ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup Highlights: England open campaign with 4-run victory against Nepal

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A full delivery by Jacks, and Dipendra sweeps it past square leg for a four! 10 runs comes off this over!

NEP - 70/2 (8); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Rashid tosses it up, around off. Paudel slog sweeps it high for a six, into the stands of midwicket!

NEP - 60/2 (7); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT! A good delivery by Jacks, Bhurtel drives it into the pitch and it ends up going to the bowler for a followthrough catch!

Bhurtel c and b Jacks 29 (17)

NEP - 42/2 (5.2); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT!!! Dawson removes Sheikh! He top-edges his sweep shit and is caught at short fine!

Sheikh c Curran b Dawson 7 (9)

NEP - 37/1 (3.5); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A full delivery by Archer, and Bhurtel drives it square on the off side for a four! Then he smacks another four, past cover point. Then he gets a dot, followed by another four, square past cover. Bhurtel takes a single in the final ball.

NEP - 16/0 (2); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Two runs conceded in the first over as Wood keeps it tight. Sheikh (1*) and Bhurtel (1*) start cautiously in this run chase!

NEP - 2/0 (1); Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Sheikh and Bhurtel open for Nepal. Wood to bowl the first over for England.

Target - 185

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A slow delivery by Karun, outside off. Jacks pulls it between deep square leg and deep midwicket for a double. Then he smacks Karun for back-to-back sixes, and then takes a single. Karun removes Archer int he next ball, run out!

Archer run out Sheikh/Karan 1 (3)

Jacks ends the innings with a six! SHOT!

ENG - 184/7 (20)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A short of length delivery by Nandan, and Brook pulls it over deep midwicket for a six. He also gets his fifty off 31 balls!

Then he removes Brook! Caught by Malla at the ropes! Brook tries to go big, and ends up holing it to the sweeper cover!

Brook c Malla b Nandan 53 (32)

ENG - 157/6 (18.2)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A short of length delivery by Nandan, and Brook pulls it over deep midwicket for a six. He also gets his fifty off 31 balls!

ENG - 157/5 (18.1)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Solid over by Lamichhane in the 17th. Concedes only a single. Brook (46*) and Jacks (2*) need to accelerate soon!

ENG - 139/5 (17)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A flat good length delivery by Dipendra and Curren goes on the back foot to cut it. He gets an inside edge and it hits the middle stumps! OUT!

Curran b Dipendra 2 (8)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A full delivery by Dipendra, outside off. Bethell goes for the big shot, ends up holing it straight to long on for a catch!

Bethell c Lokesh b Dipendra 55 (35)

ENG - 128/4 (13.4)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: It is a full ball by Bhurtel, outside leg stump. Bethell goes low and sweeps it massively for a six, and gets his fifty!

ENG - 106/3 (11.3)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A length delivery by Bhurtel and outside off. Brook cuts it late, goes past the fielder at backward point for a four! SHOT!

ENG - 80/3 (9.1)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A full deilvery by Lamicchane and Brook reverse sweeps it fine, past the fielder at slip for a four. Then he takes a single. The over ends with a dot.

ENG - 64/3 (7)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The finger has gone up! England review!

A flat good length delivery by Lamichhane, on off. It its the pad, and lbw! Three reds in the review, Banton leaves!

Banton lbw b Lamichhane 2 (5)

ENG - 57/3 (6.1)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT!!

A short of length delivery by Nandan, outside off. Buttler goes for the cut, but edges it to Sheikh for a simple catch! OUT!

Buttler c Sheikh b Nandan 26 (17)

ENG - 43/2 (4.3)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 4-4! A length delivery by Dipendra and on off. Buttler drives it wide of cover point and extra cover for a four! Then he launches him over midoff for another four!

ENG - 38/1 (3.4)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A short of length delivery by Karan, on off. Buttler pulls it over the ropes for a four! Then he takes a double. Ends the over with a single.

ENG - 28/1 (3)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT! WICKET OFF FIRST BALL IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET!

A full delivery by Malla and down leg. Salt top edges it to short fine for a catch! OUT!

Salt c Lamichhane b Malla 1 (2)

ENG - 5/1 (1.1)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Karan begins with a full delivery, on off. Salt drills it for a single, the fielder fumbles at mid-on. Then its a dot, followed by Buttler smacking him for a four, past the mid-off fielder. Ends the over with a streak of dots.

ENG - 5/0 (1)

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Buttler and Salt to open for England. Karan to bowl the first over for Nepal.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Time for national anthems! Both teams are in the middle now!

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: England - Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

Nepal - Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Speaking after winning the toss, England captain Brook said, "We're having a bat first. Think the pitch will be in the best shape in the first innings, we'll look to bowl in the second innings. Little bit of spin and a bit of bounce. We wanted two out and out pacers with the new ball. Playing really well, SL was awesome preparation and we have taken plenty of confidence. Feeling good and I'm hopeful of taking good decisions. Can't take anything for granted, just stay with the situation and adapt to the situation."

Meanwhile, Nepal skipper Paudel said, "We would have bowled first. Looking at the conditions, chasing is the better option. It's a used wicket, if it turns, it'll help us in the second innings. Playing all the games here is an advantage for us, as a team to play in Asian conditions helps Nepal, that's a big advantage for us."

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: It is toss time! Brook wins the toss and opts to bat!

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Bethell has been in good form lately. After his maiden Test ton in Sydney, he was in good form in the white-ball series vs Sri Lanka.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Sundeep Jora, Karan KC, Gulsan Jha, Sandeep Lamichhane, Nandan Yadav, Basir Ahamad, Lalit Rajbanshi, Lokesh Bam, Sher Malla

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: England's Jacks revealed that his teammates back captain Brook, despite his recent controversy. Speaking ahead of the match, he said, "Obviously, it's been a tough time and that's been well documented in the media."

"I wasn't actually in New Zealand, so I didn't know anything about it.

"He's obviously made the wrong decision, but he's accepted that. He's obviously making amends on the pitch, and we all back him 100 percent," he added.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: England have decided to go with four spinners. Rashid and Dawson are the spin spearheads, with all-rounders Bethell and Jacks as back-ups.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Salt will open the batting for England, alongside Buttler. Salt missed the third T20I vs Sri Lanka due to a back spasm. He has been named in the Playing XI.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: In their warm-up games, Nepal defeated UAE and Canada. Aasif Sheikh was in good form, getting a fifty in the match vs Canada.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: England are in Group C with debutants Italy, Nepal, Scotland and West Indies. They won 11 out of their 17 T20Is, while losing only two last year.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Speaking ahead of the match, England's Jacks said, “Yeah, obviously the first game is majorly important, every single game in the World Cup is majorly important and for us that's about hitting our straps quickly. You don't get to make many mistakes and we've got other important games in that group and every single game matters. I know Nepalese cricket has grown a lot over the last few years and to have 20 teams in this World Cup I think is really good and to increase the number of teams is a really good thing and teams playing in their first edition is great for the game.”

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Buttler needs only 50 runs to reach 4000 in T20Is, and could do that today! He recently also became England's most-capped international cricketer.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Nepal are in their third T20 World Cup and second in a row after the 2024 edition. Their other appearance was in Bangladesh in 2014, when they beat Afghanistan and Hong Kong. But lost to the hosts.

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: England have already named their Playing XI for the match. Here is their XI-

Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

ENG vs NEP T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Welcome everyone to our live coverage of today's T20 World Cup fixture between England and Nepal in Mumbai. It is also the campaign opener for both sides, and two points will be key.