Summary

  • England win with nine overs to spare

  • England lead 2-1 in four-match series

  • Taylor 67* (69), Buttler 49* (50)

  • Taylor & Buttler add 117 in 19.1 overs

  • Pak 208: Woakes 4-40; three run-outs

  1. Eng 120-4 (Taylor 12, Buttler 15)published at 25 overs

    Target 209

    Buttler reverse sweeps two deliveries in the over with the ungainliness of a man swiping a spatula to try and get a lost coin from underneath a cupboard. 

    But they were either side of two almost unplayable balls from Gohar. 

    Meanwhile wicketkeeper Sarfraz nearly takes out umpire Cloete when returning the ball to the bowler. Ambitious tactic, that. 

  2. Postpublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Jos Buttler almost yorked himself there. He's yet to score, and if ever there was someone feeling the pressure... Anxious times."

  3. Postpublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Shoaib Malik graphicImage source, Getty Images
  4. Missed stumpingpublished at 24 overs

    Eng 109-4 (Taylor 12, Buttler 4)

    Crikey, Jos Buttler looks out of form. He dances down the wicket to Shoaib, completely missing the ball. Thankfully for him, Sarfraz misses the stumping, with the ball bouncing off his sternum. 

    Buttler eventually gets off the mark, and Taylor looks much more comfortable at the crease, despite Malik getting a lot of turn. 

  5. Farewell Mitchell Johnsonpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Mitchell Johnson of AustraliaImage source, Getty Images
  6. Eng 102-4 (Taylor 10, Buttler 0)published at 23 overs

    Target 209

    The pitch seems to suddenly have more turn in it than a sat nav in Milton Keynes. Taylor scratchily edges Gohar to third man for four. Dispatches another to the boundary, where Shoaib Malik attempts to cut it out on the rope, but seems to injure himself doing so. 

    Buttler faces just one in the over, which he plays and misses at outside off. 

  7. Postpublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    Zafar GoharImage source, Getty Images

    "I like the young left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar - he's got temperament and character, and he batted well too. Proper spin from a very young bowler."

  8. Postpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Shoaib Malik of Pakistan celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    "Eoin Morgan did not know where his off stump was. He was outside the leg stump but he was undone by a peach of a ball which spun sharply."

  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 21.5 overs

    Morgan b Malik 35 Eng 93-4

    Eoin Morgan leavesImage source, Getty Images

    Gohar isn't the only one to get turn out of this pitch! Morgan played for the straight one, it spun sharply and clipped his offstump. You'd have thought Morgan, on 35, would have played that better. 

    He shouts some encouragement at Jos Buttler, the next man in. He may need it. 

  10. Postpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Gohar's temperamentally strong, he doesn't give the appearance that he's making his debut. He could be a good future all-round cricketer for Pakistan."

  11. Eng 89-3 (Morgan 32, Taylor 0)published at 21 overs

    Target 209

    Gohar gets an edge from Taylor, but it goes between slip and keeper, both diving across each other. He's getting a lot of turn out there. 

    Gohar's only 20 years old. Twenty! 

  12. Postpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "Zafar Gohar's having a great debut. He's getting a lot more grip and purchase off the surface, turning the ball away, and the slip fielder stayed very low. Hales has gutsed out a nice 30 but he's vulnerable outside off stump. James Taylor's a very good player of spin, but Gohar will be hoping to unsettle him early."

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 20.3 overs

    Hales c Rizwan b Gohar 30 (49 balls). Eng 87-3

    Zafar Gohar of Pakistan celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Hales will be frustrated with that. Gohar floats one up full, Hales came forward and pushed at it, the inside edge carrying low to Rizwan at slip. Partnership of 60. 

    Impressive celebration from Gohar, who's on 2-22 on debut (I challenge you not to read that with a Richie Benaud accent).

  14. Scorecard updatepublished at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    England 84-2 (20 overs) - target 209

    Batsmen: Hales 28* (46), Morgan 32* (54)

    Fall of wickets: 12-1 (Roy 7), 27-2 (Root 11)

    Bowling figures: Irfan 5-0-14-1, Anwar 2-0-12-0, Gohar 4-0-20-1, Riaz 4-0-18-0, Iftikhar 2-0-7-0, Malik 3-0-11-0

    Pakistan 208 (49.5): Hafeez 45, Riaz 33*; Woakes 4-40

    Full scorecard

  15. England 85-2 (Hales 27, Morgan 32)published at 20 overs

    Target 209

    Challenging passage of play for England's batsmen to negotiate here. Messrs Hales and Morgan do well to get four off Malik's over. Unspectacular but effective stuff from the batsmen. 

  16. Postpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special

    "A little moment of fortune there for Eoin Morgan."

  17. Postpublished at 19 overs

    Target 209

    Eoin Morgan batsImage source, Getty Images

    Zafar Gohar back into the attack. Big shout for lbw as one darts back into the pads of Morgan, but Pakistan's only review went in the previous over. Replays suggest that had the decision been reviewed, it would have been umpire's call. 

    Plenty of turn out there for Gohar. Morgan gets a boundary with a reverse sweep again. 

  18. England 76-2 (target 209)published at 18 overs

    Eventful over that from Malik. It included a switch-hit from Morgan to third man (or is that fine leg once his grip changes?), an edge from Morgan that didn't carry to slip, and that review. England need to be careful here. 

  19. Hales reprievedpublished at 18 overs

    Not enough proof that Hales edged that down leg side, and Pakistan lose their remaining review. 

  20. Pakistan reviewpublished at 17.5 overs

    Malik thinks he may have got Hales caught behind... given not out...