Cardiff: England defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
In the first ODI played in Cardiff, England, the Pakistani batting line proved to be a wall of sand and the entire national team was bowled out for 141 in the 36th over while the hosts easily achieved the target in the 22nd over for the loss of one wicket. did it.
In pursuit of the target, England lost the only wicket in the form of Phil Salt who scored 7 runs and fell victim to Shaheen Afridi. David Milan remained unbeaten on 68 and Zack Crawley on 58.
Earlier, England won the toss and elected to field first. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar zaman started the innings for the national team but the opener Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed without scoring a run while the one-down captain Babar Azam also returned to the pavilion at zero in the over. Only 13 were dismissed.
Debutant Saud Shakeel was also the guest of 5 runs after which Sohaib Maqsood formed a partnership of 53 runs with Fakhar zaman but Sohaib was run out for 19 runs after which Fakhar zaman was also dismissed for 47 runs. Faheem Ashraf also got out after scoring 5 runs while Shadab Khan’s courage was answered on 30 runs.
For England, Saqib Mahmood took four wickets, Matt Parkinson two, Lewis Gregory and Craig Orton one each.