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Quality quick bowling tipped the balance in this match.
Wood and Topley proved to be far too fast for the Pakistan batsmen, and there were equally good performances from some of the emerging batsmen.

But we have a simular number of quality players waiting to return.
Archer due back early next year.
Jordan and Woakes to be fit for the World Cup as is Buttler.
Bairstow won't be available till next year.
Stokes to play in the World Cup.
Hales is fit and has just been rested.
Olly Stone had a stress fracture last year, and I don't know about his availiblity.
Willey & Luke Wood available if needed.

Try picking an England eleven for the World Cup.

Pakistan v England 4th T20I - Karachi (15.30 BST)
England elected to field
Pakistan 166-4 Rizwan 88 Babar 36 Masood 21 Topley 2-37
England 163 (19.2 overs) Brook 34 Dawson 34 D3uckett 33 Moeen 29 Rauf 3-32 Nawaz 3-35 Hasnain 2-40
Pakistan won by 3 runs

Pakistan v England 5th T20I - Lahore (15.30)
England elected to field
Pakistan 145 (19 overs) Rizwan 63 M Wood 3-20 S Curran 2-23 Willey 2--23
ENG 139-7 Moeen 51 n Malan 36 Rauf 2-41
Pakistan won by 6 runs

England make 4 changes, with Malan, Sam Curran, Mark Wood, & Woakes, replacing Jacks Dawson, Stone, & Topley.

Pakistan v England 6th T20I - Lahore (15.30 BST)
England elected to field
Pakistan 169-6 Babar 87 no Iftikhar 31 Curran 2-26 Willey 2-32
ENG 170-2 (14.3 overs) Salt 88 no Hales 27 Malan 26 Duckett 26 no
England won by 8 wickets

A good win by England to level the series with just the decider to go.

Salt and Hales put on the 3rd quickest opening 50 runs in just 3 overs, by an England team in t20.
And they won with 33 runs remaining.

Pakistan v England 7th T20I - Lahore - (15.30 BST)
Pakistan elected to field
ENG 209-3 Malan 78 no Brook 46 no Duckett 30
Pakistan 142-8 Masood 56 Khushdil 27 Woakes 3-26 Willey 2-22
England wo by 67 runs

England clinical in the decider.
Pakistan dropped crucial catches and then lost key early wickets in the chase.

Great to see England touring in Pakistan after so many years.

Harry Brook has played well in the series. He could become an ever present in all of the cricket squads.

Definitely with you Charlemagne he's taken his chances well
Aside from that rather enjoyed that long t20 series having 7 matches which is unusual these days some gritty games could be ideal ahead of the world cup where the Aussie wickets could be drop in one's and scoring could be varied