STAND-IN captain Ben Stokes hailed England’s clinical win against Pakistan after the shadow squad assembled just 24 hours before this opening one-day international cruised home by nine wickets in Cardiff, writes CHRIS STOCKS.
Set just 142 to win, England raced to their target with 28.1 overs remaining. It was a remarkable result given the chaos in the build-up to this three-match series that had seen the entire original 16-man squad replaced after a Covid outbreak following seven positive tests in the camp that forced every single player and backroom member to self-isolate.
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