Summary

  • England chase down 169-6 with 33 balls to spare

  • Salt hammers brilliant 88 off 41 balls

  • Pakistan recover from slow start (15-2) to post 169-6

  • Babar anchors Pakistan with sublime 87 off 59

  • Pakistan now level at 3-3 with one to play (Lahore, Sunday, 15:30 BST)

Live Reporting

Joe Rindl

  1. Eng 124-1

    Salt 70, Malan 26

    Told you!

    Phil Salt carves one through the off side for four. He's onto 70 off 25.

  2. Eng 120-1

    Target 170

    England continue with three singles off Dahani's latest over.

    Feels like we're due a boundary. We've had three balls without one.

  3. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Pakistan's spinners are really struggling to cope with the wet ball. There's a look of resignation on Babar Azam's face.

  4. England need 53 runs from 72 balls.

    A reminder, Pakistan scored a daunting 169-6!

    The worm shows England are 59 runs ahead of Pakistan. England are 117 for 1 after 8 overs. At the same stage Pakistan were 58 for 2.

  5. Eng 117-1

    Target 170

    And England finish the over with yet another boundary. Phil Salt pounces on a short one, dropping it through long-on.

  6. Eng 112-1

    Malan 23, Salt 61

    And yet another four. A full toss from Shadab is driven to the fence.

  7. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    In the age of innovation, ramps and reverse, Dawid Malan is demonstrating there is still a place for the classical cover drive.

  8. Eng 108-1

    Target 170

    Protect the cover boundary at all costs!

    Dawid Malan finds it once again with an elegant drive. Four more, to the England.

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    Steve: Salt - a man for all seasons.

  10. I'm on the Fulham vs Newcastle match report tomorrow. Can't see that game being this exciting.

  11. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Phil Salt is one of the most sought-after batters in the world and has played in the Pakistan Super League. He has dapted to the conditions in Pakistan perfectly.

  12. 6 runs

    Eng 102-1

    Target 170

    England's 100 comes up with a flat, pull for six from Phil Salt.

    He moves on to 60 off 21. Wow, just wow.

  13. Eng 96-1

    Target 170

    Phil Salt doesn't time this one too well but when you're in you're in.

    He splits the fielders for four more.

  14. Eng 91-1

    Target 170

    Oh that is lovely. Dawid Malan continues the high intensity with another cover drive to the fence.

  15. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Some people may think it's a foregone conclusion that Alex Hales opens alongside Jos Buttler in the World Cup, but Phil Salt is making a compelling case here. England are wildly in control.

  16. 50 runs

    for Phil Salt

    Eng 87-1

    The 50 comes up from 19 balls with eight fours and two sixes and a strike rate of 263.2. Wow.

    The run map shows Phil Salt scored 50 with 2 sixes, 8 fours, and 6 singles for England

  17. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Phil Salt has a look of Glenn Maxwell if you go to a cheapish lookalikes agency.

  18. Eng 86-1

    Salt 49, Malan 9

    More runs as Salt moves one away from his half-century, slashing Jamal through the off side for four.

  19. Eng 82-1

    Target 170

    The powerplay finishes with a dot ball. A rare blank.

    The worm shows England are 42 runs ahead of Pakistan. England are 82 for 1 after 6 overs. At the same stage Pakistan were 40 for 2.

  20. James Foster
    Ex-England and Essex wicketkeeper

    Babar is shouting there and he doesn't seem overly chuffed. Why would he be?