Pakistan thrashed England by eight wickets to reach their first ever ICC Champions Trophy final in Cardiff.
Any problems England had encountered were not even a concern for Pakistan, as Azhar and Fakhar Zaman put on 118 for the opening wicket, Morgan running through six bowlers before Adil Rashid (1-54) made the breakthrough.
Wednesday's loss in Cardiff meant England's wait for a first major ICC one-day worldwide tournament triumph will continue until at least 2019 - when they stage the next World Cup.
Joe Root top-scored with 46 and Jonny Bairstow, recalled in place of dropped opener Jason Roy, managed 43 in an innings without a single six.
Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan) comes into this match on the back of a match- winning 61* against Sri Lanka; he's averaged 62.7 across his seven ODI innings in England and Wales (including knocks of 90 and 61* in his two previous outings in Cardiff).
Now Pakistan could have a chance for revenge against India in Sunday's final at the Oval if the title-holders beat Bangladesh in Thursday's second semi-final at Edgbaston.
They were also the only team in the eight-nation Champions Trophy to have won all three of their group games.
England captain Eoin Morgan, who made 87 against Australia, fell for 19 when, charging down the pitch to a wide ball from Hasan, he edged behind.
But within touching distance of a first global 50-over title after three victories in the group stage, they crumbled limply to 211 all out and the bowlers failed to fire as Pakistan strolled to their target with almost 13 overs to spare.
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While their opponents' bowlers made the most of the hard pitch in Cardiff, England struggled to make inroads as Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman shared an opening partnership of 118.
England's hopes rested on taking early wickets, but they were punctured by the strokeplay of Fakhar, who threw everything at the new ball.
Speaking on the win, skipper Sarfraz Ahmed spoke at the post match presentation and said,"Credit goes to the bowlers and then the batsmen finished really well".
"I don't think we did play anything rash today".
Pakistan has a potent bowling attack in Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali with Faheem Ali adding a fourth dimension.
"All credit to Pakistan today, they were too good for us", Bayliss said.
"I was not expecting us to bowl them out for 210, but we thought if we won the toss, elected to bowl first, [we could] restrict them to 260, 270".
"The last thing I want is for us to go away now thinking that we got to a semi-final, we're okay, we've achieved, because that would be a cop-out in my mind", he said.
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