England 200 beat
Pakistan 155-9 by 45 runsVictory at Headingley levels T20 series at 1-1On a broiling day at Headingley, when you could have fried not only an egg but a full chicken on the stone steps of the Western Terrace, preconceptions were spun on their head. England’s spinners outbowled Pakistan’s and Moeen Ali, so often a forlorn figure in an
England shirt, finished player of the match, fizzing with the bat and collaring two wickets.
It was another new-look England team, this time without Eoin Morgan, who dropped himself, and stacked full of spinners, including two leggies for the first time that anyone could remember – Adil Rashid was back, to mentor Matt Parkinson. Jos Buttler also returned, wearing the captain’s armband, and Chris Jordan.