ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Clinical Pakistan outclass England, enter final

Pakistan sealed their place in the ICC Champions Trophy final with a crushing eight-wicket win over England at Cardiff on Wednesday. (Twitter )

Updated on: Jun 14, 2017 11:34 PM IST

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Pakistan sealed their place in the ICC Champions Trophy final with a crushing eight-wicket win over England at Cardiff on Wednesday. (Twitter )

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Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan captain, won the toss and opted to field. (Twitter )

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Rumman Raees, who replaced the injured Mohammad Amir, got rid of Alex Hales inside the Powerplay. (Getty Images)

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Jonny Bairstow, recalled in place of out-of-form Jason Roy, managed 43 off 57. (Twiiter )

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Joe Root, England’s top-scorer (46), fell after an edged cut off leg-spinner Shadab Khan was well held by wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed. (Getty Images)

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Hasan Ali struck in the 32nd over as he removed the in-form Eoin Morgan for 33(53). (Twiiter )

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Junaid Khan got the wickets of Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali in quick succession to leave the hosts in all sorts of trouble. (Twitter )

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For the first time in the tournament, England didn’t manage a single individual fifty in their innings and were eventually bundled out for 211. Hasan Ali took three wickets while Raees and Junaid picked up two apiece. (Twitter )

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In reply, Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman (in pic) all but ended England’s slim hopes of victory with an opening stand of 118. (Twitter )

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Azhar played shots all around the park and brought up his 11th half-century. (Twitter )

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Fakhar completed a 49-ball fifty to follow his 50 against Sri Lanka. (Getty Images)

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All England needed was wickets at regular intervals which they couldn’t get. (Twitter )

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Morgan’s men did avoid a 10-wicket defeat when Jos Buttler stumped Fakhar off leg-spinner Adil Rashid and Azhar too fell before the finish, pulling Jake Ball into his stumps. (Getty Images)

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Pakistan will now face title-holders India in Sunday’s final at The Oval if their arch-rivals beat Bangladesh in Thursday’s second semi-final at Edgbaston. (Getty Images)