Pakistan vs England 2nd ODI: Hales fires as England level series

Alex Hales made an excellent 109 to lead England to an emphatic 95-run victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Abu Dhabi on Friday that levelled the series at 1-1. The tall opener struck three sixes in his maiden ODI hundred and shared century partnerships with Jason Roy (54) and Joe Root (63) as England amassed 283 for five after winning the toss. Eoin Morgan's men laid the platform to post a score in excess of 300 but lost three wickets in the last five overs, Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz finishing with three for 43 following a clever late spell. England fast bowler David Willey then claimed two early wickets and Chris Woakes ripped through the middle order as Pakistan collapsed to 50 for five. Sarfraz Ahmed hit 64 in 76 balls but it proved in vain as Woakes ended with four for 33 and Willey took three for 25. The third match in the four-game series is on Tuesday in Sharjah. England have thrashed Pakistan by 95 runs in the second one-day international at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday to level the four-match series 1-1. Chasing a massive target of 284, Pakistan were never in the hunt being bowled out for 188 in 45.5 overs. Sarfraz's valiant knock comes to an end as Woakes claims his fourth. Pak 181-9, 45 overs. Sarfraz Ahmed c Buttler b Woakes 64 (76b 3x4) Willey claims his third as Wahab swipes and offers a skier. Pak 163-8, 41.4 overs. Wahab Riaz c Buttler b Willey 5 (8b) Pakistan are seven down as Anwar holes out after blasting a six. Pak 145-7, 38.5 overs. Anwar Ali c Woakes b Ali 23 (34b 1x4 1x6) Rashid strikes as Rizwan is castled attempting to go back and cut. Pak 80-6, 27.4 overs. Mohammad Rizwan b Rashid 17 (37b 1x4) Pakistan are imploding losing skipper Azhar who drags Woakes onto his stumps. Pak 50-5, 18.2 overs. Azhar Ali b Woakes 22 (45b 1x4) Malik is gone pulling Woakes tamely to midwicket. Pak 46-4, 17 overs. Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Woakes 13 (25b) Pakistan are in dire straits losing debutant Ahmed who lofts Woakes with Willey taking a superb catch at mid-on. Pak 24-3, 11 overs. Iftikhar Ahmed c Willey b Woakes 5 (21b 1x4) Debutant Ahmed opens his account with a sweetly timed square drive off Topley for a boundary. Pak 17-2, 8 overs. Willey has struck again getting the big wicket of Hafeez who fishes outside the off only to nick it behind. Pak 10-2, 4.4 overs. Mohammad Hafeez c Buttler b Willey 0 (8b) Willey strikes with his first delivery in his second over trapping Azam leg before. Pak 5-1. 2.1 overs Babar Azam lbw b Willey 4 (6b) England innings England were restricted to 283-5 despite a superb maiden century by Alex Hales (109). Opting to bat first, England were given a solid start by openers Hales and Jason Roy (54). Root (63) shared in a 114-run stand with Hales but the innings failed to gather momentum thereafter. Wahab Riaz struck at regular intervals to return figures of 10-0-43-3. Wahab strikes a crucial blow beating Root with a slower ball. Eng 256-3, 45.2 overs. Joe Root b Wahab Riaz 63 (77b 3x4) Hales' wonderful knock comes to an end being stumped attempting a slog sweep off Ahmed. Eng 216-2, 38.5 overs. Alex Hales st Sarfraz Ahmed b Iftikhar Ahmed 109 (117b 7x4 3x6) Alex Hales completes his maiden ODI century off 111 balls. Eng 200-1, 37 overs. Hales is growing in confidence slamming Shah for a couple of sixes. Eng 165-1, 30 overs. Hales smashes Malik for a boundary which is the first in 50 balls. Eng 135-1, 25 overs. Wahab finally gets a breakthrough as Roy chips to midon attempting to go over the top. Eng 102-1, 17.3 overs. Jason Roy c Shoaib Malik b Wahab Riaz 54 (57b 8x4) Roy pulls Wahab around to square leg for a boundary to bring up his half century. Eng 90-0 16 overs. Hales and Roy have given England a solid start. Eng 51-0, 10 overs. Shah comes into the attacks and Roy whacks him to the fence with an audacious switch hit. Eng 34-0, 8 overs. Hales gets going pulling a short ball from Irfan rocketing to the midwicket fence. Eng 18-0, 5 overs. Roy gets another boundary by punching Ali through the offside. Eng Eng 9-0, 2 overs. Roy hits the first boundary of the match square driving Irfan through point. Eng 5-0, 1 over. England have won the toss and opted to bat first in the second one-day international against Pakistan at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Pakistan won the first match by six wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Ifthikar Ahmed makes his debut replacing Younis Khan while Mohammad Rizwan replaces Bilal Asif. Playing XI England: JJ Roy, AD Hales, JE Root, EJG Morgan, JWA Taylor, JC Buttler, MM Ali, CR Woakes, AU Rashid, DJ Willey, RJW Topley Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Irfan