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England, the ascendant Twenty20 apple champions, were canoeing at 120-4 afterwards 17 overs, block 145 to win, but Gul took two wickets in the 18th over for aloof three runs to change the appearance of the game, eventually akin England to 136-6.
Graeme Swann rocked the middle-order with a access of three wickets off eight assurance to bind Pakistan,
put into bat, to 144-6 with Shoaib Malik authoritative 39.
Ravi Bopara (39) and Jonny Bairstow (22 not out) had added 33 for the fourth wicket but Gul absolved Bopara with the fifth brawl of the 16th over and again had Jos Butler (three) and Samit Patel (naught) in the abutting to accompany Pakistan afterpiece to victory.
With 18 bare off the final over bowled by Junaid Khan, England managed aloof nine.
England were set on the hunt by Kevin Pietersen (33) as they accomplished 48 by the sixth over but Pakistan came aback back Shahid Afridi absolved the in-form Pietersen.
Pietersen, who fabricated back-to-back hundreds in England's 4-0 win in the above-mentioned one-day series, holed out to Shafiq.
Off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez, who accomplished with 2-18, chipped in with the wickets of Craig Kieswetter (14) and alarming attractive Eoin Morgan (14) to leave England at 80-3, a position from area they should accept won but Gul's active bowling fabricated the difference.
Pakistan too fabricated a aerial alpha with debutant Awais Zia hitting a four and six during his 12-ball 18 but Pakistan absent four wickets in the amplitude of eight runs as Asad Shafiq (19) fell run out, Mohammad Hafeez (23), Shahid Afridi (seven) and Umar Akmal (nought) followed anniversary other, with Swann demography the aftermost three.
It was larboard to captain Misbah-ul Haq (26 not out) and Malik (39) to put on 71 for the sixth wicket to booty Pakistan to a admirable total.
Malik hit four boundaries and six off 33 assurance afore he fell to a superb bolt by Bairstow off Jade Dernbach off the aftermost brawl of the innings. Misbah gave Malik acceptable abutment during his run-a-ball innings, hitting one four and a six. Swann accomplished with 3-13.
Pakistan brought in Zia and allrounder Hammad Azam while Bopara and Swann alternate for England afterwards missing the fourth one-dayer due to fettle problems.
The additional bout will be played actuality on Saturday, while the final bout is in Abu Dhabi on February 27.
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