Mark Wood and Jofra Archer also caught the eye to whet the appetite ahead of next week’s T20 World Cup.
England secured a 2-0 victory in the rain-affected Vitality T20 international series with Pakistan after Phil Salt hit 45 to guide them to a seven-wicket win at the Kia Oval.
Adil Rashid was arguably the star of the show in the field though after he picked up two for 27 and claimed two catches, while Liam Livingstone also produced an excellent double-wicket maiden to bowl out Pakistan for 157, which was always below-par. Even more devastation followed when Naseem went for 25 runs from Pakistan’s fifth over, with Salt able to launch him into the stand before Buttler took centre stage.A scoop for four by Buttler brought up the fifty partnership and it sparked a run of six successive boundaries, which concluded with a poor drop by wicketkeeper Azam Khan with Salt on 38.
After a 23-run victory in Birmingham on Saturday had been sandwiched between washouts at Headingley and Sophia Gardens, a familiar scene greeted both teams in south London with rain in the air, but play got under way at 6.30pm. It opened the door for England and the tourists collapsed from 59 without loss after 5.5 overs to 91 for five.
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