Eoin Morgan out for another duck as England suffer warm-up loss to Pakistan

• England 250-8; Pakistan 252-6 (Pakistan win by four wkts)

• England captain scores his third duck in a row

• Joe Root shines with score of 85 runs from 89 balls

• Mike Selvey on Pakistan’s returning outcasts

This was a challenging match for England to finish their preparations: maverick opposition, on a full-sized ground and with a used pitch. It was Pakistan who emerged the better from the encounter, beating England by four wickets.

Asked to make 251, the England bowlers reduced them to 78 for four before the 23rd over was out. But then succumbed to a fifth-wicket partnership of 133 between Misbah-ul- Haq and Umar Akmal that took them to within sight of victory.

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