Root leads England

Joe Root's 89 saw England to a four-wicket win over Pakistan in the second one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.

Victory put England 2-0 up in the five-match series after their 44-run rain-affected success at Southampton on Wednesday.

Aggressive pace bowling, with Chris Woakes and Mark Wood taking three wickets apiece, left England chasing a modest target of 252.

Pakistan had collapsed to two for three before Sarfraz Ahmed's 105, the first ODI hundred by a Pakistan player at Lord's, and Imad Wasim's 63 not out kept the tourists in the match.

The pair put on 77 for the sixth wicket.

After a couple of early stumbles in their reply, a third-wicket partnership of 112 between Root and England captain Eoin Morgan (68) effectively put the result beyond doubt.

Left-hander Morgan's knock on his Middlesex home ground ended a run of 23 international innings without a fifty for the former Ireland star.

England's chase suffered a setback when in-form opener Jason Roy -- who made a dashing 65 at Southampton -- fell for a second-ball duck as he played on to Mohammad Amir.

Root steadied England nerves with two fours in as many balls off Hasan Ali -- a cover-drive followed by a cut.

But opener Alex Hales's lean run continued when he was bowled for 14 trying to slog-sweep left-arm spinner Wasim.

That left England 35 for two but Root and Morgan took the game away from Pakistan, the skipper hitting nine fours before he too was bowled by Wasim.

Ben Stokes made a brisk 42 before Root, whose innings featured just five fours and 53 singles, holed out off Wahab Riaz with England in sight of the winning post at 240 for six.

Woakes ended the match with 15 balls to spare when he cut leg-spinner Yasir Shah, England's tormentor in chief during Pakistan's Test win at Lord's earlier this season, for four.

Pakistan, who saw captain Azhar Ali win the toss and bat on a cloudy morning, lost recalled opener Sami Aslam (one) following an England review after his attempted pull off Woakes was held down the legside by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler.

There was no hot-spot mark but Australian third umpire Simon Fry decide the spike on real time snicko was large enough to give Aslam out.

But there was no doubt at all when Wood dismissed Sharjeel Khan for nought with an express delivery that cut sharply off the seam to knock over the left-hander's off stump.

Azhar also fell for a duck when caught behind off Woakes.

SCORES IN BRIEF

PAKISTAN: 251 all out in 49.5 overs (Sarfraz 105, Imad 63 not out; Woakes 3-42, Wood 3-46)

ENGLAND: 255-6 in 47.3 overs (Root 89, Morgan 68, Stokes 42; Imad 2-38)

Result: England won by 4 wickets