After a lot of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the England vs Pakistan Test 2020 series is all set to begin from today onward. On 5th August 2020 (Wednesday), team England and Pakistan are going to face-off each other in the first Test match of the series which is going to begin at 03:30 PM IST. Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester is the venue scheduled for ENG vs PAK match. Team Pakistan was scheduled to start their participation in Cricket tournament taking part in three One Day International (ODI) matches and two T20I matches in the Netherlands and Ireland respectively.
Now, PAK is touring to England to play the Test series against ENG. Talking about team England, they are going through a busy schedule as before competing against the Pakistan cricket team, they have already played against West Indies and Ireland in a single series of the Test as well as in the ODI formats respectively. PAK will be the third team for ENG with whom they will compete this summer.
ENG VS PAK Match Details
Series: England vs Pakistan Test 2020
Match: England (ENG) vs Pakistan (PAK)
Date: Wednesday, 5th August 2020
Time: 03:30 PM IST
Venue: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
England Squads:- Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Dominic Sibley, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Mark Wood, Rory Burns,
Pakistan Squads:-Sohail Khan, Abid Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem-Shah, Shan Masood, Shadab Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Imam-ul Haq, Imran Khan-Jnr, Mohammad Abbas, Usman Khan-Shinwari, Yasir Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz,
Probable Playing 11
Team ENG: Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler (WK), Joe Root, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Dominic Sibley, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Rory Burns,
Team PAK: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Asad Shafiq, Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Yasir Shah, Imam-ul Haq, Mohammad Abbas, Faheem Ashraf
ENG vs PAK Preview & Winner Prediction
This Test series between ENG and PAK is going to form part of the opening of the ICC World Test Championship 2019–21. Earlier to this, ENG has already completed its three-test series against the West Indies (WI) team where ENG has achieved victory in the test series with 2:1 winning streak. England seems to be a very strong competitor in comparison to Pakistan. With this 1st Test match, the team ENG is more likely to get a win against PAK on Wednesday.
