London: Pakistan has taken the one-day series against England to a deciding fifth match after winning by 38 runs, on a day relations between the two teams threatened to boil over following fresh corruption claims.
Having set England 266 to win the fourth one-dayer and take an unassailable lead in the series, Pakistan bowled the home side out for 227 in 46.1 overs at Lord's.
The match had gone ahead despite England's outrage at Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt's accusation that England players threw Friday's match at The Oval, which Pakistan won by 23 runs to keep the series alive.
Butt's allegations came after an investigation was opened by the ICC following claims the scoring in Pakistan's innings on Friday was prearranged.
England vs. Pakistan Scoreboard
Pakistan Innings
Kamran Akmal c Strauss b Broad 28
Mohammad Hafeez c Trott b Swann 64
Asad Shafiq b Swann 11
Mohammad Yousuf c Davies b Swann 3
Fawad Alam b Swann 29
Umar Akmal b Davies b Broad 21
Shahid Afridi c Strauss b Bresnan 37
Abdul Razzaq not out 44
Umar Gul not out 5
Extras: (2b, 17lb, 4w) 23
TOTAL: (for seven wickets) 265
Overs: 50.
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-86, 3-94, 4-137, 5-155, 6-209, 7-210.
Did not bat: Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar.
Bowling: Tim Bresnan 10-0-62-1 (1w), James Anderson 10-1-54-0, Stuart Broad 10-0-44-2 (2w), Michael Yardy 7-0-39-0, Graeme Swann 10-0-37-4 (1w), Paul Collingwood 3-0-10-0.
England Innings
Andrew Strauss c Alam b Akhtar 68
Steven Davies b Ajmal 49
Jonathan Trott b Afridi 4
Ian Bell c sub (Azhar Ali) b Ajmal 27
Paul Collingwood b Gul 4
Eoin Morgan c Yousuf b Akhtar 28
Michael Yardy b Akhtar 9
Tim Bresnan b Gul 1
Graeme Swann b Gul 12
Stuart Broad b Gul 2
James Anderson not out 2
Extras: (4b, 1lb, 14w, 2nb) 21
TOTAL: (all out) 227
Overs: 46.1 overs.
Fall of wickets: 1-113, 2-125, 3-127, 4-149, 5-171, 6-197, 7-205, 8-211, 9-224.
Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 10-0-59-3 (4w), Abdul Razzaq 7-0-42-0 (1w), Umar Gul 8.1-0-32-4 (2nb, 1w), Mohammad Hafeez 1-0-27-0, Saeed Ajmal 7-0-31-2, Shahid Afridi 7-0-31-1 (2w).
Result: Pakistan by 38 runs.
Series: Level 2-2 with one match left.
Toss: Pakistan.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove, West Indies, and Richard Kettleborough, England.
Third umpire: Richard Illingworth. Match referee: Jeff Crowe.
