ENG vs PAK: Pakistan's Hasan Ali Takes Five Wickets As England Rally In 2nd ODI

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Pakistan's Hasan Ali took five wickets but England recovered to 247 all out in the second one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.

England were set for a commanding total in a match reduced by rain to 47 overs per side while Phil Salt (60) and James Vince (56) were sharing a third-wicket stand of 97 after both Dawid Malan and Zak Crawley had fallen for ducks.

From 118-2, however, England lost five wickets for 42 runs to be 160-7 in what was the first one-day international at Lord's since England's dramatic 2019 World Cup final win over New Zealand and the first in the UK where a capacity crowd had been allowed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fast bowler Ali, a star of Pakistan's 2017 Champions Trophy triumph in England, finished with 5-51 in 9.2 overs - his fourth five-wicket haul in 56 matches at this level -- when Saqib Mahmood holed out.

But by then Lewis Gregory (40) and Brydon Carse (31), both playing their maiden ODI innings, had frustrated Pakistan with an eighth-wicket stand of 69. And with the floodlights switched on at a gloomy home of cricket, a Pakistan side bowled out for just 141 in the first ODI on Thursday had work to do in difficult batting conditions if they were to level this three-match series at 1-1.

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