Tom Curran showed his football skills by run out Pakistani stylish left-handed batsman Harris Sohail in the 3rd One day international played at County Ground, Bristol on Tuesday. England struck twice early by dismissing the dangerous Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam cheaply.
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Imam-ul-Haq and Harris Sohail steadied the Pakistani innings with good stroke play putting pressure on England bowlers. The incident happened in the 17th over as Imam tapped the ball but Tom Curran produced football style run out to dismiss Harris for run a ball 41. Imam and Harris added 68 runs for the 3rd wicket.
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Imam scored a brilliant 151 off 131 balls, Harris Sohail 41, Asif Ali 52, cameos by Imad Wasim and Hasan Ali helped Pakistan score a massive target of 358 for 9 in 50 overs. For Chris Woakes was the pick of bowlers with 4 for 67 while Liam Plunkett took 1 and Tom Curran finished with 2 for 74 runs.
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Chasing the target of 359 runs to win, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow provided a cracking start adding 159 runs in 17.3 overs to lay a strong foundation. Roy was dismissed for 76 off 55 balls, Bairstow scored 128 off 94 balls. The other England batsmen contributed as Joe Root scored 43, Moeen Ali remained not out on 46, Ben Stokes 37 and captain Eoin Morgan remained not out on 17.
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The hosts chased down the fifth-highest successful run chase in One-day international cricket by six wickets with 31 balls to spare. It was an amazing batting performance by England who has been performing brilliantly with the bat after the first-round exit in the 2015 World Cup played in Australia and New Zealand.
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He’s the worst footballer in our team @_TC59! 😂⚽️
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The new look England have been on a roll with their performances in ODI cricket. With the way they are performing, they look the favourites to win WC title for the first time.
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