England vs Pakistan Live Score Updates, World Cup 2023: Dawid Malan Departs For 31, England Go 1 Down vs Pakistan

ENG vs PAK Live Score: 5 runs from over

Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow are standing firm for England. In the previous match of Iftikhar Ahmed, the duo scored five runs as England are in a dominant position. Bairstow is also approaching his half-century.

ENG 79/0 (12 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: 4 runs from over

Finally, Pakistan breathe a sigh of relief as Iftikhar Ahmed bowls economy and controls the flow of runs. In his previous over, he concedes just four runs as Pakistan aim to break the vital partnership between Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan.

ENG 72/0 (10 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Four back to back

FOUR!!! Dawid Malan smashes two back-to-back boundaries off Shaheen Afridi’s delivery. The first one comes after it’s on top of the bounce and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. The second comes after driving through the cover point to find the fence.

ENG 67/0 (8.3 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: SIX

SIX!!! Jonny Bairstow hits a massive six off a Shaheen Afridi delivery. Bairstow makes good use of the pace and bounce as he goes towards third man at maximum. England are looking in good touch in the first seven games.

ENG 49/0 (7 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: FOUR

FOUR!!! Jonny Bairstow continues to show his dominance as he gets another boundary off a Shaheen Afridi delivery. Bairstow makes no mistake and smashes it through the covers hard as the fielder doesn’t stop him from going for four.

ENG 42/0 (6.2 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Rauf dear to Pakistan

FOUR!!! After leaking five more runs from the outside off, Dawid Malan hits Haris Rauf for a boundary. The English opener patiently waits for the delivery and then turns hard towards mid-wicket and steals four runs.

EN 38/0 (6 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: FOUR

FOUR!!! Jonny Bairstow hits a boundary off Shaheen Afridi’s delivery. Bairstow stands firm and fires a shot towards square leg as the ball goes over the boundary for four.

ENG 25/0 (4.2 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England gain momentum

After a slow start, England finally open their arms as Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan start dealing boundaries. In the previous match of Haris Rauf, the duo score 13 runs, including two boundaries from Bairstow and one boundary from Malan.

ENG 21/0 (4 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Good comeback from Haris

After leaking five runs on the first delivery, pacer Haris Rauf makes a good comeback. In the rest of the over, he conceded just one more and that too from a wide ball. Pakistan need to get their first wicket at the earliest, to put pressure on England.

ENG 6/0 (2 overs)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England omitted

England get to the mark in style as Haris Rauf concedes five extra runs. Starting the second over, Rauf throws wide, which dodges wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and goes across the boundary for four.

ENG 5/0 (1 over)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Maiden approx

Shaheen Afridi provided a great start for Pakistan. In the next over, he bowled a maiden as Pakistan looked for some early wickets. On the other hand, Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan are aiming to gain some momentum in the upcoming matches.

ENG 0/0 (1 over)

ENG vs PAK Live Score: We are underway

The ODI World Cup 2023 match between England and Pakistan begins. For England, Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan have started the proceedings while Shaheen Afridi will bowl the first round for Pakistan.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Time for national anthem

The players of both teams are out on the field for their respective national anthems. The World Cup ODI 2023 match between England and Pakistan will start in a few minutes.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England XI Played

England (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (w/c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Playing Pakistan XI

Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf

ENG vs PAK Live Score: This is what Babar Azam said at the toss

We wanted to bat first, but we don’t have a toss in our hands. We have good bowlers and we would like to bowl them out cheaply. We have one change – Hasan Ali is out and replaced by Shadab Khan.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Here’s what Jos Buttler said at the toss

We will bat first. Wicket looks good, looks dry. We are going with the same team today. We are playing well together and we would look for justice for ourselves. An emotional day for him, it was great for us.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Toss

England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Cup 2023 ODI match in Kolkata on Saturday.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England Eye Champions Trophy Match

For defending champions England, the dream of defending their World Cup title may be over for quite some time now but Jos Buttler’s side will aim to finish inside the top 8 to make the cut for the 2025 Champions Cup. As things stand, it’s a four-way race with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands also in the mix with England.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Quality case for Pakistan

New Zealand’s run-rate boost to five-wicket win over Sri Lanka has almost ruined Pakistan’s semi-final hopes. The 1992 champions must now beat England by an incredible margin. New Zealand’s NRR is 0.743 while Pakistan’s is +0.036, and for the Babar Azam-led side to eclipse the west to qualify as the fourth side, it has to win at about 287 runs batting first. Chasing, Pakistan need to win with 284 balls to spare.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Terrible task for Pakistan

Nothing short of a miracle will help Pakistan as they face an almost impossible task of reaching the semi-finals by winning by an unimaginable margin, while a charged England will look to qualify for the Champions Trophy.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2023 ODI World Cup match between England and Pakistan, straight from the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Stay tuned for all the live updates.