game.”
Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali praised England.
“I think England played well, we were expecting that from them and although our bowlers did well to restrict them, we didn’t bat as per the need,” said Ali.
Hales shared a 102-run partnership for the first wicket with Roy (54) and another 114 for the second with Joe Root (63) as England put up a challenging total.
England got off to a confident start on a pitch used for the second match in a row, as Roy and Hales lifted the tempo after the first ten overs.
Roy smashed two boundaries off paceman Wahab Riaz to bring up his third one-day fifty off 53 balls but four runs later miscued a drive and was caught by Shoaib Malik off Riaz who finished with 3-43.
Hales was finally stumped off Iftikhar by Sarfraz Ahmed in the 39th over. Root added 40 for the third wicket with Eoin Morgan (29) before Riaz returned for his second spell to take out Root’s leg stump with a slower one.
Jos Butler was cleaned up by Riaz for 11 as England managed just 27 runs in the last five overs.
Score Board
England won toss
England
J J Roy c Malik b Wahab 54
A D Hales st Sarfraz b Iftikhar 109
J E Root b Wahab 63
*E J G Morgan c Babar b Irfan 29
†J C Buttler b Wahab 11
J W A Taylor not out 9
M M Ali not out 2
Extras: (lb 3, w 3) 6
Total: (5 wickets; 50 overs) 283
Did not bat: C R Woakes, A U Rashid, D J Willey, R J W Topley
Fall: 1-102, 2-216, 3-256, 4-270, 5-274
Bowling: Irfan 10-0-46-1; Anwar 9-0-48-0; Yasir 9-0-70-0 (2w); Wahab 10-0-43-3 (1w); Malik 6-0-42-0; Iftikhar 6-0-31-1
Pakistan
*Azhar Ali b Woakes 22
Babar Azam lbw b Willey 4
Mohammad Hafeez c Buttler b Willey 0
Iftikhar Ahmed c Willey b Woakes 5
Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Woakes 13
Mohammad Rizwan b Rashid 17
†Sarfraz Ahmed c Buttler b Woakes 64
Anwar Ali c Woakes b Ali 23
Wahab Riaz c Buttler b Willey 5
Yasir Shah not out 16
Mohammad Irfan b Topley 0
Extras: (b 7, lb 8, w 4) 19
Total: (all out; 45.5 overs) 188
Fall: 1-5, 2-10, 3-24, 4-46, 5-50, 6-80, 7-145, 8-163, 9-181, 10-188
Bowling: Willey 8-0-25-3; Topley 9.5-1-33-1 (1w); Woakes 8-0-33-4; Rashid 10-0-32-1 (1w); Ali 10-0-50-1 (2w)
Result: England won by 95 runs
Series: 4-match series level at 1-1
ODI debut: Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan)
Man of the match: AD Hales (England)
Umpires: C B Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan). TV umpire: J D Cloete (South Africa). Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)