Pakistan, inspired by a second successive century from Kamran Akmal, crushed England by 165 runs in the third one-day international on Thursday. England, chasing a massive victory target of 354, were bowled out for 188 in 42 overs on the way to a record-equalling defeat which left them 1-2 down in the series. They also lost to West Indies by 165 runs in 1992-93.Pakistan’s victory charge was started by wicketkeeper Akmal who followed up his 102 in the second match at Lahore with a sparkling 109. The opener’s third one-day hundred was made from only 111 balls with 12 fours.England never recovered after Shoaib Akhtar ran out Matt Prior for two and in the next over seamer Rana Naved had Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki caught in the slips for 32 and a duck. Mohammad Sami reduced England to 79-4 by trapping Andrew Strauss lbw. Andrew Flintoff struck three fours in one over from supersub Yasir Arafat and seven in his 36 from 41 balls but following his departure, bowled by Arafat, England crumbled quickly as Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi shared five wickets.Brief scoresPakistan: 353-6 in 50 overs (S.Butt 29, K.Akmal 109, M.Yousuf 68, S.Afridi 31, Inzamam-ul-Haq 45, A.Razzaq 51 n.o, Plunkett 2-61) bt England: 188 all out in 42 overs (Flintoff 36, Bell 37 n.o, Naved-ul-Hasan 2-31, Afridi 2-42, Malik 3-29).
