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 70-2 (target 209)published at 17 overs

    Wahab keeps bursting in, all sinews and muscle. Four off the over for England, which is just fine for them. 

    Wahab has a strange balding pattern going on. The whole hairline has receded back a few inches, bar a small island of hair in the middle that he's grown, Bobby Charlton-style, and combed over. But what covers the back and sides is thick and bountiful. 

  2. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 16 overs

    Eng 67-2 (Hales 26, Morgan 21)

    Eoin Morgan batsImage source, Getty Images

    Shoaib Malik, an unlikely destroyer in the Test series, comes into the attack. And he's so close to ending Eoin Morgan's stay at the crease, spinning one just past the batsman's edge and somehow evading the stumps. Morgan beaten all ends up. Time for drinks, and after that, the commentary of Tim Peach.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    #bbccricket

    James Boswell: Starting to have real confidence in this England batting line-up. 1-6 all have the experience and quality to win matches.

  4. Eng 63-2published at 15 overs

    A better over from Wahab - just a couple of singles from it. Hales and Morgan are stabilising England well here.

  5. Postpublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Very few wrist-spinners are as accurate as finger-spinners, unless you're Shane Warne. Technically, it's easier to bowl finger-spin."

  6. View from the press boxpublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

  7. Eng 61-2 (target 209)published at 14 overs

    Hales hasn't been too fluent so far but he's beginning to look a bit more comfortable out there. He sweeps Iftikhar powerfully and beats the fielder at square leg for four.

  8. Farewell Mitchell Johnsonpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

  9. Eng 54-2published at 13 overs

    Errant again from Wahab, down the leg side and Morgan just helps it on its way towards the fine-leg boundary.

  10. Eng 48-2published at 12.1 overs

    No, he's fine. Morgan grounded his bat well.

  11. Postpublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I think he's comfortably home, but we're going to have a look. Direct hit from mid-on. Poor old umpire Cloete has lost some confidence, he was on a hat-trick of reviewed lbws earlier."

  12. Umpire reviewpublished at 12.1 overs

    Now then! A direct hit shatters the stumps - is Eoin Morgan in trouble?

  13. Eng 47-2published at 12 overs

    Iftikhar is into the attack with his part-time off-spin. It's a good first over, just one run off it.

  14. Australia's greatest fast bowlerspublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    The full votes: McGrath 60%, Dennis Lillee 25%, Brett Lee 5%, Jeff Thomson 5%, Mitchell Johnson 2%, Ray Lindwall 1%, Fred "The Demon" Spofforth 1%, others 1%.

    Actually, if you watched Spofforth play (last Test 1887) and are able to use the internet, you have our admiration!

  15. Eng 46-2 (Hales 18, Morgan 9)published at 11 overs

    Wahab Riaz has been excellent in both the Tests and the ODI series - can he keep up the pressure exerted by Irfan? Not to begin with - short from Wahab but not quite venomous enough and Morgan rolls his wrists on it and dispatches it to the boundary.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

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    Roy is rightly being given a good run in the team but I'd prefer his county colleague Steven Davies to open with Hales in ODIs. He had an amazing season this year and has improved since he last played for England.

    Alan, London

  17. 6 runs

    Eng 41-2published at 10 overs

    A much-needed maximum for England - Hales releases the pressure valve with a big slog-sweep off Zahar. Glorious timing, made a wonderful crack off the bat as it sailed into the sky.

  18. Postpublished at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special

    "One thing you can't argue with - it's terrific bowling at the moment."

  19. Postpublished at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's a good spell by any standards by Irfan. He's been fast, he's been accurate, on target and he's picked up one wicket."

  20. Eng 33-2 (Hales 11, Morgan 3)published at 9 overs

    Alex HalesImage source, Getty Images

    This is top quality from Irfan. He gets Hales wafting outside off, then is a fraction away from brushing his gloves with a head-high snorter. A real examination for England's batsmen at the moment.