Pakistan could not pick up a boundary for almost 11 over

England 255 for 6 (Root 89, Morgan 68) beat Pakistan 251 (Sarfraz 105, Imad 63, Woakes 3-42, Wood 3-46) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJoe Roots fourth successive half-century in ODI cricket eased England to a deceptively comfortable four-wicket win over Pakistan at Lords.While Root fell just before the victory line - and just before he could record equal Kevin Pietersens record of nine ODI centuries (only Marcus Trescothick, with 12, has more for England) - he had done enough to assure England of victory with 15 balls to spare. They take a 2-0 lead in the five-match Royal London series and a 12-8 lead in the Super Series.While this game was not a rout in the sense of Wellington 2015 (where New Zealand thrashed England by eight wickets with an eye-watering 226 balls remaining), or Edgbaston 2016 (when England defeated Sri Lanka by 10-wickets) it never really threatened to be the contest on a glorious summers day and full house crowd deserved.A Pakistan team branded behind the times by their coach, Mickey Arthur, the day before the game was reduced to 2 for 3 within the first 19 deliveries and, despite a tremendous century from Sarfraz Ahmed, never fully recovered. Their final total of 251 was well below par on a very good surface for batting.While England lost two early wickets - Jason Roy, who played on having driven without sufficient foot movement, and Alex Hales, who snatched at a sweep shot - Root and Eoin Morgan added 112 in 21.3 overs to break the back of the challenge. Root, without ever having to move into top gear, than marshalled the chase with impressive maturity. So comfortable was Englands chase that, once Root had reached 14, he did not strike another boundary until he had made 75. There were, in all, 53 singles in his innings. While it was impressively controlled, you sensed spectators may have yearned for more drama.The tone for the day had been set in the early moments. After Pakistan were quickly made to regret their decision to bat first on a green surface - a decision that pleased Eoin Morgan, the England captain, who admitted he would have chosen to bowl first anyway - Sarfraz was obliged to adopt a measured approach to his rebuilding operation.Pakistans first three batsmen could only manage one run between them. If Sami Aslam could count himself slightly unfortunate to be given out caught behind down the leg side - the on-field umpire, Marais Erasmus, originally gave him not out, but the TV umpire, Simon Fry overruled on the basis of a spike in the snickometer even though there was no Hot Spot - the other two batsmen were the recipients of fine deliveries.Mark Wood produced a beauty, pitching on leg stump and swinging late, to take the off stump of Sharjeel Khan, before Chris Woakes bowled one that nipped away down the slope and bounced to take the edge of Azhar Alis bat.But Sarfraz, with his second ODI century, posted half-century partnerships for the fourth, fifth and sixth wickets. Having also made a half-century in the first ODI in Southampton, he recorded his highest ODI score here, overtaking his unbeaten 101 against Ireland at Adelaide during the 2015 World Cup, as well as recording the highest score made by a Pakistan wicketkeeper in an ODI in England. It was also the first century by a Pakistan batsman in an ODI at Lords. The previous highest was 88, made by Mohammad Yousuf against Australia in 2004. There were 61 singles in his innings.While Sarfraz took a couple of early boundaries off Wood - once driving an over-pitched ball and once pulling a short one - he was generally obliged to adopt a low-risk approach. Pakistan could not pick up a boundary for almost 11 overs once the field went back at the start of the second Powerplay, losing Babar Azam, bowled off the boot as he tried to squeeze a full ball through midwicket, in the process.While Shoaib Malik skipped down the pitch and drove Moeen Alis second delivery for six, the reintroduction of Wood brought the breakthrough. Gaining steep lift and movement from a back of a length delivery, Wood took the edge of Shoaibs bat to leave Pakistan in trouble once more at 125 for 5 in the 27th over.But Imad Wasim gave Sarfraz steadfast support and, in making his highest ODI score to date, helped add 77 in 16.3 overs for the sixth wicket. While Imad started slowly - his first 17 deliveries brought only three runs - he accelerated nicely once he had settled and took 14 off three deliveries from Liam Plunkett - a slashed six over point followed by two driven fours - at one stage.Sarfraz was reprieved by the TV umpire on 102 after Marais Erasmus had adjudged him leg before to a Plunkett slower ball. But he was unable to take advantage and succumbed to a catch on the mid-wicket boundary as he attempted a slog-sweep in the following over.While Hasan Ali was caught in the deep -Root looked in some pain after colliding with Adil Rashid in taking the catch, but was able to continue after treatment on his shins - and Wahab Riaz was brilliantly caught by Plunkett, flinging himself to his left at cover, Imad helped Pakistan take their total above 250.Perhaps the most fluent batting of the day game from Morgan. With an array of sweeps, flicks, cuts and pulls, Morgan recorded his first half-century in 13 ODI innings and his highest since November. 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Gaganjeet Bhullar led the Indian charge with 5-under 65, leaving him tied-2nd after the first round of the European Tour Kings Cup in Pattaya, Thailand on Thursday.?He trails Thailands Sattaya Supupramai by two strokes.Other Indians in the fray were Chiragh Kumar, S Chikkarangappa, Himmat Rai and Shubhankar Sharma, all of whom recorded scores under par, whereas SSP Chawrasia scored a level-par 70 in what is likely to be his last outing ahead of the 2016 Olympics.Bhullar began from the back nine with two successive birdies to start his round, before bogeying the 448-yard par-four 12th. He recovered quickly to register his third birdie of the day on the par-four 14th.He kept his form in the front nine as well, with a birdie on the par-three 2nd and an impressive eagle on the 531-yard par-five 6th. Another birdie on the par-four 8th raised visions of catching up with Supupramai, but he ended his first round with a bogey on the par-four 9th.Chiragh had an error-free first round, also starting from the back nine, as he registered birrdies on the 12th, 14th and 3rd holes, all of them par-four.dddddddddddd Chikkarangappa ended the first round as the third Indian in the top 20, with two bogeys and four birdies punctuating his performance. Rai had the most inconsistent start from the back nine -- his first two holes produced a double bogey and an eagle -- before he shot five further birdies and four bogeys to finish at 1-under 69. Shubhankar joined him at that score with two birdies and one bogey.Chawrasia shot a bogey on the 413-yard par-four 4th and a double bogey on the 507-yard par-four 9th, before shooting birdies on the 11th, 14th and the par-three 17th.?He tied-54th at the end of the first round.Jeev Milkha Singh (1-over 71), Shiv Kapur (2-over 72), Rahil Gangjee and Rashid Khan (both 3-over 73) had a disappointing day, with all left needing a big performance on Friday to stay in contention for making the cut after round two. ' ' '