Can Pakistan Take Advantage Of Second-String England Side? Live Streaming Details Of Eng Vs Pak Below

England vs Pakistan 1st ODI: Seven members of England cricket team were affected by Covid-19, thus, England had to pick a completely new squad for the ODI series against Pakistan.

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Cardiff: After the recent incident of seven members of England cricket team getting affected by Covid-19, a new-look England side is ready to face Pakistan in a three match ODI series from Thursday. 

After the 7 members of England squad were tested positive for Covid-19, the entire team went into isolation and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had to pick a brand new 18-member ODI team captained by Ben Stokes. Out of these 18, nine players are uncapped, which means that they have never payed any international game before this series. 

The new 18-member squad just got three hours of training before the start of the match. Even though the English team has a lot of individual talent, Ben Stokes has a heculean teask at hand to take the team together and discuss the game-plans with a unit that has never played together before. There are certain players like Ben Duckett, James Vince and Lewis Gregory in the side who's experience will also come handy for the team. 

On the other hand, Pakistan will look at this scenario as golden opportunity to win an away series. They are back to playing international cricket after a interesting season of Pakistan Super League (PSL). The confidence would be sky-rocketed and they would want to grab this opportunity with both their hands. 

When and Where to watch Live Streaming of England Vs Pakistan 1st ODI? 

The 1st ODI will be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff and the match will start at 5:30 pm IST. The Live Telecast of the match will be available on Star Sports Network while the live streaming of the match will be available on Disney+Hotstar from 5:30 pm onwards. 

England Squad: Zak Crawley, James Vince, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes(c), Daniel Lawrence, Ben Duckett(w), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Parkinson, Jake Ball, Danny Briggs, John Simpson, Philip Salt, Brydon Carse, Will Jacks, Tom Helm, David Payne

Pakistan Squad: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Agha Salman, Abdullah Shafique