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All that's left is for me to give a shameless plug to Will Luke's bulletin and a gallery of images from the game.
Close Pakistan take a 2-0 lead in the series with two to play and it is increasingly hard to see where England's next one-day win will come from. This was, however, a better performance. England batted fairly well and Pakistan's fielding seemed to have let them down. But then Younis Khan hit a splendid 101, a slightly out-of-sorts Mohammad Yousuf chipped in with 60, and fittingly Inzamam-ul-Haq guided his side home despite some late collywobbles.
England's second-string seamers were poor, and Rikki Clarke simply doesn't look any more likely to be good enough than he did in his previous time in the squad while Sajid Mahmood continues to blow hot and cold.
Strauss: "We showed fight throughout the game and if we do that we'll turn things round sooner rather than later. I don't think we thought it would turn as much as it did."
Inzamam-ul-Haq: "As a senior partner the responsibility fell on me."
The Man of the Match with 63% of the Sky Sports vote is Younis Khan.
