Dizzy Jason Roy sets up England win over Pakistan

Jason Roy overcame a dizzy spell to lead Englands charge to a 44run win under the DuckworthLewis method in a rainmarred first oneday international against Pakistan in Southampton on Wednesday Surrey opener Roys quickfire 65 fired England towards an initial victory target of 261 after Pakistan had made 260 for six captain Azhar Ali topscoring with 82Englands Jason Roy bats during the first one day international ODI cricket match between England and Pakistan at The Ageas Bowl cricket ground in Southampton Pic AFPBut following a third and final rain interruption of this daynight fixture at 937 pm local time 2037 GMT the umpires eventually called the game off with England 194 for three Eoin Morgan the England captain was 33 not out and Ben Stokes 15 not out Roy and Joe Root 61 took England to the brink of victory with a secondwicket stand of 89 in 14 oversThe 26yearold Roy sparked Englands chase with three fours in four balls off Umar Gul But there was a worrying moment when Roy on 20 needed several minutes onfield treatment for a dizzy spell It was a case of not having enough sugar on me apparently thats it plain and simple Roy told reporters I had a headache felt a bit dizzy they got the physio and the doctor on they told me to get some sugar on boardI was able to get my bearings settle and reset myself and just go again he added Meanwhile opening partner Alex Hales who managed just 145 runs during the preceding 22 drawn Test series against Pakistan again fell cheaply Hales was out for seven when he guided Gul straight to Mohammad Hafeez at slip More Amir misfortune Mohammad Amir had five catches dropped off his bowling during the Test series and the Pakistan pacemans bad luck continued Wednesday Roy on 24 skied leftarm quick Amir high on the legside The ball appeared to be heading straight to Gul at square leg However wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed called for the catch only to make insufficient ground and drop the chance despite getting both gloves to the ball Pakistan may have recently climbed to the top of the Test rankings but this was the kind of fielding error which had helped leave them languishing in ninth place in the equivalent ODI standingsRoy swept leftarm spinner Imad Wasim for the first six of the match before completing a 43ball fifty also featuring five fours But his innings ended when a lofted drive off spinner Mohammad Nawaz was brilliantly caught just inside the boundary by Babar running round from longoff Root Englands star batsman in all three formats was untroubled while hitting six fours in 72 balls But when Morgan dropped the ball into the offside and set off Root failed to beat Azhars direct hitEarlier Azhar won the toss and led from the front in an innings where Ahmed made 55 and Azam was unluckily lbw for 40 Pakistan were going well at 173 for three after 35 overs but then lost Azhar and the skipper felt his side had fallen short with the bat 300 obviously we always look to score 300 but definitely 280290 One of your top order has to score and bat long triple figures would be nice and you always build a total when the top order perform said the openerAzhar however was twice dropped on nine Hales floored a relatively routine chance in the gully before wicketkeeper Jos Buttler could not hold a more difficult lefthanded catch down the legside Babar was given out lbw to legspinner Adil Rashid by Australian umpire Simon Fry even though replays clearly showed an inside edge But by that stage Pakistan had used up their lone review of the innings Azhar pressed on to a relatively sedate 84ball fifty before upping his tempo But he fell when topedging a slogsweep off Rashid two for 51 to Moeen Ali at short third man The fivematch series continues at Lords on Saturday