Jos Buttler proud of England's resilience at Trent Bridge: "You've got to find a way to win"

A flurry of 4-15 in the middle overs had derailed the chase after Jason Roy’s brilliant century laid the groundwork for what looked like being another routine win, but Ben Stokes steadied his team with an unbeaten 71

Jos Buttler was happy with England’s performance in their narrow victory over Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

Set 341 to win and claim an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, the hosts got to their target in the final over for the loss of seven wickets.

A flurry of 4-15 in the middle overs had derailed the chase after Jason Roy’s brilliant century laid the groundwork for what looked like being another routine win, but Ben Stokes steadied his team with an unbeaten 71.

Buttler - captain for the day in place of the suspended Eoin Morgan - was satisfied with his team’s display.

“To get there in the final over under pressure... I thought Stokes and (Tom) Curran was a great partnership,” he said - the pair put on 61 in a little over seven overs to kickstart the chase.

^{Ben Stokes celebrates victory at Trent Bridge}

“I thought we played really well in the whole game bar those four overs where we lost four wickets.

“You’ve got to find a way to win and we’re going to have situations where we play poorly during a phase of the game. We’ve managed to come out the other end of that and win the game.”

England’s bowlers were pumped for more 340 or more for the third time in three matches but at a venue which has begun to see 400 on a regular basis, Buttler was not too bothered.

“I thought we did really well,” he said.

“We’ve seen some games here be really high scoring. As daft as it sounds, I thought we did a really great job with the ball.”

Roy, who ended with 114 from 89 balls - his eighth ODI century, said: “We got there in the end. It was nice to convert one of the scores in the series. It was an emotional feeling today.

“I got out and I knew the job wasn’t done so I was very frustrated. I sat there very quietly for a while but then the boys finished it off.”

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The Surrey opener missed the first game against Pakistan after suffering a back spasm but he has made three sizeable contributions since - with half-centuries at Southampton and Bristol to go with this ton - and he says he is fighting fit ahead of the World Cup.

“Everything is extremely good. I’ve been pushed very hard by the medical department. A huge thanks to them,” he said.

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, meanwhile, is hopeful that Imam-ul-Haq will be okay to play in the final game of the series at Headingley on Sunday after being taken to hospital for an X-ray on Friday.

Imam was hit by a Mark Wood bouncer and was in obvious pain at the wicket. He retired hurt but later, after his hospital trip, returned at the back end of the Pakistan innings.

Sarfraz is less optimistic about Mohammad Amir, who is still suffering from chickenpox.

“Imam hopefully will be okay,” the skipper said. “He has a bit of a bruise on his elbow. Hopefully he will come back in the next match.

“I’m not sure about Amir.”

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