Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq (right) celebrates with Younis Khan after Shoaib Akhtar bowled England's Ian Bell during their Twenty20 international cricket match at the County Ground in Bristol, south-west England, yesterday. Pakistan won by five wickets. - Reuters

BRISTOL (AP):

Pakistan beat England by five wickets in a Twenty20 inter-national yesterday in the teams' first match since the ball-tampering scandal.

England scored 144 for seven wickets in their maximum 20 overs, and Pakistan reached 148 for five in 17.5 overs, winning with 13 balls to spare.

The defeat continued England's miserable form in one-day cricket after a 5-0 series loss to Sri Lanka.

After England won the toss at County Ground, opener Marcus Trescothick - a disappointment in England's 3-0 Test series win against Pakistan - topscored with 53 runs off 36 balls, including nine fours.

Best bowling figures

Trescothick was caught by Kamran Akmal off Abdul Razzaq, who returned Pakistan's best bowling figures of three for 30 off four overs.

After a solid start, England collapsed from 39-0 to 40 for three.

Ian Bell was out for 14, off a delivery from fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar who missed the test series with injury. Akhtar ended with 1-31.

Kevin Pietersen was dismissed first ball and captain Andrew Strauss was out second ball.

Mohammad Hafeez smashed 46 off 40 balls as Pakistan reached the required total with ease. England's debut bowler Stuart Broad got 2-35 while Darren Gough, a veteran of 157 one-day internationals, ended wicketless with 0-33.

Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq hit the winning boundary to end the game 11 not out.

Inzamam is facing charges of ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute after refusing to lead his team out after tea on the fourth day of the fourth Test at The Oval on August 20.

The action was to protest umpire Darrell Hair's ruling that Pakistan illegally interfered with the ball.