England vs Pakistan Highlights, World Cup: Stokes, Willey key as ENG beat PAK, end campaign with back-to-back wins

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Jonny Bairstow completes his half-century, takes 52 deliveries to reach the milestone. Meanwhile, England are batting on 96/1 after 16 overs.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Iftikhar Ahmed provides Pakistan with the first breakthrough as Dawid Malan falls for 31(39). Malan tries to sweep and gets an leading edge, which is caught by Mohammad Rizwan after the ball hits his gloves and skies up. He holds on to the ball in his second attempt.

Joe Root is the new man in the middle.

Meanwhile, England have reached 86/1 after 14.3 overs. Bairstow is batting in his 40s.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: The boundaries dry up a bit as Bairstow and Malan take a single each in the 12th over bowled by Mohammad Wasim Jr. ENG: 79/0 (12 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: The pair of Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan give England a strong start as they combine to add 72 runs in the first powerplay.

They have so far added 74 runs in 11 overs.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Iftikhar Ahmed is introduced in the attack and Malan and Bairstow combine to hit the spinner for a boundary each. ENG: 59/0 (8 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Bairstow hits Shaheen for a four and a six as England keep the scoreboard moving briskly. ENG 49-0 (7 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Jonny Bairstow hits Shaheen Afridi for a boundary. Back of a length delivery and Bairstow hits it towards square leg for a four.

Haris Rauf then concedes another boundary in the form of wides. Bowls short and it flies over the slip cordon towards the fence.

Malan then hits the pacer for another four as 12 runs come in the over. ENG: 38/0 (6 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Bairstow slams Haris Rauf for a couple of boundaries, Malan joins the party and ends the over with another four. ENG 21-0 (4 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Shaheen Shah Afridi continues from the other end and he bulls it at good length, straight towards Malan and the batter pushes it straight back. Slightly wide from Shaheen on his followthrough. Could have been an early wicket, exactly what Pakistan need now. ENG: 8/0 (3 overs)

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Afridi starts with a maiden over.

Haris Rauf shares the new ball duties with Afridi and he has a wayward start. Bowls way down the leg stump, wicketkeeper doesn't even bother diving for it as the ball races away for a four. ENG: 6/0 - 1.1 overs

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan arrive in the middle. Shaheen Afridi will be leading the attack for Pakistan.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: The players have gathered for the pre-match rituals. The action will get underway shortly!

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

Pakistan: 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

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: England have won the toss, opt to bat first.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: England's Champions Trophy hopes could be dash as Bangladesh are currently playing a match against Australia and they have kept things under control.

They are batting at 221/4 after 38 overs. A win for Bangladesh will come as a major blow to England.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: If we look at the head to head record, England hold the edge over Pakistan.

The two have met 91 times, England have won 56 times, while Pakistan have emerged victorious on 32 occasions.

While three encounters have produced no results.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Pakistan have once played at the Eden Garden's when they met Bangladesh. Then a collective performance by Pakistan bowlers have helped them outplay the opponent by seven wickets. Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr then scalped three wickets each, while Haris Rauf scalped two. Iftikhar Ahmed and Usama Mir picked one wicket each.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: If we look at England's attack, Adil Rashid has been their man who has been running the show in the middle-overs.

And on a track, which is likely to assist spin, Adil could be a big threat to the opposition, despite them having the likes of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in their line-up.

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: The pitches at Eden has been on the slower side and spinners are expected to play a huge role.

The quicks, on the other hand, will have to rely on variations.

For England to qualify for Champions Trophy, they need to beat Pakistan (6 points) and hope at least one of Bangladesh or Netherlands lose their final game (4 points)

If they lose to Pakistan (4 points) and they would need at least one of Bangladesh or Netherlands lose their final game (4 points)

If England lose to Pakistan and both Bangladesh and Netherlands win their respective final league matches, England will be out of contention

If Pakistan score - Restrict England to

300 - 13 runs

350 - 63 runs

400 - 112 runs

450 - 162 runs

500 - 211 runs

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If England score - Win inside

20 - 1.3 overs

50 - 2 overs

100 - 2.5 overs

150 - 3.4 overs

200 - 4.3 overs

300 - 6.1 overs

England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Imam-ul-Haq

England vs Pakistan Live Score, ENG vs PAK World Cup 2023: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the England vs Pakistan, World Cup encounter at the Eden Garden's, Kolkata. The match starts at 2:00pm and the toss for the same will take place 1:30pm.