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England won by 4 wickets  
41.1 Mohammad Hafeez to Trescothick, one run, driven edgily to cover
41.2 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, no run, pushed to short mid wicket
41.3 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, FOUR, short and he cuts it well to third
man
41.4 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, bye: FOUR, oops, somehow it misses the
stumps, squared him up and also mssed by Latif
41.5 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, one run, driven to long on and another
good spate of runs for england
Shaoib Akhtar brought in
41.6 Mohammad Hafeez to Trescothick, one run, driven to mid off


End of over 42 (11 runs) England 186/6 (RR: 4.43 RRR: 44/8 = 5.50)

Mohammad Hafeez 8-0-26-3 - Nursery End
ME Trescothick 88* (131b 8x4) CMW Read 7* (15b 1x4)

42.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, no run
42.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, no run
42.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, one run, to fine leg
42.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, legbye: one run
42.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, one run, to backward point
42.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, no run, beaten utside off


End of over 43 (3 runs) England 189/6 (RR: 4.40 RRR: 41/7 = 5.86)

Shoaib Akhtar 8-1-25-0 - Pavilion End
ME Trescothick 90* (135b 8x4) CMW Read 7* (17b 1x4)

43.1 Mohammad Hafeez to Trescothick, one run, driven to long off
43.2 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, one run, driven to long off
43.3 Mohammad Hafeez to Trescothick, legbye: one run, off the pads to
leg and there is some rain now
43.4 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, no run, pushed back
43.5 Mohammad Hafeez to Read, one run, pushed into the covers as rain
increases
43.6 Mohammad Hafeez to Trescothick, two runs, turned to deep mid wicket


End of over 44 (6 runs) England 195/6 (RR: 4.43 RRR: 35/6 = 5.83)

Mohammad Hafeez 9-0-31-3 - Nursery End
CMW Read 9* (20b 1x4) ME Trescothick 93* (138b 8x4)


If play ends now England are ahead on the D/L methd
44.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, two runs, turned to mid wicket and a
misfiled allows a second run by Yasir hameed
44.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, no run, a loud shout and declined, replay
shows hitting middle stump and ump Hair declines
44.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, one run, drives and edged to mid wicket

Par by D/L method is 198 at end of this over
44.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, one run, dropped but latif who is
distraught, an edge but fast and he leapt to his left and did not
hold

44.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, no run, gets behnd and hops to defend
44.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, FOUR, fast and unlucky, gets an inside edge
past the stumps to fine leg


End of over 45 (8 runs) England 203/6 (RR: 4.51 RRR: 27/5 = 5.40)

Shoaib Akhtar 9-1-33-0 - Pavilion End
ME Trescothick 94* (139b 8x4) CMW Read 16* (25b 2x4)

A good over by Shoaib and unfrtunate on the lbw and the catch
behind
Sami on now
45.1 Mohammad Sami to Trescothick, three runs, overpitched and driven to
deep mid wicket
45.2 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, ayorker and its a good one, well dug
out to cover
45.3 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, a swish outside off and a msss
45.4 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, beaten outside off as ball shaped
away to the off
45.5 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, beats the edge agai on the off, fine
bowling by Sami
45.6 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, full and its driven but mistimed to
mid off


End of over 46 (3 runs) England 206/6 (RR: 4.48 RRR: 24/4 = 6.00)

Mohammad Sami 8-0-45-1 (3nb) - Nursery End
ME Trescothick 97* (140b 8x4) CMW Read 16* (30b 2x4)

46.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, no run, full balland driven to cover
and its well stopped by Younis Khan
46.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, FOUR, Ton up! a slash and an edge
through the empty slips area to third man
46.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Trescothick, one run, dabs and rus
46.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, no run, good ball on the off stump line and
its pushed to cover
46.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, wide: no run, down the legside
46.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, bye: FOUR, amazing why he did not hit the
stumps, late in swing and miles away from Latif, Shoaib sits down
in anguish
46.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Read, one run, prodded past poit and a fine spel

and very unlucky ne by Shoaib ends, 39 runs with lots of missed
chances


End of over 47 (11 runs) England 217/6 (RR: 4.62 RRR: 13/3 = 4.33)

Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-40-0 (1w) - Pavilion End
CMW Read 17* (33b 2x4) ME Trescothick 102* (143b 9x4)

47.1 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, good all, left him beaten on the
off, probng for it
47.2 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, magnificent fast bowling, beats Read
again on the off
Two slips in
47.3 Mohammad Sami to Read, no run, edged to point
No one has left the gorund
47.4 Mohammad Sami to Read, FOUR, smashed through backward point as Sami
pitched up too far
47.5 Mohammad Sami to Read, one run, driven to the cover sweeper
47.6 Mohammad Sami to Trescothick, no run, on his body as he tried to
run it to third man, edges to slip


End of over 48 (5 runs) England 222/6 (RR: 4.62 RRR: 8/2 = 4.00)

Mohammad Sami 9-0-50-1 (3nb) - Nursery End
CMW Read 22* (38b 3x4) ME Trescothick 102* (144b 9x4)


After Shaoib has ended his spell, Azhar is given the ball
48.1 Azhar Mahmood to Read, two runs, on the legs and its turned to deep
square
48.2 Azhar Mahmood to Read, one run, flicked to long leg
48.3 Azhar Mahmood to Trescothick, SIX, England win in style, a simple
flick over the square leg rope and Trescothick leads them home
A great game today, a fight back by Pakistan to put up 229 then
Trescothick's brilliance staying right through and the 3-4 dropped
catches and missed run outs did not help Pakistan

The crowd waited right till the end for this game and a fine spell
by Hafeez and Shoaib bowling his heart out were the other features

England have won the NatWest Challenge 2-1 winning the last game by
4 wickets.
We hope you enjoyed the coverage of this 3 match series on Wisden
CricInfo.
Most likely Man of the Match will be Trescothick for is 108 off 145
balls
The NatWest series between England, Zimbabwe and South Africa
starts off with the Eng v Zim on Thursday at 09:45GMT at Trent
bridge
It is Trescothick who is Man of the match as we say Good Evening
all.