England collapsed to 171 all out in the second Twenty20 international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium today.
England lost their last seven wickets for 14 runs after they had looked set to post a total in excess of 200.
Captain Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler seemed in total control, hitting four sixes apiece in a fourth wicket stand of 96 off 55 balls.
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The collapse started when Buttler hit the third ball of the 17th over from Kyle Abbott into the covers where South African captain Faf du Plessis held a low catch, which had to be confirmed by the television umpire.
Buttler made 54 off 28 balls with four fours and four sixes.
New batsman Ben Stokes thrashed the next ball straight back at Abbott, who deflected it into the stumps to run out Morgan for 38 off 23 balls.
Wickets tumbled, with Abbott finishing with three for 26. Chris Morris picked up two and Kagiso Rabada finished off the innings.
It is the last match of a tour during which England won a four-match Test series 2-1 and South Africa won a five-match one-day international series 3-2.
South Africa won the first Twenty20 international in Cape Town by three wickets, scoring the winning runs off the last ball.
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"You've got to use the knowledge of the people you're lucky enough to have come in and work with you," said Stokes.
"It would be silly if the batsmen didn't try to get anything out of him, pick his brains and ask how the guys who were successful against him played."
So keen are England to play 'positive' cricket that several batsmen gave their wickets away at Lord's.
Stokes hinted at a more refined approach by saying: "Old Trafford is known to spin, and obviously that's going to favour (Shah).
"So we might have to change where you have to think 'I can do this but no, I can't do that', if it's spinning and bouncing.
"It will just be working out a gameplan in terms of how to score, but not giving your wicket away."
As England, who also have question marks over top order batsman James Vince, ponder their options, it looks as if Pakistan will field the same side, although openers Mohammad Hafeez and Shan Masood may be looking over their shoulders after poor returns at Lord's.
Having come through all the hype surrounding Mohammad Amir's return to Test cricket for the first time since his 2010 spot-fixing crime at Lord's, they gave fans at the 'home of cricket' much else to talk about last week.
Misbah-ul-Haq marked his first Test at Lord's with a fine hundred which saw the 42-year-old perform a series of press-ups in celebration.
The captain's gesture in thanking military staff for the squad's pre-tour boot camp was echoed by the team after Amir had sealed victory by bowling last man Jake Ball.
But in pure cricket terms it was Shah who stole the show, and Pakistan fielding coach Steve Rixon was not surprised by England's struggles.
"I think most countries around the world play 'wristies' (wrist-spinners) quite poorly," he said.
"To see someone master it and play them well is a treat to see, but I haven't seen a lot that do it yet," the former Australia wicket-keeper added.
