By Jonathan Stevenson

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PAKISTAN WIN BY SIX WICKETS

1607: What drama, what a terrific game that was. But it's not all over yet, oh no, not by a long stretch. Join me after a rapido toilet break and I'll attempt to guide you through Bangladesh v Sri Lanka as well. This Twenty20 lark, eh??!!

"Stevo - can you get me a job answering emails from cricket fans as I am trying to work and watch the score. Any positions available? If so I will quit now and get the train to you!"
Bumble, Bedfordshire, via TMS

Bumble? It is really you? Look, if you're not happy at Sky, I'm sure someone at the beeb will take you on. Just whack your CV over and I'll forward it on to the big bosses. And good luck.

PAKISTAN WIN BY SIX WICKETS

20th over: Pkn 165-4 Symo bowls the last over and after a reverse-slog single, he suffers the ignominy of handing Pakistan the victory with a wide. A stand of 119 between the quite brilliant Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq does the damage - a phenomenal run-chase that from Pakistan.

"Two words to keep Dave from Wales quiet - Geraint Jones."
Robbie, Liverpool, via TMS

19th over: Pkn 163-4 Successive fifties for Malik, chopping Bracken down to short-third man for a single. Misbah then plays the shot of the tournament, stepping back in his crease and slamming Bracks miles back into the stand over long-on. 111 metres - it's the new biggest shot of the competition and it has beaten Australia. Two needed from the last over - you couldn't make it up.

18th over: Pkn 152-4 Malik takes a risky two into the legside but just makes his crease, before playing a simply stunning lofted drive perfectly straight back over Mitchell Johnson's head. What a cricket shot, bringing up the 100 partnership, from just 65 balls. 13 needed from 12 balls.

"Ah well, we may be rubbish at sport, but at least we English people are good at banking, eh?..."
Jason, Cambridge, via TMS

17th over: Pkn 143-4 Misbah reaches a fabulous 50 by driving Brett Lee down to long-on for a single. Terrific hand from the surprise call-up. Lee nearly runs out Malik but instead throws the ball at the Pakistan captain's leg, hitting him on the calf. Lee over-stretches and from the free hit, Malik swings and misses a slower ball.

"I'm having trouble keeping up with the match while at work. Stevo, do you think I can call in sick for the next hour or so?"
Ken Nazeer, via TMS

Absolutely Ken, I can't think of any reason why not.

16th over: Pkn 138-4 Stuart Clark concedes just four singles from his over, but surely it's too late for Australia. Incidentally, Australia were on exactly the same score after 16 overs. Don't believe me? Just scroll down. It's there, in black and white.

To Mark in Stockton - if we got players from countries who are good at Twenty20 to give their guide to being good, they'll give all their secrets away and England might get better. Then we'd have nothing to moan about, apart from Test cricket, ODI, rugby and football of course."
Deadly in Durham, via TMS

"Internet link for anyone else who thought Matthew as naive as an England fan with hope: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/worlds_longest_surname."
James, London via TMS

15th over: Pkn 134-4 Misbah is ablaze here, playing a stunning reverse sweep off the returning Symo, before late-cutting impressively once again for four. For his next trick, he rocks onto the back foot and pulls him viciously through mid-wicket for four, perfectly dissecting two fielders on the boundary. 17 off that over, 31 needed from 30. Advantage Pakistan in a big way.

"In an attempt to lighten the mood following another middle-batsmen collapse here are a couple of jokes:
Q. What do you call a Englishman with 100 runs against his name?
A. A bowler.
Q. What's the English version of a hat trick?
A. Three runs in three balls.
Q. Who spent the most time at the crease of anyone in the English world cup squad?
A. The lady who ironed the cricket kit."
Dave from Wales crying tears of joy, via TMS

Isn't that the England AND WALES Cricket Board, Dave? Dry your eyes mate.

14th over: Pkn 117-4 Brett Lee brings his searing pace back into the attack and after six is garnered from the first four balls, Misbah tucks Bing down past short fine-leg for four. 11 off that over and Pakistan are right in the mixer here.

13th over: Pkn 106-4 Bracken's on the money, until Misbah, who is fast becoming a favourite of mine, lifts him over cover for four and then plays one of the most delicate shots you've ever seen which gets him four more down to third man.

12th over: Pkn 96-4 Michael Clarke is on and Malik misses out on a high full toss on leg stump. Luckily he makes amends in style with one drive down the ground for four and then a majestic lift into the crowd over mid-off. He hits another gorgeous straight drive which evades Clarke and ends the over with a single to long-on. 17 off the over and the 50 partnership up, top effort.

"Re: Jeremy - get back to work - I'll have a gin and tonic and packet of peanuts."
Matt, humiliated by his Englishness in Nottingham, via TMS

11th over: Pkn 79-4 Bracken's back with his unorthodox brand of left-arm swing. Four singles is the end result, piling more pressure on Pakistan as the required rate rockets again.

10th over: Pkn 75-4 Malik knows he's got to raise it and he takes a fuller ball from Stuart Clark and puts it miles into the stand over long-on. That's the 170th six of the tournament, if anyone cares that much. Sloppy fielding from Hayo hands Pakistan an overthrow and in amongst several nudges and nurdles, that Clark over leaks 12. Malik's side now need 90 from 60 balls.

"Tell Jamie's boss to strap his pads on and get in the nets... I'll bowl at him and see if he still thinks it's a game for 'jessies'."
Damian Worrad, via TMS

9th over: Pkn 63-4 Malik, fresh from his 50 yesterday, creams Johnson over cover for four. Misbah-ul-Haq gets a couple for a nice turn into the leg side and these two have it all to do for Pakistan now.

8th over: Pkn 56-4 Thumping shot from Malik, launching Symonds through mid-wicket for four. They might just have to get after Symo here. Wait a minute... is that thunder I can hear?

"How come the BBC cricket site is full of Twenty20 guides by English players? Surely it would be more informative to have guides from players in teams that are good at the sport."
Mark, Stockton-on-Tees, via TMS

I'll let our cricket editor answer that - oh, hang on, he's not in today. Sorry Mark. You'd better get involved tomorrow - he's in then.

7th over Pkn 46-4: WICKET Butt LBW b Johnson 11 Johnson is off target with a leg-side wide before Butt plays another stunning shot through the covers for four. Johnson in typically Australian fashion, hits back in devastating style by trapping Butt plumb in front.

6th over: Pkn 40-3 Captain Shoaib Malik is in now and he nearly loses Butt, Michael Clarke coming within a whisker of running the left-hander out. Butt plays a classical cover drive for four before Clark beats his outside edge with a cheeky slower one.

6th over Pkn 35-3: WICKET Younus c Lee b Clark 4 A real hammer blow for the Pakistanis as Younus goes, trying to smash Stuart Clark into the stand and getting it high on the bat for Lee to catch moving across at mid-on.

"I love games like this! I put �40 on Pakistan to win and no matter the result I'm a winner."
Jeremy - An Aussie supporter in Brighton, via TMS

An Australian who can't lose - what a rarity.

5th over: Pkn 34-2 Salman Butt drives neatly into the offside for a couple as Mitchell Johnson comes into the attack. Johnson bowls two crazily outswinging wides before beating Butt with a beauty to finish things off.

4th over: Pkn 31-2 Younus gets off the mark by clipping a rare stray one from Clark off his hips for four.

4th over Pkn 27-2: WICKET Hafeez c Clarke b Clark 15 The Glenn McGrath clone picks up his second of a potentially game-turning over, this time Hafeez cutting Clark straight to point and young pup taking a comfortable catch low to his right.

"My boss has just told me (while looking over my shoulder at your comments) that cricket is not a real game and is only played be 'jessies'. I then turned round five minutes later to see him looking at the Denmark v Sweden curling match that is taking place this afternoon. I feel he needs to get his head checked."
Jamie, via TMS

4th over Pkn 25-1: WICKET Nazir c Johnson b Clark 10 Silly shot from Nazir, ruining Pakistan's flawless start. He slaps Stuart Clark's first ball straight into the air and Mitchell Johnson has to wait about 20 minutes to take the catch.

3rd over: Pkn 25-0 Hafeez goes for the pull this time and launches Brett Lee over the ropes as blondie drops a touch short. Lee gets it fuller, and Hafeeeeeeez drives uppishly straight past the speedster for a sumptuous four.

"Re: Brad's comment - I think the balance is about right. Reading this column is like listening to several groups of people in a pub talking about any old rubbish while, high up on the far wall, there's a TV with the cricket on."
Brian, Hungerford, via TMS

2nd over: Pkn 15-0 Imran Nazir cuts Nathan Bracken for four, before Bracks takes some pace off the ball and Nazir swings and misses, the ball just evading his off stump. Nazir takes umbrage and rocks onto his back foot and helps the next delivery over deep backward square leg for six big ones.

1st over: Pkn 5-0 Brett Lee races in Mohammad Hafeez beautifully drives him through the covers for four. Lee recovers well and gives nothing for the rest of the over.

"The Guinness World Record for Longest Name in the world belongs to a Mr. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenschaftschafe rswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifeudurch ihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenersch einenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraft gestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternaitigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelche gehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmens chlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfeuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitn icheinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischenternart Zeus igraum Senior, who was born in Munich in 1904 and lived in Philadelphia for most of his life."
Matthew, via TMS

Yeah, like he needed the 'Senior' at the end of his name.

1440 BST: Absolutely no respite for your correspondent - the teams are out already.

"Ricky from Leicester here, just like to ask my director Paul S to close down Facebook and do some work."
Ricky, via TMS

20th over Aus 164-7: Magnificent last over from Asif, putting the seal on a fabulous last few from the Pakistanis. Mostly full of yorkers - did I mention I was a fan? Just four from the over and Pakistan will need 165 to win.

20th over Aus 162-7: WICKET Hodge c Younus b Asif 36 Younus takes another fine catch, this time at long-on as Hodgey tries to smear the returning Asif into next week.

19th over Aus 160-6: Gul maintains his full length and concedes just four off the penultimate over, a top, top drawer effort from the seamer.

19th over Aus 159-6: WICKET Clarke run out (Afridi) 0 Gul gets the ball up to the bat and the Aussies cannot get him away. Michael Clarke squeezes his first ball to Afridi at point and the on-fire all-rounder throws the stumps down at the non-striker's end. Awesome.

"It took me 10 overs, but I finally got an answer for an anagram of WPUJC Vaas: "As popular Maharajah, had begun hit any a wicket vs an Aussie". Please don't suggest any more long names - I can't resist anagram attempts."
Kaiser, Washington DC, via TMS

18th over Aus 155-5: WICKET Hussey c Nazir b Tanvir 37 Tanvir is back and he nearly gets Hodge, the plucky batter surviving a mis-hit swish that flies behind keeper Kamran Akmal. Later on in the over, Hussey lifts one up, up, up to extra-cover and Imran Nazir takes a good catch running forward.

"150 up now, and three overs left... It all depends on which Pakistan batting line-up turn up!"
mikesiva, on 606

"Any chance you could leave the cricket out all together, and just have a page for the reams of seemingly bewildering comment?"
Cheers, Brad, via TMS

Can't win either way, in fairness. How about we carry on a mixture of both? Good.

17th over Aus 150-4: Hussey ramps it up a notch, first sweetly tucking Gul into the legside for four, before dancing down the pitch and lifting a short ball over gully for another brilliant boundary.

16th over Aus 138-4: Mr Cricket hits the first six of the innings, blazing Afridi straight back over his head and way into the stand. Afridi hits back well with a couple of wrong 'uns, but Hodge creams the last ball wide of extra-cover for four more.

15th over Aus 123-4: Gul bounds to the crease and Hodge hammers him airbourne past mid-wicket for four, right off the meat of the bat. Gul beats him with the last ball with a lovely yorker. Why don't the quicks bowl more yorkers towards the death, I'm left wondering?

"My favourite cricketing anagram (of the moment) is Monty Panesar, which comes out as Parmesan Tony."
Jason, Cambridge, via TMS

14th over Aus 112-4: Hodge swats one away over mid-wicket as Hafeez uncharacteristically drops one short and then BH narrowly survives a run-out call after taking the second on a mis-field. Come on Brad, isn't that the first thing they taught you?

13th over Aus 101-4: Umar Gul (I can't believe it, I've never been this far away from home - cheers Pranav, cheers for embarrassing me in front of all these people) is on and the Ruud van Nistelrooy head-shape-a-like is right on target. Good start, but why the long face?

"Is it possible to have the comments from readers in a separate column from the action? This would allow those wanting to follow cricket to do so without having to search through reams of seemingly bewildering comments."
Zubin, via TMS

Er, no, sorry mate. But thanks for adding to the 'reams of seemingly bewildering comments'.

12th over Aus 99-4: Hafeez is keeping great control, giving Michael Hussey and Brad Hodge nothing to hit at all, until the last ball which Hussey exquisitely brushes off his legs through mid-wicket for four.

12th over Aus 92-4: WICKET Ponting b Hafeez 26 The captain is gone this time having ridden his luck a touch earlier on. Hafeez gets one to turn outside off stump, Punter misses a slog-sweep and he's lost his castle.

11th over Aus 92-3: Problems for Punter here, the skipper requiring a runner in the shape of Symo after tweaking a hamstring. The score is ticking over, but it's been a while since the last boundary. Very un-Australia, that. How long before they go mental?

"Is everyone jealous of Damien because none of them were clever enough to go to university or because they're too old to remember their own freshers' week?"
Matt in Wolverhampton, via text

If I'm honest Matt, a little bit of both. They know who they are, too.

"Jennifer, I've had a pop at the anagram and come up just short (like England): "Drat! Alas, Kevin Pieterson was just a big chump! Haaaa, haaaa!" I think that leaves a 'u'"
Peter in Preston, via TMS

10th over Aus 85-3: Hafeez is bang on the money with his off-spinners and the Aussies are content to nurdle him around the park.

"Can't wait 'til Hussey comes in - if only so you can use the moniker 'Mr Cricket'. Is there a worse nickname in professional sport? Answers on an email..."
beardhorse, via TMS

Any thoughts on our friend's user name? Answers on an emai...

9th over Aus 80-3: WICKET Symonds b Afridi 29 Punter breathes a massive sigh of relief after surviving a stumping off Afridi by about three millimetres. Next ball the Aussie skipper dances down the track, misses another one and takes a single after Kamran Akmal misses the chance. Brilliantly for Afridi, he gets his reward by clean bowling Symo. Stunning over from the big Pakistani maverick.

8th over Aus 79-2: Symo rocks onto the back foot and crunches Mohammad Hafeez through the cover for four. A lovely welcome to the crease for the off spinner. Hafeez then drops a difficult caught-and-bowled chance after Symo smashes it straight back at him. Tough, but potentially costly. Symo dropped on 26.

7th over Aus 71-2: Shahid Afridi rocks into the attack and Punter gets a bottom-edge which beats Kamran Akmal and dribbles away for four. Punter faintly snicks the last ball so fine it flies for four.

6th over Aus 58-2: Punter slogs one past mid-on for four - what crisis? Tanvir bowls a lovely slower ball which beats Symo all ends up - Symo responds by launching one over mid-wicket and the next ball devastatingly over cover. 16 from the over, great counter-attack from the Aussies (he says, ever-so-slightly annoyed at himself for doing so).

5th over Aus 42-2: It's all slowed down a bit out in the middle, with Punter and Symo happily rotating the strike. Until Symo plods down the pitch and smashes Asif over cover for a woefully-timed-but-still-remarkably-powerfully-hit four.

"It seems obvious to me, after this farce, there's two choices for England. Either get better at the sports that exist already or stop inventing new ones so that everyone else can beat them at those, too. Good luck Pakistan, by the way."
Marco, Dewsbury, via TMS

Very, very good point. Email of the day so far (to me, anyway).

4th over Aus 34-2: End of a great over from Tanvir, who has taken 2-9 from his two overs so far. Another wicket and the Aussies will be in a bit of bother here.

4th over Aus 32-2: WICKET Gilchrist c Hafeez b Tanvir 24 Gilly gone, playing one too many expansive shots, this time the ball flying into the air and landing at point, where Mohammad Hafeez takes an easy catch. Both openers gone, the remarkable Andrew Symonds strides out.

"How about an anagram of Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas?"
Jennifer Reed, Manchester, via TMS

"I am currently in my freshers' week at university. In my introductory law lecture today, the professor told us that the average person's attention span is 20 minutes. She then proceeded to talk for an hour and a half. Needless to say, I don't remember an hour and 10 minutes of it."
Damien Tyner, Lincoln University via TMS

Damien, you're in freshers' week? Every single person in this office is unbelievably jealous of you. But I have to say, you really should have better things to do than email me. Get involved, sonny!

3rd over Aus 29-1: Gilchrist plays a monster drive off the front foot which crashes into the boundary boards. Even legends can get ahead of themselves though, and he wildly swings and misses at Asif's next one. Gilly calms himself and hammers one over cover before he sweetly times one off his legs for four.

Those teams in full, then:
Australia: Ricky Ponting, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds.
Pakistan: Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Imran Nazir, Sohail Tanvir.

2nd over Aus 13-1: Ponting off the mark with a clip off his pads before Gilchrist gets a four off the last ball with a leg-glance - but he's lucky not to get caught at short-fine leg as it just evades the flying fielder.

2nd over Aus 8-1: WICKET Hayden c Younus b Tanvir 1 Massive blow for the Aussies, as Haydo miscuses an on-drive and is neatly snaffled at short mid-wicket by Younus Khan. Another impressive start for Sohail Tanvir.

"An anagram of Mascarenhas is... A Sarcasm Hen."
Cheers, Andy Greenfield, working hard, Surrey

I seem to have come to this particular party quite late. You see, I was on my way into work while England were committing cricketing suicide. Anagrams of DM - well don't let me stop you.

1st over Aus 8-0: Good start for me - it was Gilly taking the first ball, which, naturally, he promptly slashes for four high over point. Asif comes back well and Gilly is lucky to get two off the last ball from a mis-timed pull shot which floats agonisingly over mid-on.

1259: Mohammad Asif will open the bowling, to the brutally in-form Matty Hayden. Gilchrist is at the other end, pretty standard. Here we go again.

1253: Just keep the banter coming - we all need it after that depressing start to the day. You know how - text 81111, email tms@bbc.co.uk or get involved on the 606 link above. It's so easy it's laughable. No excuses.

1249: The teams are unchanged from their opening Super Eights contests. No massive surprise as they both cantered to comfortable wins - Australia over Bangladesh and Pakistan against Sri Lanka.

1245: THE TOSS: PAKISTAN WIN AND WILL FIELD FIRST

1241: You know the score by now people. I'm Stevo, I'm here mainly to relay information on the cricket, but I'm willing to try and help you lot with whatever you want. If I'm honest, It'd help if it was cricket-related. But you can try anyway.

1231 BST: What a start to the day. It's barely even afternoon English time and already the country that gave the world Twenty20 is on the brink of crashing out. Yet another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.