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DUBAI: Pakistan were whitewashed as England won all the four One-day Internationals of the alternation to booty animus of Pakistan’s apple-pie ambit in the three-Test alternation in the United Arab Emirates.

Kevin Pietersen’s additional afterwards hundred guided England to a four-wicket achievement with four assurance actual actuality at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing 238, England fabricated 241 for six in 49.2 overs to complete the apple-pie ambit adjoin Pakistan.

Pietersen, who opened the innings with his captain Alistair Cook, denticulate a career best 130 off 153
assurance with twelve fours and two sixes.

This was his ninth hundred in his One-day International career.

Pietersen helped England balance from 68-4 with a 109-run angle for the fifth wicket with Craig Kieswetter (43) to advance his team's ascendancy in the alternation in which they won the aboriginal bout by 130 runs, additional by 20 and the third by nine wickets.

By advantage of this win England overtook Pakistan at cardinal bristles and pushed their rivals to sixth in the ICC (International Cricket Council) one-day rankings and partially compensated their 3-0 accident in the above-mentioned three-Test series.

Pakistan were all out for 237 runs in 50 overs afterwards their captain Misbah-ul-Haq adopted to bat first

The capital scorers were Asad Shafiq (65), Azhar Ali (58) and Misbah-ul-Haq (46).

For England, paceman Jade Dernbach accomplished with a career-best 4-45.while Steve Finn and debutant Danny Briggs claimed two wickets each.

Both teams now comedy three Twenty20 internationals in Dubai (February 23 and 25) and Abu Dhabi (February 27).