The third T20 international between England and Pakistan takes place at Old Trafford, Manchester on Tuesday and heading into the final game of the tour, England are 1-0 up in the series.
The opening match of this series was called off with England on 131/6 after 16.1 (Tom Banton 71) but we got a result on Sunday as England chased down Pakistan's bat first total of 195/4 for a 5 wicket win.
Babar Azam (56) and Hafeez (69) were the top scorers in the Pakistan innings whilst Adil Rashid (2/32) was the pick of the England bowlers.
England's top order all contributed, most notably Bairstow (44), Malan (54 not out) and Eoin Morgan (66) and England got up with 5 balls to spare.
England hit 8 maximums to Pakistan's 5 and Morgan was named Man of the Match.
The teams remain in Manchester for this final contest and this was how they lined up on Sunday.
England: Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Lewis Gregory, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 17 times. England have won 11, Pakistan 4 and we have seen 1 tie and 1 no result.
Old Trafford Manchester
Of 9 T20's staged at Old Trafford England have won 4, lost 2 and we have seen 3 no results.
The weather forecast is always worth keeping an eye on
The Betting, 3rd T20 Match Result
England 0.57/1
Pakistan 6/4
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict:
England had all the answers to Pakistan's big total on Sunday although the visitors were more competitive than is reflected in the match result prices for this match.
I will wrap this series up with a couple of MoM picks, one from each side, with Babar Azam an obvious contender for Pakistan and Tom Banton gets the vote for England.
Bets: Man of the Match Babar Azam 6/1
Man of the Match Tom Banton 15/2
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Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change
