Strauss credits the 'outstanding spell from Umar Gul' and says he's disappointed not to have chased down the target.
Afridi gets a massive cheer from The Oval crowd and says all his bowlers bowled well but "not me!" Good value as always from Afridi, big smile as he says his run out was due to "lazy running".
Umar Gul is Named man of the Match. He says his form as has been improving slowly since his injury and thanks his coaches for all their support.
Great result for the series that - keeping it alive and Andrew Miller will have his bulletin in here. That's all from us, thanks for many of the emails and I hope you'll join us on Monday for the next game.
Pakistan win by 23 runs. Brilliant scenes at The Oval, Pakistan really needed that victory and England's collapse - 5 for 17 - has sealed it. Stay with us for the presentations - the wonderful bowling from Umar Gul will surely have earned him the Man of the Match award.
JM Anderson b Abdul Razzaq 3 (11m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 30.00
Anderson on strike now, no slip in place.
Big team conference for Pakistan, arms waving, pointing, all sorts happening. Razzaq will bowl and long-on, deep-square and deep midwicket are the men out.
"I must admit one thing, this powerplay thing has made cricket somewhat more interesting and affected match results," writes Harvinder Singh. "Most teams never know when to apply it (90% cases). And I am sure it would continue to be so."
And has any other player hit a six and taken a wicket off the final balls of their career as Stuart Broad did?
In an excerpt from his autobiography, the former Pakistan captain opens up on his role in uncovering the scandal, and alleges that a management wracked by apathy did nothing to stop it
PCB have hired a vigilance officer and a security officer to help tighten security and prevent players from unsolicited approaches
Andy Zaltzman has questions he needs answers for
Wisden's withdrawn accolade to the unnamed Pakistan cricketer has heavy symbolism of its own: a memorial to the identified and unidentified cricketers who have brought dishonour to the game of cricket
