England tour of Pakistan

PAK vs ENG, 1st T20I 

Preview

Pakistan will host England in a seven-match T20I series starting on 20th September 2022. The 1st match of this series will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi. Pakistan will face England after being the runners-up in the Asia T20 Series. The team’s key batters keeping in mind their current form seem to be Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan. Captain Babar Azam is not in a great tough but it’s a good chance for him to make his comeback before the World T20 Series. The bowling department will be led by Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf who are in the form of their life. Also, Mohammad Wasim Jr will get introduced to the T20I side. 

On the other side, England has lost their last T20I series against South Africa but will surely look forward to a better performance. Unfortunately, the visitors will miss the services of Jos Buttler, who is injured. In his absence, Moeen Ali will lead the Three Lions. They still have a very impressive line-up with skilled all-rounders like David Willey and Sam Curran to their line-up. Their bowling pack has the presence of Adil Rashid and Reece Topley as their key bowlers.

Match Details

Match: PAK vs ENG, 1st T20I, England tour of Pakistan, 2022

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time: 8:00 PM

Venue: National Stadium, Karachi

Pitch Report

The pitch at the National Stadium, Karachi is a belter of a pitch. The bowlers will have very little or no room for any mistakes in their execution. The team batting first has won most of the matches played on this surface as per the last season of the Pakistan T20 League. 

PAK vs ENG Squads

PAK: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Haider Ali, Mohammad Haris, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shahnawaz Dahani, Abrar Ahmed, Aamer Jamal

ENG: Philip Salt (wk), Moeen Ali (c), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Richard Gleeson, Liam Dawson, Olly Stone, Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Tom Helm

PAK vs ENG Probable Playing XIs

PAK: Babar Azam(C), Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shan Masood, SH Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim

ENG: HC Brook, DJ Malan, AD Hales, MM Ali(C), SM Curran, DJ Willey, Chris Woakes, PD Salt, AU Rashid, RJW Topley, Mark Wood

Match Prediction

Pakistan will get home advantage and a full-strength team against the visitors. Also, they are running high on confidence after their prolific performance in the recently completed Asia T20 Series. On the other side, England lost their home T20I series against South Africa. Keeping all these circumstances in mind, we fancy Pakistan to win this match.

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