Shadab and Rauf stun England with record last-wicket stand

England suffered a third successive defeat in the Pakistan tri-series, losing by one wicket in Lahore after Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf rescued Pakistan from 154-9 with a record last-wicket stand.

Pakistan were chasing 242 when Shadab hit an unbeaten 113, the highest ODI score by a number eight. Rauf made seven as the pair added 89 without being separated — a record for a 10th-wicket partnership in a successful ODI chase.

The finish was nearly even more dramatic: Shadab was given out lbw on 97 with 21 still needed, but a review showed an inside edge. Rauf then hit Henry Crocombe for the winning boundary, with 17 balls to spare.

England had looked in control after bowling Pakistan down to nine wickets for 154. Jamie Overton took 3-43, while Ben Duckett’s 105 had anchored England’s 241 all out. Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi took four wickets.

The result leaves England without a win from three matches and in danger of being eliminated before their final game. Their exit will be confirmed if Sri Lanka beat Pakistan on Tuesday. England next face Sri Lanka on Thursday.

The defeat followed England’s loss to Sri Lanka three days earlier, when they conceded 430. In that match, Harry Brook made 202, England’s first men’s ODI double-century, but Sri Lanka completed a record chase. England’s record-breaking innings against Sri Lanka had come after their opening-match defeat by Pakistan, in which Arafat Minhas took six wickets.

England’s three defeats have come in markedly different ways: after losing their opener by 87 runs, they were beaten by Sri Lanka despite Brook’s double-century, and now could not finish off Pakistan after reducing them to 154-9. The tri-series was intended to give the team experience of tournament pressure ahead of next year’s World Cup in southern Africa.