New Delhi: Pakistan have beaten England by 165 runs in the third one-dayer at Karachi to take a 2-1 lead in the three-match ODI series.
The hosts were inspired by wicketkeeper Akmal who followed up his 102 in the second match at Lahore with a sparkling 109 in Karachi.
England, chasing a massive victory target of 354, were bowled out for 188 in 42 overs on the way to a record-equalling defeat.
The opener's third One-Day hundred, made from only 111 balls and including 12 fours, powered Pakistan to 353 for six before a sellout crowd.
A late surge by Shahid Afridi, Inzamam-ul Haq and Abdul Razzaq who made 51 in just 22 balls made the total too big for England to chase.
England never recovered after Shoaib Akhtar ran out Matt Prior for two and in the next over seamer Rana Naved had Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki caught in the slips for 32 and a duck.
Mohammad Sami reduced England to 79 for four by trapping Andrew Strauss lbw.
Andrew Flintoff struck three fours in one over from supersub Yasir Arafat and seven in his 36 from 41 balls but following his departure, bowled by Arafat, England crumbled quickly as spinners Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi shared five wickets.
England also lost to West Indies by 165 runs in 1992-93, their biggest losing one-day margin in runs.
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