By Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent

Trescothick found this an altogether different experience to the one he enjoyed on Thursday

A superb century by Marcus Trescothick, completely different in character to his slog-a-thon at the Oval, guided England to victory when all had seemed lost.

At 154-6 England had lost three wickets in as many overs to Mohammad Hafeez and needed 76 to win from 85 balls when Chris Read strode out.

Trescothick's partnership with the young wicketkeeper of 77 from 76 balls was made under the most intense pressure - and in bad light - and certainly confirms Read's position as Alec Stewart's replacement in this form of the game.

There were no horns, no blasts of irrelevant music and no sign of Mark Little, who has been braying on the PA systems of Old Trafford and the Oval.

Instead, a full house savoured the atmosphere of a match that had assumed all the qualities of a cup final.

Once again, Pakistan's innings was slow to get going.

England's opening bowlers might well have bowled from the wrong ends - James Anderson took the Pavilion End and Darren Gough the Nursery - but they bowled accurately making it very difficult for Pakistan's wristy stroke players to get after them.

In the 19th over, Pakistan were 61-4 and seemed destined for a total of no more than 180.

However, they were rescued by Younis Khan - who made a patient 63 - and Abdul Razzaq, whose 64 came from only 53 balls.

He was especially tough on Anderson who, after his hat-trick heroics at the Oval, came down to earth with 1-52 from his 10 overs.

We then witnessed a wonderfully hostile opening burst from Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami.

Both of them tore in from their long and athletic run ups as if their lives depended on it.

There were no fewer than four run out chances, which were products of superb fielding, in the main, by Imran Nazir and the frenetic atmosphere.

Trescothick buried the memory of two years ago when an attempted six to win the game against Pakistan resulted in a catch and defeat

After Rashid Latif brilliantly caught Vikram Solanki from a Shoaib thunderbolt for 12, Vaughan was bowled off a no ball and Hafeez dropped Trescothick at midwicket.

Indeed, Trescothick found this an altogether different experience to the one he enjoyed on Thursday.

This was a battle on a pitch that was not so trustworthy and the bowlers were far more on song.

Vaughan clipped Azhar Mahmood to deep square leg for 29 and exposed the inexperienced middle order.

Jim Troughton might have been given out lbw first ball, but skied a catch to long off for 20, and the off spinner Hafeez then claimed the wickets of Andrew Flintoff, Anthony McGrath and Rikki Clarke in three overs.

Read then joined Trescothick who buried the memory of two years ago, when an attempted six to win the game against Pakistan resulted in a catch and defeat, by lifting Azhar over the midwicket boundary to finish the game with nine balls to spare.