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Pakistan looking quite strong in their warm-up games....hard to tell sometimes though. They dispatched Kent and Northamptonshire with some ease.

Last night they played some arbitrary T20 game against Leicestershire and belied a slow start to get to 200. Babar Azam (who I rate highly) got his maiden T20 century.

Pakistan will turn England over in the world cup..... probably after being thrashed by England in the ODI series.

the difference is that they'll beat England in a knockout game

Phil Salt called up to replace the injured Malan for tomorrow's T20 in Cardiff. By sheer coincidence Salt was born in Wales!

02:30 PM BST
Only T20I, at Cardiff, May 5 2019

WED 8/5 - 01:00 PM BST
1st ODI, (D/N) at London, May 8 2019

SAT 11/5 - 11:00 AM BST
2nd ODI, at Southampton, May 11 2019

TUE 14/5 - 01:00 PM BST
3rd ODI, (D/N) at Bristol, May 14 2019

FRI 17/5 - 01:00 PM BST
4th ODI, (D/N) at Nottingham, May 17 2019

SUN 19/5 - 11:00 AM BST
5th ODI, at Leeds, May 19 2019

captaincolly wrote:Phil Salt called up to replace the injured Malan for tomorrow's T20 in Cardiff. By sheer coincidence Salt was born in Wales!

real random call-up that but fair play

England: 1 James Vince, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Joe Denly, 6 Ben Foakes (wk), 7 David Willey, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Tom Curran

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Imam-ul-Haq, 4 Haris Sohail, 5 Asif Ali, 6 Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt/wk), 7 Faheem Ashraf, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Mohammad Hasnain

Looks like a good recovery from Archer after a couple of expensive overs.

Surprising recall for Duckett ends early. Feels like a lot for England to get.

England well placed if Root doesn't stodge up the RR.

England cruised home.

Today feels a bit wet.

These are cricinfos guesses for the sides. Where's Wood?

1 James Vince, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Joe Denly, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Chris Woakes, 11 Liam Plunkett.

1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Haris Sohail, 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt/wk), 6 Asif Ali, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Mohammad Amir

100 miles west of London and the rain is pretty steady. Rain delays in the game in Scotland too. Anyone think we have a chance of a result, never mind a full game?

GG - Amir Sohail wrote:100 miles west of London and the rain is pretty steady. Rain delays in the game in Scotland too. Anyone think we have a chance of a result, never mind a full game?

Although it's stopped here now...

Start delayed.

A 13.30 start was planned, but it's raining again and the covers are on.