 (0, 1)
Khan: not out / 0 / 0 / 0.00 (0, 0)

Extras 0nb 9w 0b 1lb 10 

Total (50.0 overs) 358-9

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Woakes: 10.0 / 0 / 67 / 4 / 6.70
Willey: 10.0 / 0 / 86 / 1 / 8.60
Ali: 6.0 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 5.33
Plunkett: 9.0 / 0 / 55 / 1 / 6.11
Curran: 10.0 / 0 / 74 / 2 / 7.40
Stokes: 4.0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 8.50
Denly: 1.0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 9.00

Fall of Wicket - Batsman
7-1 (0.6 ovs) - Zaman
27-2 (4.5 ovs) - Azam
95-3 (16.4 ovs) - Sohail
162-4 (27.3 ovs) - Ahmed
287-5 (42.3 ovs) - A Ali
310-6 (45.2 ovs) - Imam
322-7 (46.4 ovs) - Wasim
335-8 (48.2 ovs) - Ashraf
348-9 (49.2 ovs) - Afridi

England Innings
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)
Roy: c A Ali - b Ashraf / 76 / 55 / 138.18 (8, 4)
Bairstow: b Khan / 128 / 93 / 137.63 (15, 5)
Root: c Azam - b Wasim / 43 / 36 / 119.44 (4, 1)
Stokes: run out - (Afridi) / 37 / 38 / 97.37 (2, 2)
Ali: not out / 46 / 36 / 127.78 (4, 3)
Morgan: not out / 17 / 12 / 141.67 (1, 1)

Extras 1nb 8w 0b 3lb 12

Total (44.5 overs) 359-4

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Khan: 8.0 / 0 / 57 / 1 / 7.12
Afridi: 10.0 / 0 / 83 / 0 / 8.30
H Ali: 8.0 / 0 / 55 / 0 / 6.88
Wasim: 7.0 / 0 / 58 / 1 / 8.29
Ashraf: 9.0 / 0 / 75 / 1 / 8.33
Sohail: 2.0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 9.50

A Ali: 0.5 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 10.84

Fall of Wicket - Batsman
159-1 (17.3 ovs) - Roy
234-2 (28.4 ovs) - Bairstow
278-3 (34.3 ovs) - Root
324-4 (41.2 ovs) - Stokes

England vs Pakistan ODI Fixtures and Results
8 May
First ODI, The Oval
No result (England 0-0 Pakistan)

11 May
Second ODI, Southampton
England won by 12 runs (England 1-0 Pakistan)

14 May
Third ODI, Bristol
England won by six wickets (England 2-0 Pakistan)

17 May
Fourth ODI, Trent Bridge

19 May
Fifth ODI, Headingley

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