The world's top-ranked T20 batsman, Rizwan batted through the innings in cold conditions at Hagley Oval, tallying seven fours and two sixes in a chanceless 50-ball knock.

England won the first, third, sixth and seventh games while Pakistan won the second, fourth and fifth.

Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan Cricket tea,, became one of the few players to surpass 3,000 runs in the T20 format.

Jamal kept his cool despite being hit for a six off the third ball, conceding just eight to give Pakistan a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.

Haris Rauf grabbed three wickets as the hosts tied the seven-match series.

Alex Hales celebrated his return to the England team with a 40-ball 53 to anchor England's chase of a modest 159-run target in 19.2 overs.

The ban on saliva use has been in place for over two years in international cricket as a Covid-related temporary measure and it is considered appropriate for the ban to be made permanent

SA20 commissioner and former South Africa star Graeme Smith said the aim was to make the new league the second most popular in the world behind the IPL.

Azam was the highest scorer in last year's Twenty20 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, with 303 runs in a tournament where Pakistan crashed out in the semi-finals.

"Obviously with my roots being from here and to lead England in such a big series, a historic series is a huge and proud moment," Moeen Ali.

Warne's daughter Summer, 20, also hit out, writing on Instagram: "I would really like to know what goes through people's heads to think this is okay?"

But Saqlain was not worried about Rizwan's sluggish strike rate of 117.57 runs per hundred balls in the high-octane format.