England and Pakistan will face off in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match series in Leeds on Sunday. The home side have already clinched the series with 12-run, six-wicket and three-wicket wins in Southampton, Bristol and Nottingham this game is all about playing for pride and final World Cup preparation. Both teams have faced each other three times at the venue where it is clearly advantage England who emerged victorious in all of the three encounters.
Headingley in Leeds will be used as the venue for the contest which will be hosting its 41st ODI on Sunday. Highest team score of 339-6 at the venue in a 50-over contest was registered by the home side in the match against South Africa in 2017 whereas the lowest score of 93 was also registered by the hosts in the match against Australia in 1975. Highest individual score in an ODI was 152, registered by Sri Lanka's legendary all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya in 2006, whereas best bowling figures of 7-36 was registered by Pakistan's Waqar Younis in 2001.
There will be more than one change expected in the playing eleven of the home side as captain Eoin Morgan will return after completing one-match ban for slow over rate, whereas Jason Roy might swap places with Jonny Bairstow, which means there might be another chance for James Vince to showcase his talent at the big stage.
On the other hand, the visitors will be extremely disappointed after losing the series and more
England and Pakistan will face off in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match series in Leeds on Sunday. The home side have already clinched the series with 12-run, six-wicket and three-wicket wins in Southampton, Bristol and Nottingham this game is all about playing for pride and final World Cup preparation. Both teams have faced each other three times at the venue where it is clearly advantage England who emerged victorious in all of the three encounters.
Headingley in Leeds will be used as the venue for the contest which will be hosting its 41st ODI on Sunday. Highest team score of 339-6 at the venue in a 50-over contest was registered by the home side in the match against South Africa in 2017 whereas the lowest score of 93 was also registered by the hosts in the match against Australia in 1975. Highest individual score in an ODI was 152, registered by Sri Lanka's legendary all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya in 2006, whereas best bowling figures of 7-36 was registered by Pakistan's Waqar Younis in 2001.
There will be more than one change expected in the playing eleven of the home side as captain Eoin Morgan will return after completing one-match ban for slow over rate, whereas Jason Roy might swap places with Jonny Bairstow, which means there might be another chance for James Vince to showcase his talent at the big stage.
On the other hand, the visitors will be extremely disappointed after losing the series and more specifically the fourth ODI and will be eager to finish the series on a high. There will be more than one change expected in the playing eleven of the Men in Green as well where injured opener Imam Ul-Haq might make way for Abid Ali, whereas there might be a case of young Shaheen Shah Afridi replacing veteran Junaid Khan who had a horrible time with the ball in hand in the fourth ODI.
Player Recommendations:
Batsman: Fakhar Zaman (9 Cr)
First in the list of key players features Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman. The left-hander is in impressive form with the bat in hand off late as he has already scored a century and a half-century in four innings in the series. Zaman has represented the Men in Green in 35 ODIs, where he has scored 1,642 runs at an average of 52.96.
Wicketkeeper: Sarfraz Ahmed (8.5 Cr)
Second in the list of key players features Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed. The wicketkeeper-batsman is in a decent form with the bat in hand but there have been calls for him to come up the order and bat at number four. The 31-year-old has represented the Green Caps in 105 ODIs, where he has scored 2,031 runs at an average of 33.85.
All-rounder: Tom Curran (8 Cr)
Third in the list of key players features England's Tom Curran. The 24-year-old has had an outstanding time with both bat and ball in the fourth ODI where he first claimed four wickets and later scored valuable 31 runs.
Bowler: Mark Wood (8 Cr)
Last in the list of key players features England's Mark Wood. The right-arm pacer had an impressive return to the national side in the fourth ODI where he has claimed figures of two for 71.
Predicted Playing XI:
England: James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper, batsman), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain
