It was yet another Pakistan collapse at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Set 257 to win the match and the series, the visitors tumbled from 63 without loss to 135 all out after batting under the lights.
Pakistan, under one-day captain Shahid Afridi, bounced back from a two-game deficit in the 50 overs series with wins at the Oval and Lord's.
They bowled with great spirit and skill again on Wednesday but were thwarted by a match-winning 107 not out off 101 balls from Eion Morgan, who displayed all the steely application and ability to improvise which have made him such an outstanding one-day batsman.
Off-spinner Graeme Swann, a crucial figure in England's Ashes plans this year, then gained prodigious turn to finish with three for 26 from nine overs. Each of his victims was bowled.
And Pakistan, from 63 without loss at one stage, crashed to 135 all out, to lose by 121 runs.
Pakistan's Shahid Afridi leaves the field after being dismissed during the fifth one-day international cricket match against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton
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