England vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I at Leeds, PAK in ENG, Jul 18 2021 - Match Result

6.15pm: Well, it was scorchio in the stands, and England were too hot to handle on the field. George Dobell's report is just about to land in the slot, and we'll be back to mow a few more over midwicket in Tuesday's decider. Thanks for your comments, from myself, Danyal and Thilak, that's a wrap. Bye!

6.05pm: Time for the presentations, then. Pakistan captain Babar Azam: "We gave away too many runs, perhaps 30 too many, and weren't able to carry through the momentum we built at the top. Lost my wicket at a crucial time, but we back our ability to chase down a total because we've done it in the past. Happy with our spinners but the fast bowlers leaked too many runs and we'll look to rectify that in the next game. Hope for an improved performance."

England captain Jos Buttler: "Thought we were fantastic, quite good to lose the toss, put together a good score and put a lot of pressure on them. [Spinners] Yes, absolutely Rashid's been fantastic for a long time and Parky has earned his chance, they bowled fantastically well in tandem. [Return from injury] Great to be back and nice to contribute. Great team performance, asked a lot of the guys and improved on the other night. Two great games and I'm sure the decider will be as well."

Moeen Ali is Player of the Match: "Getting an opportunity up the order is fantastic, and bowling a few overs was great. Brilliant team performance, so many other guys could have been Man of the Match. Just tried to spin the ball, the two spinners before me bowled fantastically well, Parky is very accurate and they stuck to their skills. But to get a couple of wickets was great. [Batting position] I'm happy to float, when you bat up the order you can get going in the Powerplay and play your shots. Nice to bat with Jos and take it to the bowlers. Great for the series and going into Old Trafford it'll be a fantastic game."

6pm: The Pakistan fans in the ground never gave up, vuvuzelas blaring to the last, but England have crushed this one - and that leaves things nicely set for a series decider at Old Trafford on Tuesday. It seemed as if England might have undershot their innings, losing 7 for 63 during the final seven overs of their innings; but 200 was still a score on the board, and they bowled intelligently, the three spinners in particular capitalising on a grippy surface to claim 5 for 87 between them. Pretty much from the moment Mohammad Rizwan fell in the 11th over, Pakistan's chase went downhill

"Why wasn't that wicket a dead-ball? Clearly it would have been distracting to the batsman." Rauf might have stood a chance if he'd asked, Ahmed, that's for certain

Curran to close out. Chris Jordan, by the way, has bowled just one over. Pakistan need 47, or snookers

Haris Rauf is the batter at No.10

Mahmood to bowl out

"Hafeez, Fakhar and Azam scoring 19 off 24 in a chase that required an average of 10 an over? Simply not good enough." But did a relatively pedestrian start by the top two put them under pressure, Hammad Afzal?

Bit of a delay in that over for a pitch invader. Here's Matt's view of it: "Bloke runs onto the pitch wearing a Palestinian flag, gets a selfie with Rashid at point, legs it off, leaves the stewards for dead, then roly-polies over the boundary boards and pegs it up the terrace"

"What is Tom Curran in team for? His brother is 5x the player and there are other players. His long hair and ineffectiveness reminds me of Ishant Sharma of 2011-14" He's there for the Dernbach-esque slower balls, obvs, Pom Pom. When he's bowling with confidence, he looks a much better package

Shaheen Afridi is out at No. 9

Pakistan still brawling here - just - although they need almost 20 an over (which is right on the outskirts of Hussey Country). Tom Curran returns for the 18th