Pakistan is all set to take on England in the only Twenty20 International at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday (today) under new captain Sarfraz Ahmed.
The match will start at 10:30pm (PST).
Pakistan will be looking to bring the curtains down on a long tour of England with a morale-boosting win in the one-off Twenty20 International.
While the two sides shared the spoils in the Test series that ended 2-2, the One-Day Internationals went England’s way, the home team winning 4-1 and Pakistan’s victory coming only after England had already taken a 4-0 lead.
It will be Sarfraz Ahmed’s first match since taking over the captaincy of the T20 side.
Among the 13-strong squad are the Amad Butt, a 21-year-old paceman and a graduate from the Under-19 side that beat England in the semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014.
Mohammad Irfan, called up to replace the injured Mohammad Hafeez, was ruled out of the series after suffering cramps in the fourth ODI. Hasan Ali has been included in his place. Khalid Latif and Sohail Tanvir are also set to return to the side.
On the other hand, England will look to bring an end to a terrific season – one in which it reached the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 and came within four balls of winning.
To that end, England named a strong squad for the solitary T20I, with Joe Root, Alex Hales and Moeen Ali included – they were all rested for the similar fixture when Sri Lanka came visiting. Ben Stokes and Mark Wood also return from injury, but Liam Dawson, the left-arm spinner who made his ODI debut in Cardiff, has been dropped from the squad that featured against Sri Lanka.