1st ODI: England vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi

Very true. I don't recall Pakistan gifting away any runs in the field and Babar Azam pulled off a ripper of a catch and Sarfraz's nifty peace of fielding ended the innings two balls early. I'd give England a 10% chance of defending this total, and that is probably being overly optimistic.

There will be no final heroics from Younis Khan in his last ODI as he is dismissed for 9. Reece Topley has three wickets and England have given themselves a small chance, restricting Pakistan to 41/3 from the first 10 overs.

Rashid is getting carted around the ground. I think its safe to say that Pakistan have taken quite a liking to his bowling. Every over is littered with at least one boundary ball. With only three seam options, Morgan is going to be forced to get 20 overs out of Mo, Rashid and Root. This doesn't look good for England.

136 - 4 after 29 overs

Hafeez 72*

Unless Pakistan have an England-like collapse, this one is over.  73 runs needed from 19 overs. I know Morgan has his hands tied somewhat in needing to bowl out his spinners, but I didn't like bowling them in tandem. Pakistan was able to milk them around with ease and then put away the one bad boundary ball each over.

59 off 15 overs to win

Hafeez 85*

century hafeez

easy win

Another excellent innings by Hafeez. He has been in form of his life. Looks so comfortable on crease even when the wickets are falling.