England vs Pakistan Live Score Updates, World Cup 2023: England Skipper Jos Buttler Wins Toss, Opts To Bat vs Pakistan

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Time for national anthems

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

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England’s Playing XI

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: Pakistan’s Playing 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: Here’s what Babar Azam said at the toss

We wanted to bat first, but toss is not in our hands. We have good bowlers and we would look to bowl them out cheaply. We have one change – Hasan Ali is not playing and Shadab Khan comes in his place.

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

We gonna bat first. Looks a good wicket, looks dry. We are going with the same team today. We are playing well together and would look to justice to ourselves. Emotional day for him, he has been great for us.

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Toss

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

ENG vs PAK Live Score: England eye Champions Trophy berth

For defending champions England, the World Cup title defence dream may have been over for quite a sometime now but the Jos Buttler-led side will aim to finish inside top-8 to make the cut for the 2025 Champions Trophy. 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: Qualification scenario for Pakistan

New Zealand’s net run-rate boosting five wicket-win over Sri Lanka has virtually shattered Pakistan’s semifinal hopes. The 1992 champions now have to beat England by an improbable margin. New Zealand’s NRR is +0.743 while Pakistan’s is +0.036, and for the Babar Azam-led side to eclipse the former to qualify as the fourth side, it has to win by around 287 runs batting first. While chasing, Pakistan need to win with 284 balls to spare. 

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Daunting task for Pakistan

Nothing less than a miracle will help Pakistan as they face a near-impossible task of making the semifinals by winning an unthinkable margin, while a charged-up England will look to qualify for the Champions Trophy. 

ENG vs PAK Live Score: Hello

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