• Moeen Ali hit four sixes and as many fours in his 23-ball innings.
• England scored 119 runs in the final 10 overs. Ben Duckett (43).
• Harry Brook (31) and Alex Hales (30) all contributed to the run-fest.

Moeen Ali produced a rapid 50 to help his team beat Pakistan in the second T20 international, which was played on Thursday in Karachi.

After winning the toss and deciding to bat first at National Stadium, Moeen Ali, the stand-in skipper for England, hit four sixes and as many fours in his 23-ball innings to finish on 55 not out.

As England scored 119 runs in the final 10 overs, Ben Duckett (43), Harry Brook (31) and Alex Hales (30) all made contributions to the run-fest.

Off the final two pitches of the inning from pacer Mohammad Hasnain, Moeen smacked two enormous sixes.

The opening match of the seven-match series was won by England, which is touring Pakistan for the first time in 17 years, by six wickets.

The visitors brought in spinner Liam Dawson in place of pacer Richard Gleeson, while Pakistan replaced fast bowler Naseem Shah with Mohammad Hasnain.

The series’ final games will be played in Lahore and Karachi (September 23 and 25). (September 28, 30 and October 2).

Playing XIs:

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Haider Ali, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Usman Qadir

England: Moeen Ali (captain), Alex Hales, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, David Willey, Luke Wood