England win after champagne Super Over

Pacemen Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan showed nerves of steel to help England win the third and final Twenty20 over Pakistan in a Super Over finish in Sharjah.

Needing 155 to win, Pakistan required 10 runs from the final over and Woakes conceded seven off the first two deliveries thanks to a towering six from Sohail Tanvir. 

But the right-armer then conceded just two runs from the final four balls as England managed to tie the game.

The home side then scored just three runs in the Super Over bowled by Jordan - an over that read dot, leg bye, 1, leg bye, dot, wicket - which England chased down off just four balls for a 3-0 clean sweep of the series.

The victory lifted England to fourth in the ICC Twenty20 rankings while Pakistan, second before the series, fell to sixth.

England won the first match by 14 runs and the second by three runs with Woakes defending 11 in the last over of the second match - both matches in Dubai.

Pakistan was unlucky not to win the match after Shoaib Malik smashed a career best 54-ball 75 for his fourth Twenty20 half century and added a quickfire 63 off just 38 balls for the sixth wicket with Shahid Afridi, who made a 20-ball 29.

Malik and Afridi came together with Pakistan struggling at 5-65 as both took the attack to the English bowlers, much to the joy of a packed 16,000 stadium.

Afridi smashed three sixes in his 20-ball innings before he was bowled by paceman David Willey, who finished with 3-36.

Malik, whose previous best of 57 not out came against India at Bangalore in 2012, hit eight boundaries and two sixes but fell with just two needed for victory.

Earlier, James Vince hit a career-best 46 and Woakes (37) lifted England - who won the toss and batted - from a precarious 6-86 during their fighting 60-run stand for the seventh wicket to take them to 8-154.