ICC T20 World Cup 2022 finalists face in move toward the following month's occasion
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Leeds, 21 May 2024: The Pakistan men's cricket crew will take on Britain in the first of the four-match T20I series at Headingley on Wednesday. The leftover three matches will be held in Birmingham (25 May), Cardiff (28 May) and The Oval, London (30 May), before the two groups will leave for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies.
The last T20I meeting among Pakistan and Britain occurred at the MCG in the last of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. Britain edged past Pakistan by five wickets in the nearby experience with Sam Curran procuring the player of the last honor for his figures of three for 12.
An original capacity Pakistan cricket crew is supposed to take the field at Headingley on Wednesday at the rear of a 2-1 series win against Ireland in Dublin last week. Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi gobbled up the player of the match grants in the two triumphs.
Britain rule the T20I contention with 19 successes to Pakistan's nine victories, while one game finished as a no-result. Britain were the champs of the past reciprocal series against Pakistan, securing the seven T20Is played in Lahore and Karachi 4-3.
Pakistan men's white-ball lead trainer Gary Kirsten joined the side on 19 May for the main task of his two-year residency.
Pakistan chief Babar Azam, who is the best commander in T20Is with 46 successes, said: "I'm certain that Pakistan will convey the triumphant force from the Ireland series into the Britain T20Is. Our 2-1 triumph in Dublin exhibited the splendor of our players and bowlers, while likewise furnishing us with learnings as we mean to chip away at our areas of progress.
"We've had useful instructional courses at Headingley and with lead trainer Gary Kirsten connecting up with the crew, we are centered around adjusting our methodologies and mixes for the four T20Is against Britain and T20 World Cup."
Crews (to be chosen from):
Britain: Jos Buttler (C), Moeen Ali, Jofra Bowman, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Creek, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley and Imprint Wood
Pakistan: Babar Azam (C), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Khan
Series plan:
22 May - v England, first T20I, Leeds
25 May - v England, second T20I, Birmingham
28 May - v England third T20I, Cardiff
30 May - v England, fourth T20I, The Oval
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