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.
![Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali shine as England sweep Pakistan aside](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2cc5abc485b3b4271884ad909b5d4aacecef1eeb/0_42_4085_2452/master/4085.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=59b0237069e684993d51ddc114b4824f)
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.