Shadab Khan's maiden century sinks England in one-wicket Lahore thriller

Pakistan beat England by one wicket in the fourth match of the tri-series in Lahore on Sunday, completing a chase that had looked dead and buried to book their place in the final.

England had been dismissed for 241 with 20 balls still to bowl, a modest total after Thursday's high-scoring 859-run affair between the sides, according to the Guardian.

Pakistan's reply disintegrated to 154 for nine, leaving Haris Rauf to walk out at number 11 to join Shadab Khan with 88 runs still required, a position Yahoo Sports described as one from which England were certain of victory.

What followed was an unbeaten stand of 89 between the pair, with Shadab finding the boundary in almost every over while keeping the strike for himself, and Rauf defending stoutly and ducking out of the way as England's bowlers searched for the breakthrough.

Shadab appeared to have fallen for 97 when he was given out lbw to a full toss, and had begun to walk off and shake hands with England's players, before a review overturned the decision after an inside edge was detected, the Guardian reported.

With 20 still needed, Rauf became embroiled in an argument with Will Jacks over a wide call and had to be ushered away by Joe Root, before Shadab reached his century, his first hundred in any form of international cricket, by dabbing a Gus Atkinson yorker for four.

Rauf, unbeaten on seven, then drove Henry Crocombe for four to complete the win and raced away with his arms raised, sealing a one-wicket victory and Pakistan's place in the tri-series final, which also features Sri Lanka.

Shadab finished unbeaten on 113 from 96 balls, a maiden ODI century that turned the match on its head after England had appeared to have victory in hand.

The unbeaten 89 is now the highest tenth-wicket partnership to complete a successful ODI chase, surpassing the unbeaten 64 shared by Deryck Murray and Andy Roberts for West Indies against Pakistan at the 1975 World Cup, according to Yahoo Sports.

Placed among the highest tenth-wicket stands in ODI history overall, Cricket365 noted the effort ranks behind the unbeaten 106 put on by Viv Richards and Michael Holding for West Indies against England in Manchester in 1984, when Richards made 189 not out and Holding contributed 12, and behind the 103 added by Mohammad Amir and Saeed Ajmal for Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in November 2009.

Pakistan took the field in salmon pink in support of breast cancer awareness for the match, the Guardian reported.

The result leaves Pakistan through to the tri-series final after a chase that swung from apparent England formality to a last-wicket stand that will be remembered as one of the format's rarest finishes.