Pak whip England in game 2
Pakistan coasted to an eight wicket victory over England in the second one-day international at the Gaddafi
stadium on Friday.
Chasing a modest total of 211, the home team scored 214 for the loss of just two wickets with 5.4 overs to spare of their 50 overs.
Salim Elahi, with a fine 58, and Yousuf Yohanna (39) hit up the required runs after Saeed Anwar (41) and Shahid Afridi (61) put Pakistan on firm ground.
Earlier Pakistani leg-spinner Shahid Afridi derailed England with a career-best performance. The 23-year-old allrounder finished with 5-40, breaking England's back after their flying start and left them with just 211-9 in 50 overs.
England entered the match favourites with a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after their five-wicket win in Karachi.
Pakistan bounced back through their spinners, notably
Afridi who may still have been celebrating his marriage last
week.
Afridi's figures are the best in any one-dayer between
England and Pakistan, beating England's Bob Willis and Mike
Hendrick - both 4-15 and Saqlain Mushtaq's 4-26.
Sent in to bat, England's openers took to the attack in
cavalier style, with both openers charging at the pace bowlers
to post 50 in the first 10 overs, including a Marcus
Trescothick six off Abdur Razzak.
But then Pakistani skipper Moin Khan brought in
leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed who removed Alec Stewart off his
first delivery for 22, with the score at 66.
Somerset left-hander Trescothick posted his third one-day
half century off 50 balls with five fours and a six as he and
captain Nasser Hussain put on 50 for the second wicket.
But with the score on 116, Trescothick became Afridi's
first scalp when he mistimed a drive and was caught at square
leg for 65.
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