Anderson, Trescothick take England home, series level

James Anderson’s hat-trick, the first by an England bowler in one-day internationals, laid the platform for a seven wicket win over Pak...

James Anderson’s hat-trick, the first by an England bowler in one-day internationals, laid the platform for a seven wicket win over Pakistan in the second of the three-match series at The Oval here today.

Fast bowler Anderson, 20, took four for 27 as Pakistan were bowled out for 185, with six overs of their innings left, after captain Rashid Latif won the toss. England knocked off the runs with 28 overs to spare, the three-match series level at 1-1 ahead of Sunday’s finale at Lord’s.

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Pakistan: I Nazir lbw Anderson 0; M Hafeez lbw Flintoff 14; Y Hameed b Gough 28; Y Youhana not out 75; Y Khan c Read b Gough 0; S Malik run out 2; R Latif c Solanki b McGrath 3; A Mahmood c Solanki b Clarke 30; A Razzaq c Trescothick b Anderson 17; S Akhtar c Read b Anderson 0; M Sami b Anderson 0; Extras (b1,lb1,w11,nb3): 16 Total (in 44 overs): 185 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-37, 3-61, 4-61, 5-73, 6-80, 7-152, 8-185, 9-185 Bowling: Anderson 9-2-27-4, Gough 7-1-28-2, Flintoff 8-1-36-1, McGrath 10-1-40-1, Giles 5-0-22-0, Clarke 5-0-30-1 England: M Trescothick c Latif b Razzaq 86; V Solanki not out 40; M Vaughan c Younis b Shoaib 10; J Troughton c Latif b Shoaib 0; A Flintoff not out 26; Extras (b4,lb4,nb 5, w14): 27 Total: (for three wickets, in 22 overs): 189 Fall of wickets: 1-109, 2-143, 3-147 Bowling: Shoaib 9-0-69-2, Sami 3-0-25-0, Mahmood 3-0-35-0, Hafeez 2-0-19-0, Razzaq 5-0-33-1 Story continues below this ad

Anderson’s figures were his best in one-day internationals, surpassing the four for 29 he took against Pakistan at Cape Town in the World Cup in February. Marcus Trescothick’s 55 ball 86, including two sixes and 16 fours, got England, who finished on 189 for three, off to a flying start.

Somerset left-hander Trescothick dominated a first wicket stand of 109 in 71 balls with Solanki, the Worcestershire batsman contributing eight to the partnership. Solanki though was 40 not out at the finish with Flintoff 26 not out. Trescothick – dropped on 30 by Shoaib Malik off Mahmood from a steepling chance – eventually top-edged medium pacer Abdur Razzaq and was caught by wicket-keeper Latif.

Earlier Anderson, who had Imran Nazir lbw with the first ball of the match, polished off Pakistan’s innings to claim the 18th hat-trick in 2,026 one-day internationals and become the first England bowler in 373 limited overs games to achieve the feat.