London, June 21: Pakistan captain Rashid Latif refused to panic after seeing his side go down to a seven wicket defeat against England in the second one-day international at the Oval here yesterday.
Pakistan were bowled out for just 185 with England fast bowler James Anderson finishing the innings with a hat-trick.
"It's a very inexperienced side", said Latif. "England bowled and fielded superbly. I'm satisfied with the batting", the wicket-keeper added. In reply Marcus Trescothick's 55-ball 86 saw England to victory with 28 overs to spare as they squared the three-match series at 1-1 ahead of tomorrow's finale at Lord's. Pakistan, with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar back in the side after missing their victory in tuesday's opener at Old Trafford - where he completed a two-game ban for ball-tampering - were always up against it after being dismissed with six overs of their innings left.

"The difference was our bowlers tried to bowl fast but the England bowlers relied on line and length, a little bit of swing and they were successful", Latif explained.

Anderson, 20, who also took a wicket with the first ball of the match, finished with four for 27, his best figures in one-day internationals, surpassing the four for 29 he took against Pakistan in Cape Town at the world cup.

"Anderson is a good prospect for England", Latif added. "He struggled a bit early on in the first match but he's bowled superbly in both matches".

Bureau Report