Pakistan v England: England beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the first ODI

In the first ODI match played between Akstan and England, England defeated Pakistan by nine wickets.

England won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan were bowled out for 141 in 35.2 overs.

In response, England easily achieved the target of 142 runs in 21.5 overs at a loss of just one wicket.

England's first wicket fell when Philip Salt, who was playing his first international match, was caught in a slip off Shaheen Shah Afridi's ball, while David Milan remained unbeaten on 68 and Zack Crowley on 58.

Earlier, Pakistan suffered a huge loss in the first over of their innings when captain Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq were dismissed without scoring a run.

Both players were dismissed by Saqib Mahmood, who has played for Peshawar Zalmi.

Match score card

At one point, Pakistan had lost four wickets for a total of 26 runs.

Openers Fakhr Zaman and Sohaib Maqsood tried to support the Pakistani innings and the partnership of both the players scored 50 runs.

First Sohaib Maqsood was foolishly run out and then Fakhr Zaman sniper Matt Parkinson returned to the pavilion with his wicket.

After that, Pakistan's wickets kept falling from time to time and the entire team was bowled out for 141 runs, providing a golden opportunity for an inexperienced team of England to win the match.

According to the latest reports, Pakistani batsman Haris Sohail will not be able to participate in all the matches of the tour due to injury.

Pakistan has the option of having most players in the squad to replace Haris Sohail, but in this match, the team management replaced Saud Shakeel.

In this series, the eyes of Pakistani fans on the bowling field will be on Shaheen Afridi and Hassan Ali who have been in good form in recent days while Shadab Khan is not yet in full form after suffering a series of injuries.

The next match between Pakistan and England will be played at Lord's on Saturday.