England beat Pakistan by 67 runs to win T20 decider and claim series 4-3 — as it happened

I’ll leave you there. This series has been a fun couple of weeks; I don’t know about you, but I’m well up for the T20 World Cup now.

Here’s Andy Bull’s report to take you through England’s final show in Lahore:

Dawid Malan was Player of the Match by the way, after hitting an unbeaten 78. Brook took the Player-of-the-Series award for his collection of sparkling knocks.

Moeen Ali with some final thoughts on a memorable series: “The way we’ve come back and won those two games so comfortably [after being 3-2 down in the series] was amazing to see. I think we’re in a good position right now with players to come in who we know can make a difference. It just shows the depth that we have in our squad as well.

“I just want to say thank you to everybody, all the crowd, the PCB for looking after us. We’ve really enjoyed our time here.”

Harry Brook finishes as England’s leading run-scorer in the series: 238 runs at an average of 79.33, striking at 163.01. He’s surely in England’s World Cup XI.

A look ahead to the World Cup:

Comprehensive from England as Willey closes the match and series. They were excellent with the ball, putting a stop to the contest by removing Babar and Rizwan before the ninth ball of the innings. Chris Woakes picked up three wickets, David Willey two and Reece Topley went straight through Rizwan with a jaffa. Tidy work from Curran, Rashid and Moeen too.

Willey to wrap things up and he bowls Wasim, who is nowhere near pulling off the ramp.

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A brilliant grab from Adil Rashid! Woakes bowls a wide off-cutter that Masood flashes at, and the ball flies to the right of Rashid at short third man who pulls off a cracking catch. Woakes finishes with 3-26 from his four overs, a fine display to end the series.

19th over: Pakistan 135-7 (Wasim 5, Rauf 0)

18th over: Pakistan 129-6 (Masood 51, Wasim 4) A first-ball boundary for Wasim. Two overs to go but the game’s gone.

Masood swats away for four and goes to fifty by picking up a couple through the leg-side. But he loses his partner Nawaz later in the over, with a pull flying into the safe mitts of Chris Woakes at deep square leg.

17th over: Pakistan 116-5 (Masood 44, Nawaz 9) The singles tick on before Nawaz pumps a fuller ball from Topley down the ground for four. Pakistan need 94 from three overs. Hey, you never know.

16th over: Pakistan 107-5 (Nawaz 3, Masood 42) David Willey gives little away as the victory march continues.

My guy Roller delivers. That’s a pretty tidy team.

15th over: Pakistan 100-5 (Nawaz 1, Masood 37) England are cruising.

Woakes goes short and Asif doesn’t have enough on the pull, finding Topley’s safe hands at deep square leg.

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John Starbuck writes in to explain his World Cup changes: “Buttler comes in, of course, and I think replaces Hales, who is liable to make big scores but his fielding lets him down. Mind you, both sides have dropped sitters today, so maybe the lights are proving difficult? There needs to be a few seamers to allow Mark Wood to be rotated.”

14th over: Pakistan 92-4 (Shan 35, Asif 2) Curran skips in and concedes six off the over. I think we all know which way this match and series is going.

13th over: Pakistan 86-4 (Masood 33, Asif 0) A googly to Asif Ali is followed by a sharp-turning leg-break, and then another googly follows, hitting Asif’s pad. It’s turning too much for an lbw though. A beautiful over to close the spell from the England leggie.

Khushdil sends Adil Rashid over deep midwicket for six but he’s gone next ball, producing a faint edge down the leg side before Salt holds on. Out the front of the hand from Rashid – a nice little change-up.

12th over: Pakistan 80-3 (Khushdil 21, Masood 33) Masood gets a bit of luck to finish the over, making room on the off-side for a big swing off Topley; he ends up getting a thick edge that flies over Phil Salt for four.

Here’s a bit of fun for you: how should England line up for their first World Cup game? Outside of players in this XI, you’ve got the likes of Buttler, Stokes and Livingstone to choose from.

11th over: Pakistan 71-3 (Khushdil 18, Masood 28) Khushdil can’t get Rashid’s googlies away; Masood’s trying to go big, but he’s not getting it out of the screws. Basically, Pakistan are really struggling here.

10th over: Pakistan 68-3 (Khushdil 16, Masood 27) Curran runs in to bowl his assortment of slower balls/cutters into the surface. Khushdil decides to dance down to a slower-ball bouncer, and he swats it away to collect a boundary off the fourth ball of the over.

9th over: Pakistan 59-3 (Khushdil 10, Masood 24) A release for Masood. Rashid tosses the ball up and Masood gets on one knee to smash it over deep midwicket for six. A clip for two follows before Masood finishes the over with a mistimed slog that brings another couple.

8th over: Pakistan 46-3 (Khushdil 8, Masood 14) Two lefties in so Moeen brings himself on to turn the ball past the bat. Khushdil dances down second ball but can only bunt it back to the bowler. Just five off the over as Pakistan struggle for boundaries.

7th over: Pakistan 41-3 (Khushdil 4, Masood 13) Adil Rashid gives it a twirl and races through his set: just four off it.

Some love from a fellow quick:

6th over: Pakistan 37-3 (Masood 11, Khushdil 2) Pakistan aren’t really going anywhere here, with the required rate now above 12 an over.

Willey strikes! The quick thumps the ball into the surface and Iftikhar flashes hard with a cut that produces an edge – Salt gobbles up a simple catch behind the stumps.

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5th over: Pakistan 33-2 (Iftikhar 19, Masood 9) A run-out chance as Shan Masood tucks the ball into the covers, with Sam Curran’s throw missing the target at the striker’s end. Back-to-back boundaries follow for Iftikhar, with his second shot particularly impressive; he made room with a shuffle to the leg-side, punching Topley’s slower ball through the off-side.

4th over: Pakistan 22-2 (Iftikhar 9, Masood 8) And now there’s a drop from England! Iftikhar gets the bottom of the bat with a leg-side heave and the ball flies high in the air. The bowler, David Willey, gets under it but can’t hold on. A tight over otherwise; Pakistan’s Powerplay is not going well.

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3rd over: Pakistan 18-2 (Masood 6, Iftikhar 7) A very delicate guide from Shan Masood brings four behind point, but there’s little damage elsewhere.

2nd over: Pakistan 11-2 (Masood 0, Iftikhar 6) A boundary to finish the over, with Iftikhar gloving a pull down the leg-side. England are well on top, though.

That’s gorgeous! And another massive wicket! Reece Topley goes full, swinging the ball back into Mohammad Rizwan to rattle the stumps. That really is just beautiful new-ball bowling. Pakistan have lost the two men they rely so much upon in these moments.

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