Pakistan won the toss and will bat

Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid

Pakistan (Playing XI): Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq

Harry Brook: 

We would have batted as well. It's a fresh pitch compared to what we played on a couple of days ago, so hopefully it's a bit better and gives us a good chance to chase later on. We're going in with the same team and there's a lot of confidence in the group. We know we can improve, but the results have been encouraging and we feel a big performance isn't far away. We've done our homework on the opposition, including the unorthodox options like Usman Tariq. There's plenty of footage and data available, so we're well prepared. If we win tonight, a semi-final spot is within reach, but T20 cricket can turn quickly. We'll focus on playing our best cricket and sticking to our processes.

Salman Agha: 

We're going to bat first. It looks like a good pitch and we want to put up an above-par score and then try to defend it. It's our first game of the tournament here in Pallekele, but we've been playing most of our cricket in Colombo. Wherever you go, adjusting to conditions is key, and we've had to do that quickly after coming back just a couple of days ago. Having said that, conditions across Sri Lanka are generally similar, so we know what to expect today. From the rained-off game, Faheem misses out and Shaheen comes back into the side. We have a strong spin attack, but our fast bowling is just as good. Depending on the situation, I can go either way. This being my first ICC tournament as captain, it's obviously a responsibility, but I'm enjoying it and really looking forward to the challenge.

0.6

Jofra Archer to Saim Ayub, FOUR, to deep backward point

PAK 5-0

Saim Ayub4(3)

Sahibzada Farhan1(3)

Jofra Archer1-0-5-0

1.1

Jamie Overton to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, poor delivery to start with. Short and wide of off stump, Sahibzada Farhan gets up on his tippy toes and slices it in the gap between backward point and cover

2.1

Jofra Archer to Saim Ayub, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! The short ball does the trick. 145ks angling away just outside off, Ayub looks to pull and gets it off the thick toe-edge into the leg-side. He was clearly hurried by the pace and the edge carried all the way down to the sprinting fielder at deep square to his left.

Saim Ayub c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer 7(7) [4s-1]

PAK 14-1(2.1) CRR:6.46

23/1 from 3

2.6

Jofra Archer to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, was that a chance? Really tough. Sahibzada Farhan takes on the short ball with a pull and the top-edge lands tantalizingly short of the sliding fielder at deep square to his left. Was an excellent effort from Salt to cover plenty of ground from fine leg and it was just finger-tip stuff ultimately...

2.5

Jofra Archer to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, throws his hands at a 146ks length ball and gets a thick inside edge that runs away past the diving fielder at short fine to his right. Jofra Archer not happy with the end result, but he is bowling at good pace here..

Why a grown man wearing beads in his hair .bro that is a little girls hair style they dont do that in bim😀

3.1

4

Liam Dawson to Salman Agha, FOUR, oh dear! Bethell fumbles in the deep and ends up deflecting the ball into the ropes

3.3

Liam Dawson to Salman Agha, out Caught by Jamie Overton!! That is a stunning catch from the big man. Salman Agha made plent of room on the off-side and wanted to smash this straight down the ground. Played with a horizontal flat-bat and skewed it off the thick inside half to the right of Overton at long-off 

Salman Agha c Jamie Overton b Liam Dawson 5(6) [4s-1]

Agha Gawn ct Overton b Dawson fi 5

4.6

Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, FOUR, superb stuff from Babar Azam! He watches this short ball skid on at 148ks and opens the bat face really late to stare it in the gap through third man. The pace of Jofra Archer takes care of the rest...

4.5

Jofra Archer to Babar Azam, FOUR, 143ks short ball on the stumps, Babar Azam swivels and hammers the pull in the gap to the right of mid-wicket. Lovely timing from the experienced pro..

Nice Babar - four and four

40/2 from 5