Eoin Morgan ton settles series for England

England's mettle has been tested more than they could have imagined amid the ceaseless controversies of the past three weeks - yet, thanks largely to Morgan, they recovered their composure on cue to halt Pakistan's fightback from 2-0 down.

They therefore achieved their ambition of six consecutive series victories, across all formats this summer, despite the unwanted and at times all-consuming distractions of spot-fixing crises which have dominated Pakistan's limited-overs campaign.

The tourists began their chase of 256 for six with a hectic opening stand, but faltered alarmingly under lights as Stuart Broad and then Graeme Swann (three for 26) each put themselves on a hat-trick and all ten wickets fell for 72 runs in an anti-climactic 135 all out in 37 overs.

But it was Morgan's unbeaten 107 - back at the scene of his match-winning hundred against Australia in June - which was the main reason for England's success.

Pakistan by contrast will have little to smile about as they board the plane back home in the morning, after an arduous and hugely stressful three-month tour. Morgan and Paul Collingwood shared a fifth-wicket stand of 93, after Shoaib Akhtar (three for 40) had put England in an awkward spot in front of a noisy and partisan crowd.

Collingwood's innings was interrupted by a migraine, and Ian Bell needed a runner because of an apparent groin strain. But Morgan was in rude health as he demonstrated his limited-overs prowess in a 97-ball century containing eight fours and a six.

Andrew Strauss and Steve Davies made an encouraging start for England to a match which had clearly caught the public's imagination, against the backdrop of ill-feeling and series deadlock.

But after England had won an important toss on a glorious afternoon, Mohammad Hafeez broke an opening stand of 31 in the sixth over when Davies went down the pitch, missed an off-break and was stumped.

Veteran Shoaib was cranking up the pace like someone with several points to prove - and in an atmosphere verging on the poisonous, he made short work of Jonathan Trott.

The England No 3 was jeered and booed all the way to the crease by large Pakistani sections of a near sell-out crowd, who had clearly taken a dim view of Trott's pre-match bust-up with Wahab Riaz in the nursery end nets at Lord's on Monday.

Shoaib had beaten Strauss several times, but saved his best for Trott, bowled by full-length pace and late movement.An over later, Shoaib had his second wicket at the cost of only one run - Strauss finally nicking one behind.

Collingwood had to retire unwell, after scoring five, and it therefore fell to Bell and Morgan to dig in - which they did in a half-century partnership. After Bell's dismissal, Morgan was joined by Collingwood again with the score on 106, and the pair did well to get England into position to attack the last ten overs.

Collingwood still had not managed a boundary when he fell three short of his 50, bowled trying to attack Gul in powerplay. But he had done the spadework for Morgan and Tim Bresnan's late charge, which culminated in 19 runs from Saeed Ajmal's last over.

Pakistan's rapid response soon had to be reassessed as wickets began to tumble and the game slipped from their grasp.