A 36-ball 64 by Jason Roy and a four-wicket haul by Adil Rashid propelled England to a series-winning three-wicket victory over Pakistan in the third and final T20 International at Old Trafford.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England followed up their 3-0 victory over the visitors in the One-day Internationals with a 2-1 series win on Tuesday night. The Pakistan team will now fly to the Caribbean for a limited-overs and Test tour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chasing a target of 155 for victory, England's Chris Jordan scored the winning runs with just two balls remaining.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England had squared the series with victory at Headingley on July 18, setting up a winner-takes-all encounter in Manchester in the final match of Pakistan's limited-overs tour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skipper Eoin Morgan had his spinners and opening batsman Jason Roy to thank for the win, with Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali the pick of the bowlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first but the arrival of England's spinners into the attack restricted the tourists' run flow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rashid removed captain Babar Azam for 11 with only his second ball, leaving Pakistan 42\/1 in the final over of the powerplay. And the leg-spinner picked up two more wickets in his second over, taking the scalps of both Sohaib Maqsood (13) and Mohammad Hafeez (1).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 33-year-old finished with career-best T20I figures of 4\/35 from his four overs. Moeen too bowled near-flawless deliveries conceding just 19 runs in his four overs, with Pakistan failing to hit the 34-year-old off-spinner for a single boundary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the end, it was Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan who did the bulk of the scoring and guiding the team to 154\/6 from the 20 overs, finishing on an unbeaten 76 off 57 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For England, it looked like an easy run chase as Roy got the home side ahead of run-rate with a blistering 36-ball 64.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But some lacklustre batting by fellow opener Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow put the pressure on the hosts. Captain Morgan found a bit of timely form, smashing two sixes in a quick-fire 21 to put England on the brink of victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The series victory ensures England remain at the top of the ICC Men's T20I rankings, while Pakistan stay fourth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief scores: Pakistan 154\/6 in 20 overs (Md Rizwan 76; A Rashid 4\/35) lost to England 155\/7 in 19.4 overs (Jason Roy 64, D Malan 31; Md Hafeez 3\/28) by 3 wickets.
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