England vs Pakistan, 2nd Investec Test at Manchester, Jul 22 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

England win by 330 runs and level the series at 1-1 with two matches to play at Edgbaston and The Oval. Set up very nicely. Small gap before the next Test on August 3. Pakistan have a two-day game against Worcestershire at the weekend to try out a few things. It's been an outstanding all-round performance from England, the only downer being the injury today for Ben Stokes. He looks unlikely for the next Test, at least. They were in control from about lunch on the first day having won the toss. Joe Root and Alastair Cook led the way, followed by a strong display from the pace attack. Now it's Pakistan's turn to dig deep and answer some tough questions. I'll bring you the presentations shortly.

Taha: "And what about the super series..Can u update please.." It's 4-4. All to play for.

Nick: "Seriously worrying that Chris Woakes's form is dropping so suddenly. His last four innings he has got 6 wickets then 5 wickets then 4 wickets and only 3 wickets this time round"

Misbah-ul-Haq "It happens, it can turn around like that. Full credit to England they won a good toss then Cook and Root took the game away. We were nowhere near, below average, we need to improve in every department. We couldn't build the pressure and let them score a massive total. You need to keep the opposition to 350, near 600 it's really difficult to come back. The way we batted in the first innings, we could have scored more than 350-400. We were thrown out of the game. Yasir is used to bowling on second and third day when there is some rough for him, so this different, and he didn't have anything. Credit, too, for Root and Cook who played him really well. [Top-order batting] It's a little bit of a worry, you want your batsmen to fire. Without scoring 300+ runs it's difficult to put pressure on. We need to convert starts. It's the good and bad thing about our team, we can have a result like this after a good game but we can also bounce back from it. Mentally they are capable of coming back."

Alastair Cook "We were really good, there wasn't too much that could have gone better. Really pleased about the character, the manner in which everyone batted, we had a better tempo. We left it to the individual about how we'd play Yasir, playing him a little straighter seemed to work. [Root's promotion to No. 3] I can't claim too much credit for his 250, but it seemed the logical step to put your best batter at No. 3. We talked about going big, that was as good as I've seen. [Pitch] We knew if we got a bit of pace and bounce it suits our bowlers. We feel as we have some good momentum with the ball. I thought a bit of time off for the bowlers if I'm honest. [Follow-on decision] Rest up, come in hard today. Didn't think it would cause quite the stir it would for 12 hours. [Bowlers] Jimmy is fine, your first game back you are a bit sore, but Stokesy looks in a bit of trouble with his leg. Mark Wood is coming back, Steven Finn, Jake Ball...Stokesy balances the side, but we have Woakes at No 8 or 9."

Man of the Match is Joe Root, no surprise there. "Very special feeling, I enjoy playing here. Nice to have some support when I come here. You had to earn the right, Cooky set the example. Everything we talked about before the game, was nice to go out there and do it. You put the hard yards in and work hard, and I had a good think to myself, and nice to turn it around quite quickly. I don't look to No. 3 any differently to No. 4, but taking some risk out will help. Both sides have played some strong cricket but we are confident going into Edgbaston."

That just about wraps things up for this Test match. David Hopps' report will be updated here shortly and we'll have plenty more from the ground as the evening goes on. A very impressive win for England. We'll be back for the third Test at Edgbaston on August 3. For now, though, from Gnasher, Andrew and Alan it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

Well, there is a change. It's Woakes...

Sarah: "So, half an hour ago I was asking where Broad was. Now he's back, I want Root on again..."