Britain beat Pakistan by six wickets to win the third one-day universal at Bristol on Tuesday and take a 2-0 lead in the five-coordinate arrangement.
World Cup has England downplayed an apparently testing focus of 359, Jonny Bairstow top-scoring with 128 as they won with 31 balls to save.
Prior, Imam made a profession best 151 in Pakistan’s 358 for nine, with England paceman Chris Woakes taking four for 67. The 23-year-old left-hander’s innings was additionally the most astounding individual score by a Pakistan hitter against England at this dimension, outperforming the 138 made by his opening accomplice, Fakhar Zaman, in a 12-run rout at Southampton on Saturday that left the home side 1-0 up in this five-coordinate arrangement.
In the mean time, Chris Woakes did his odds of being incorporated into competition has England’s last 15-man squad for the World Cup no damage with an arrival of four wickets for 67 keeps running in a most extreme 10 overs.
In any case, colleague Joe Denly’s World Cup chances endured a difficulty, with the leg-spinner — playing instead of the refreshed Adil Rashid — bowling a few full hurls in single over costing nine keeps running before he was removed from the assault by England chief Eoin Morgan.
Warwickshire pace-bowling all-rounder Woakes made an early twofold strike to diminish Pakistan to 27 for two after Morgan won the hurl and chose to give England a chance to pursue — they for the most part like to bat first — in front of the World Cup.
Woakes’ last wad of the first more than, a fantastic full-length conveyance, had Fakhar edging to second slip where Test captain Joe Root held a juggled catch.
Number three Babar Azam was then spotless bowled by a Woakes off-shaper.
However, new hitter Haris Sohail was rapidly into his walk in perfect batting conditions on a radiant day.
The left-hander hit two wonderfully coordinated fours off progressive Woakes conveyances through point and after that drove David Willey through the spreads for a limit.
However, Sohail’s great run-a-ball 41 arrived at a disastrous end when, called through for a solitary by Imam, he was run out by bowler Tom Curran kicking the ball onto the striker’s-end stumps.
Pakistan were then 95 for three in the seventeenth over.
Be that as it may, Imam and Asif Ali, whose 52 was his second progressive fifty, fixed the harm with a fifth-wicket association of 125.
Imam, the nephew of Pakistan incredible and choice boss Inzamam-ul-Haq, went to his 6th hundred of every 27 ODIs — and first against England — off 97 balls.
He kept on taking the assault to England, driving Willey for a straight six and next ball looking the left-arm brisk for four.
Imam at that point outperformed his past ODI best of 128 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo a year ago.
Asif holed out off Woakes and Imam’s brilliant innings finished when he was bowled, giving himself room, by Curran.
Imam confronted 131 balls including 16 fours and a six.
Tailenders Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi hit out to leave England, who had likewise rested Jos Buttler following the star hitter’s rankling 110 not out at Southampton, with a respectable pursue for triumph.
Brief scores
Pakistan 358-9, 50 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 151, Asif Ali 52; C Woakes 4-67)
Britain 359-4, 44.5 overs (J Bairstow 128, J Roy 76)
Result
Britain won by six wickets
Arrangement
Britain lead five-coordinate arrangement 2-0
Yet, left-gave opener Imam went to his 6th hundred out of 27 ODIs – and first against England – off 97 balls.
The nephew of Pakistan incredible and choice boss Inzamam-ul-Haq, increased his rhythm by driving left-arm brisk David Willey for six.
Imam outperformed his past ODI best of 128 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo a year ago before he was bowled, giving himself room, by Curran.
The 23-year-old’s innings was the most elevated individual score by a Pakistan batsman against England in an ODI, outperforming the 138 made by Fakhar at Southampton.