Babar Azam’s 87 guided Pakistan to 169/6 against England in the 6th T20 at Lahore on Friday.  Earlier, England won the toss and elected to bowl first. The hosts will look to seal the series with one match to go while the visitors will be looking to tie things up here and play the last match as a virtual final.

England XI: Philip Salt(w), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali(c), Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Richard Gleeson

Pakistan XI: Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris(w), Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Aamer Jamal, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shahnawaz Dahani

Dahani in to bowl the 2nd over and the first ball is driven by Salt for a four. He is not hanging about tonight. Guess where the next one goes? Straight out of the ground for a six off a pull shot. Beautiful shot by Hales to find the timing and the gap. Four more. Look at that ball fly. Dahani gets pummeled for another six!!!! Blistering batting. ENG 33/0 after 2 overs

(With inputs from agencies)