Pakistan returned to the winner's circle after its recent Test match controversy by beating England by five wickets in their Twenty20 match at Bristol.
England was restricted to 144-7, thanks to Abdul Razzaq's three wicket bag for 30 runs. Marcus Trescothick hit 53 for England but it was the only significant score.
The match was also notable for the return of ace fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Carted for three fours off successive balls by Trescothick, he was unphased and had Ian Bell's wicket when he cut a ball to Younis Khan at slip. 
Then within four further balls Mohammad Asif claimed Kevin Pietersen with a first ball duck and Andrew Strauss lasted only two balls before offering a catch behind.
Jamie Dalrymple (27) and Mike Yardy (24no) bolstered the lower-order batting to help England to 144.
Stuart Broad provided some hope for England when taking Shoaib Malik (16) and Younis Khan with successive balls in the fourth over when Pakistan had scored 23.
However, Mohammad Hafeez played a comparative anchor role while scoring 40 from 40 balls as Shahid Afridi went on the assault to hit 28 off 10 to regain the initiative for Pakistan.
Afridi fell to a superb catch by Yardy, but with Mohammad Yousuf replacing him there was no let-up for England.
He scored 20 off 19 balls and it was left to Inzamam-ul-Haq (11no) and Abdul Razzaq (17no) to see Pakistan home with 13 balls to spare.
It was another bitter blow for England which has been woeful in its reduced overs form this summer and the loss was its seventh successive defeat.
Captain Andrew Strauss told BBC Sport: "The key was losing our middle order for so few runs.
"We had to consolidate and probably needed 30 or 40 more than we got.
"I feel it was a pretty spirited performance by the guys, we just didn't have enough runs on the board," he said.
