The sense of inevitability covers England a little bit more in that over from Rashid. Pakistan knock a few singles about, then Babar Azam cuts him for four to send the fans into roars yet again. They can walk it from here.

M Chuzzle: In Tests you can carry a captain, if they're a brilliant tactician. Not so much in Twenty20. When will Morgan start producing?  

Paul Cotterill: I'm not one to over-react at one underpar performance but every England player should be sacked immediately for ever.

50 for Latifpublished at 13 overs

13 overs

Latif launches it off Moeen. He gets to his half-century by walking down the track and letting fly over mid-wicket. There's an emphatic Shearer like celebration as he stands batting arm raised. A four after that puts the visitors within 14 of an amazing win.

Ooof! England nearly had two wickets in that last over. Not sure what Babar Azam was thinking but for a man who injured his hammy earlier, he had a massive charge down and nearly got himself stumped. Buttler, sadly, fails to hold on to the ball.

Jeffrey Yeung: Seems like England are in a hurry to finish this super series off vs Pakistan by getting thrashed.

Michael Bairstow: Australia's T20 record would have been under threat if Pakistan had batted first. Simply awesome display.

He's gone now, but here's how Sharjeel passed 50 in the grand manner with a six...

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

That looked absolutely dead to me. Thumping into middle stump.

Business as usual for Pakistan as Latif whacks Moeen Ali into the stands for a big six. Interestingly, Moeen had a big and good-looking shout for lbw before that but it was not given. Unlucky.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Pakistan are the ultimate mercurial team. They are either red hot or stone cold. They are definitely the former tonight.

A score that looks satisfactory in many different ways. Pakistan see out another calm over but two singles take them to triple figures. Adil Rashid has a sharp contrast to his first over. There's a bloke in the crowd with a homemade sign saying "start the car". Yep, it's time to get the seat belt on and stick the indicator on.

PitchedOutsideLeg: On the subject of those extra toilets you mentioned at 3 overs. The way this is going, England about to meet their Portaloo.

Steve: During the interval of the Shawshank Redemption at The Lowry, a six from Old Trafford just landed on the stage... 

Slightly awkward, as Moeen was predicted to be given a pasting but he actually produces one of the calmest overs of the innings. However, I fear dot balls can't help at this stage. Only a burst of three or four wickets will do.

50 for Sharjeelpublished at 8 overs

8 overs

Pak 93-0

Seriously. Has Sharjeel recorded Bake-Off and is just desperate to catch it sooner rather than later? Cake can do that to you. He launches Rashid for two humongous sixes, the second of which goes so high in the air the floodlight ducked out of the way. Both were plonked over the mid-wicket boundary and Sharjeel gets to his half-century in some style.

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

England need to change their lengths. They need to go to death bowling. They can't go to Moeen Ali now as Pakistan have been targeting him all summer. It could be carnage.

Stop the presses, run through the town with a bell shouting 'hear ye, hear ye', put a note on a speckled pigeon and send it far and wide. We've had an over without a boundary shot. Ben Stokes is the lucky England bowler, as we enter the post-powerplay period. Four come off the over, though Stokes still managed to bowl an ugly wide delivery that needed Buttler to use his side step technique again.

Flat Track Bully: Remind me again why Mills and Wood aren't playing? Bizarre decision by the England selectors.  

Francis Edwards: People always said Pakistan are hit and miss, I feel that's England at the moment. Worked against Sri Lanka but not Aus and SA.

Will Pakistan fans be demanding a refund if this finishes early? Probably not. They'll probably carry the team off on their shoulders at this rate. 

England bring on Joe Root. Is this desperation? Or just a genius tactic that will yield rewards later? For now, it's a bit of the former as Latif keeps pace with his batting partner with a couple of fours, the first one excellently bisecting mid-wicket and long on. 

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Is this the same game? England really struggled to get the ball away but Pakistan are going ballistic. That shot from Sharjeel - what a pick-up that was. A massive hit anywhere in the world.