Pakistan beat England by 87 runs in the second match of the ODI tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with Arafat Minhas following up a fifty with the ball to put the hosts two wins clear at the top of the table. It is a second win in three days for Pakistan, coming right after Salman Agha's century set up a 37-run win over Sri Lanka in the tournament opener.
Pakistan posted 302 for 9 in their 50 overs, with Hasan Nawaz making 79 and Minhas adding a brisk 59 further down the order. Sonny Baker was the most economical of England's bowlers, taking 3 for 65, but could not stop Pakistan reaching a total that always looked competitive on a Rawalpindi surface that has favoured the bat so far in this tournament, as it did in the series opener.
Chasing 303, England were never able to build the partnership they needed, with opener Tom Banton top-scoring on 57 before the chase unravelled, England's final five wickets falling for just 38 runs. Minhas took it upon himself to finish what he started with the bat, returning 6 for 40 as England were bowled out for 215 in 38.4 overs, more than 11 overs unused. The all-round display earned Minhas player-of-the-match honours — the ICC noted he is only the third Pakistani men's player to score a fifty and take a five-wicket-plus haul in the same ODI — and the win ends a seven-year wait for a Pakistan ODI victory over England.
Two wins from two matches puts Pakistan in firm control of their own half of the tri-series table, with only the top two of the three sides advancing to the October 31 final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. England, missing Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell through injury, now need results against both Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the remaining league fixtures to stay in contention, while a side still finding its best combination without two senior players has further ground to make up after a second defeat on this tour.
England face Sri Lanka in the third match of the tournament, back at Rawalpindi on October 22, before the tri-series shifts to Lahore for its remaining fixtures. Pakistan's next assignment comes at Gaddafi Stadium against England on October 25.
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