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Patna : Pakistan scored 331/9 in 50 overs in erd ODI against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, on July 13, 2021, with captain Babar Azam scoring 158 in 139 balls hitting 14 fours and 4 sixes and Mohad Rizwan (wk) scoring 74 in 58 balls with 8 fours. For England , fast bowler Brydon Carse, 25, took 5/61 in 10 overs while fellow fast bowler Saqib Mahmood took 3/60. England had won the toss and opted to bowl. In reply, England were 24/1 after 2 overs. England lead the three-match series 2-0.
Batting first, Pakistan lost the wicket of opener Fakhar Zaman with only 21 runs on board. Zaman fell to Saqib Mahmood for 6. But, Opener Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam added 92 runs for the 2nd wicket. Imam-ul-Haq fell to spinner Matthew Parkinson for 56 in 73 balls with 7 fours and it was 113/2. Azam and Rizwan added 179 runs for the 3rd wicket. Rizwan fell to Carse for 74 making it 292/2.
Sohaib Maqsood fell to Carse for 8 making it 305/4. Hasan Ali also fell to Carse for 4 and it was 309/5. Haheem Ashraf fell to Saqib Mahmood for 10 making it 324/6. Shadab Khan also fell to Saqib for zero and it was 324/7. Babar Azam fell to carse for 158 making it 328/8. fast bowler Shaheen Afridi fell to Carse for zero and it was 329/9.