Date-stamped : 18 Dec95 - 14:31 Pakistan 'A' v England 'A', 1st One-day International. Peshawar. 15 December 1995. White control seals victory with last ball - Simon Hughes England A (225) beat Pakistan A (224) by one run AN unusually shoddy fielding performance was redeemed at the last moment by Craig White to keep England`s unbeaten record on this tour intact. Bowling the last over with Pakistan A requiring five to win, White found the sort of control that had eluded the other bowlers and restricted the batsmen to two singles off the first five balls. The final delivery, a dipping yorker, was sliced straight to Jason Gallian at point and England were home by one run after a run-out. White has been somewhat short of confidence recently and con- fessed only yesterday morning that he had not played a decent in- nings since mid-summer. A 40-over thrash was just what was needed to free the spirit and his unbeaten 39, full of positive advances down the pitch and trademark square drives, came off only 37 balls. Jason Pooley also batted like a man possessed, which may have owed something to a stomach upset and an obligation not to stray too far from the nearest toilet. He was dropped twice during a rapid 27, but succeeded in upping the scoring rate at just the right time. Tim Munton looked a bit rusty, and so did Shaun Udal, which is hardly surprising since he has bowled fewer than 80 overs since he arrived. Nasser Hussain was in majestic mood throughout the England in- nings. Coming in when Gallian was bowled by a shooter, he got off the mark with an effortless straight drive and was soon flashing the ball ferociously through the covers. Hussain paddled the spinners with no more than a twitch of the bat, so upsetting them they eventually operated without anyone close on the legside. This was never likely to contain a man with ball-bearing wrists, and he reached his century off the penultimate ball, his 109th, with a dab on the offside. He had ensured a total above par for a low, paceless wicket. The England bowlers immediately handed the initiative back, how- ever. Headley started with three wides and a juicy half-volley and never quite regained his relentless accuracy of the past month. Tim Munton looked a bit rusty, and so did Shaun Udal, which is hardly surprising since he has bowled fewer than 80 overs since he arrived. No-one could contain some extravagant strokeplay centred on the gangling Shahid Anwar, who, until this game, had appeared incapa- ble of hitting anything off the square. He cuffed the seamers powerfully over mid-off and used a sort of cultured hoik probably learnt playing for Tudhoe Cricket Club in County Durham. Some of the field changes created an impression of stable doors and bolting horses, Headley dropped a skier at deep midwicket, made amends with an excellent 39th over and then it was all down to White. He dis-covered his aim as Anwar became pre-occupied with a century and suddenly Pakistan had lost a match that 10 minutes earlier they had looked certain to win. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)