England v Pakistan: second men’s T20 international – live

England v Pakistan: second men’s T20 international – live

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2nd over: England 12-0 (Salt 8, Buttler 4) Mohammad Amir shares the new ball, he has a slight breeze to run into as opposed to Afridi who has it at his back. Them’s the breaks when you aren’t top dog. Cripes! Buttler nearly chops a full bunger onto his stumps, the ball just sliding down past the timbers. A push to mid-on and they take a single. Amir hustles in and slings one down short with his southpaw action, Salt pulls in front of square for three. Amir angles the ball across both Buttler and Salt, beating them both in his first over and conceding just four runs off it.

1st over: England 8-0 (Salt 5, Buttler 3) Eeesht! Shaheen is fast and full to Phil Salt. A bunted full toss and a swing and a miss make it two dots to begin with. Salt is then nearly outfoxed by a slower ball that he plinks into the air short of mid-on. A scampered single sees him off the mark. Buttler leans on a full ball and guides it through the covers for three. Salt then digs out a toe crunching yorker before going up and over the in-field to clobber four off the final ball.

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