Summary

  • England win to take series 4-3

  • Pakistan fall 67 runs short & never seriously challenge target after losing both openers cheaply

  • Willey takes 50th T20 wicket for England

  • England pile up 209-3 - Malan 78* & Brook 46* top-score

  • Babar drops Malan (29) and Brook (24)

  • Malan also dropped on 62 by Wasim

  1. Eng 31-0published at 2.5 overs

    Shot!

    Alex Hales can do no wrong, waiting on a fuller delivery from Wasim and carving it through the slips.

    Next ball, four more as the opener pulls one round the corner to the ropes.

  2. Postpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    England have got off to a good start here in this series decider.

  3. Eng 20-0published at 2 overs

    Hasnain bowls the last few deliveries well, changing his line and length to keep Alex Hales in check.

    The atmosphere in Lahore by the way is ELECTRIC.

  4. Postpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    The minimum score we're looking at here is 180.

  5. Eng 17-0published at 1.2 overs

    Oooh I'm liking the look of this.

    England are starting how they did on Friday as Salt pulls new bowler Mohammad Hasnain for four.

    But Hasnain responds, beating Salt's edge next delivery.

  6. Eng 13-0published at 1 over

    Salt 11, Hales 1

    A tale of two deliveries to finish the over.

    Phil Salt continues his charge, peppering another boundary with a four over the top.

    But next delivery he gets himself in a mess, chipping a leading edge just short of a fielder inside the inner ring.

  7. Eng 6-0published at 0.2 overs

    First boundary of the day and it's taken just two balls as Phil Salt carves one through the off side.

    A wicket now and this could be a football score...

  8. Eng 2-0published at 0.1 overs

    A misfield gives Phil Salt a quick two off Mohammad Nawaz's first delivery.

  9. Postpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Here we go. Phil Salt and Alex Hales are heading out to the crease.

  10. Postpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    I am very worried about the dew in Lahore. It looked so much easier to bat on in the second innings on Friday. I feel like England need to set a big total first up.

  11. Postpublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Wood has taken 3-24 and 3-20 in his two T20 matches this series.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

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  13. Salt stars as England level seriespublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Phil Salt and Moeen AliImage source, Getty Images

    Last time out Phil Salt smashed an unbeaten 88 from 41 balls as England stormed to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the sixth Twenty20 international.

    Chasing 170 for victory in Lahore, Salt bludgeoned his way to a 19-ball half-century - the third fastest by an Englishman in T20 internationals - in a stunning display of hitting as the tourists levelled the series at 3-3 with one to play.

    It was a good toss for England captain Moeen Ali to win as a heavy dew made batting that much easier as the game went on, but despite that, the manner in which England knocked off the runs was remarkable.

    Read Sam Drury's full match report here.

  14. Listen livepublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    You can listen to every ball live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

    Click the play icon at the top of this page to make sure you don't miss a single delivery.

  15. Pick your England T20 World Cup sidepublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

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  16. Team newspublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    England: Phil Salt, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali (c), Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.

    Pakistan: Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(wk), Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain.

  17. Postpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    England captain Moeen Ali: "We would have bowled first. But if you bat well and big you can put the game out of reach.

    "It's not easy for spinners. If you look at both teams it's been difficult for spin bowling. There's been a lot of dew and these pitches don't spin much.

    "Chris Woakes comes in for Gleeson."

  18. Postpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Pakistan captain Babar Azam: "We're bowling first. We'll try and take early wickets and maintain this dew factor.

    "We're excited to play in front of our fans, they've been amazing and we want to win this series.

    "We have a lot of positive things in this series because our bowlers are bowling very well. We've had different combinations and different plans but they've executed very well.

    "We have a lot of concerns in the middle order so we're looking to step up to finish the series."

  19. Postpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 2 October 2022

    Moeen Ali says Chris Woakes is back in for Richard Gleeson.

  20. Pakistan win the toss and bowlpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 2 October 2022
    Breaking

    Feels like a good toss to win.