England vs Pakistan: Eoin Morgan's side suffer shock defeat despite centuries from Jos Buttler and Joe Root
Re-live the action as England were beaten by Pakistan at Trent Bridge
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Brilliant centuries from Jos Buttler and Joe Root were not enough to carry England to a record World Cup chase as Pakistan produced a stunning upset at Trent Bridge.
Root's 107 was the first ton of the tournament and Buttler was in irresistible form with 103 in 76 balls but both men fell before the finishing line, with Pakistan closing out a 14-run victory.
A target of 349 invited England to go where no other team had gone before at this level and while their master batsmen were in charge it looked as though they could, should and then would make it two wins from two. Re-live the action in the live blog below
15 Pakistan 85/1 Babar 2 Imam-ul-Haq 38
England will be so relived to finally break that opening partnership that raced towards an impressive score.
Babar Azam, a calm and calculated batter, comes into the game at an ideal time and will expect to score high.
16 Pakistan 89/1 Babar 6 Imam-ul-Haqn 38
Mark Wood begins with a good short ball to Babar. You imagine that Pakistan have been doing a lot of work against the short ball this week.
Babar looks to take on Wood with the next delivery, but it's not an instinctive movement towards the ball and is hits it just short of mid-on. He composes himself and finds the boundary with a smart hoot backwards to square-leg.
Great over all-round.
16 Pakistan 89/1 Babar 6 Imam-ul-Haqn 38
Drinks break
Moeen Ali is England's man of the moment as we pause after the 16th over.
17.0 Pakistan 95/1 Babar Azam 11 Imam-ul-Haq 39
Good work from Pakistan to keep the runs ticking over. Babar calls for a second after sending the ball towards the cover boundary and just about makes it back before things get tight.
Moeen is racing through his overs, that must have been less than two minutes. There's no chance of Eoin Morgan being banned for a slow-rate here.
18.0 Pakistan 100/1 Babar Azam 14 Imam-ul-Haq 41
Ben Stokes joins the action, looking to repeat his heroics against South Africa on Thursday.
Five from the over for as Babar and Imam bring get Pakistan to 100.
19.0 Pakistan 108/1 Babar Azam 20 Imam-ul-Haq 43
Moeen Ali is racing through his overs but hits a brick wall as Babar lofts a shot between mid-off and extra-cover.
Ali just offered Babar a little bit of width and he took it with grateful open arms.
20.0 Pakistan 111/1 Babar Azam 21 Imam-ul-Haq 44
Ben Stokes races through an over with little to shout about.
Pakistan's projected scores are around the 300-mark, perhaps a little higher. Their curernt run rat (5.64) will get them towards 282.
20.1 Pakistan 111/2
Wicket!
Moeen Ali has his second and it's Iman ul-Haq who is walking!
A delivery is thrust into the air and Chris Woakes comes from a long way to take the catch!
Imam is eyeing a six off Moeen's first delivery, but opts to fire towards the longest part of the ground and Woakes chargers to long-on and clutches the ball.
22 Pakistan 128/2 Babar Azam 26 Mohammad Hafeez 12
Ben Stokes completes his third over and it's safe to say there is not a lot on offer for the England all-rounder out there as he sees Hafeez find a gap in the field and find four.
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