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October 31, 2000

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan broke its 26-year drought against England when it cruised to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the third and decisive one-day cricket international to clinch the series 2-1 Monday.

The match was marred by rioting outside the stadium, where thousands of fans, including many young boys, started pelting stones at police and vehicles when authorities tried to keep those without tickets away from the stadium.

Police used tear gas and steel-tipped batons to quell the crowd. Two people were injured.

Play was interrupted twice, in England's ninth and 41st over, when the tear gas wafted into the stadium, irritating players and spectators.

The last time Pakistan beat England in a one-day series was in 1974, when Intikhab Alam led the nation to victory on English soil.

During this one-day series England won the opening international in Karachi by five wickets and Pakistan levelled the series in Lahore with an eight-wicket triumph.

Pakistan's captain Moin Khan said he was happy to lead his team to victory against England after a gap of 26 years.

"Obviously I am feeling proud to be the leader of the team as it is a very historic occasion for us," he said.

Man of the match off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq produced his best-ever one-day figures of five wickets for 20 as England was bundled out for a meager 158 in 42.3 overs. Seamer Andrew Caddick removed openers Imran Nazir (0) and Shahid Afridi (9) off successive deliveries, but Pakistan reached the target in 43.3 overs with six wickets to spare.

"Of course we failed to utilize the full quota of 50 overs and 158 was not enough against Pakistan," said England captain Nasser Hussein. "We were just bowled out cheaply and I hope we learn from this for the coming Test series."

Inzamam-ul Haq scored his 56th half-century in one-day internationals. England's sloppy fielding gave Haq several second chances. He remained unbeaten on 60 off 108 balls with Abdur Razzaq giving the final touches and was undefeated on 17 which included a winning boundary. Andrew Caddick took two wickets for 46 while one wicket each was shared by Craig White and Ashley Giles, conceding 30 and 36 runs respectively.

Pakistan vs England : Scorecard