England 256 for 6 (Morgan 107*, Shoaib 3-40) beat Pakistan 135 (Broad 3-25, Swann 3-26) by 121 runs
Morgan with his century lead England to last match win against Pakistan.
England completed a clean sweep of their 2010 home series when they defeated Pakistan by 121 runs in the fifth and final One-Day International on Wednesday. Pakistan, set 257 to win the match and the series, tumbled from 63 without loss to 135 all out after batting under the lights in the day-night match on a warm evening at the Rose Bowl.Off-spinner Graeme Swann, a crucial figure in England's Ashes plans this year, gained prodigious turn to finish with three for 26 from nine overs. Each of his victims was bowled. During a long and tiring season to be followed soon by the Ashes defence in Australia, England defeated Bangladesh and Pakistan in successive Test series.They won a One-day series against Australia and two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan followed by a 3-2 win in the five-match 50-overs series which was overshadowed by a corruption scandal which erupted in the final Test at Lord's.Test captain Salman Butt and his two leading pace bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif have been suspended from all cricket after an investigation into a British newspaper report which alleged they had arranged for deliberate no-balls to be delivered during England's only innings.Pakistan, under One-day captain Shahid Afridi, bounced back from a two-game deficit in the 50 overs series with wins at the Oval and Lord's.
They bowled with great spirit and skill again on Wednesday but were thwarted by a match-winning 107 not out off 101 balls from Eion Morgan, who displayed all the steely application and ability to improvise which have made him such an outstanding one-day batsman. Morgan came to the crease with England becalmed on 59 for three with Paul Collingwood was also back in the pavilion, nursing a migraine after retiring ill on five.
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