Andrew Flintoff's long night turned into a nightmare as Sussex's Rana Naved brought the Ashes hero down to earth in Lahore.

Rana removed Flintoff for a fourth-ball duck as England were hammered in the second one-day international despite another impressive contribution from Rana's Sussex's team-mate Matt Prior.

Flintoff had stayed up until after 3am yesterday morning so he could receive the Sports Personality of the Year award.

Just eight hours later Flintoff probably wished he was back in bed after Rana and Shoaib Akhtar laid England's tired-looking top order to waste.

It's a moot point whether or not the team's long vigil into the early hours to receive their BBC awards affected their performance. But it was perhaps significant that the only players to raise their game were the likes of Prior, Liam Plunkett and Vikram Solanki, who were spared a late night.

Plunkett's maiden half-century - in a record ninth-wicket stand of 100 with supersub Solanki - took England to 230 after Rana, who also removed Kevin Pietersen, and Shoaib (5-54) had combined to reduce them to 130-8.

But Kamran Akmaal (102) shared stands of 86 with Salman Butt and 74 with Mohammad Yousuf as Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket win with six overs to spare to square the five-match series at 1-1.

Shoaib had begun England's troubles by getting rid of Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss in the same one over before Rana removed England's heavyweight pair in the space of five balls.

His first success was particularly sweet for Rana who'd been thrashed for four boundaries in his previous over by Pietersen before he knocked back his off stump as the batsman mowed across the line.

Flintoff pulled Rana straight into the hands of midwicket with his first attempt at a shot in anger then Prior, who had watched much of the havoc from a discreet distance having lost the strike for long periods, played played round a useful ball from Abdul Razzaq after making 32 off 33 balls.

Plunkett saved some of England's blushes with a richly-deserved maiden half-century from 72 balls including four fours and a six.

Two wickets in four overs briefly raised English hopes when Pakistan replied as Salman Butt was beaten for pace by Flintoff and Younis Khan surprised by Paul Collingwood's lack of it.

But Kamran completed a near run-a-ball hundred with 15 fours and one six and the only consolation for England at not prolonging the argument for too long was the prospect of a welcome early night.