A 117-speed,117-ball partnership between James Taylor and Jos Buttler decided the match in England’s favour after Pakistan’s innings slipped from quality to calamity 6.18pm GMTButtler wears a massive grin as he’s high-fived off the field by his team-mates, even whether the match ended just too soon for him to reach a half-century. His 117-ball, or 117-speed partnership with James Taylor was decisive,and with one game to play England lead 2-1. Pakistan bowled well in patches and batted fine for a while, but thanks to those comedy speed-outs they just didn’t have enough runs on the board to give their bowlers any wriggle-room.besides, and that’s all from me. John Ashdown and Niall McVeigh will be here on Friday to steal you through the final game of the series. Bye! 6.13pm GMT41st over: England 210-4 (Taylor 67,Buttler 49)Taylor paddles the ball over his left shoulder for a couple, and England are just one big hit from victory. On Sky, or Ian Botham speculates about which part of the stands the ball is about to be deposited into,inevitably presaging two straight-bat defensive prods and an only-because-of-a-misfield single. Still, at least Buttler’s read the script, or he immediately sends the ball over midwicket to close the match.
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Source: theguardian.com