Get Involvedpublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
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Benjamin Watts: Saw James Vince score a match-winning 99* against Kent in the T20 Blast this summer. Such a classy player & deserves his chance.
Summary
England win first T20 by 14 runs
Plunkett 3-21, Topley 3-24, Parry 2-33
Eng: Billings 53 (25), Morgan 45*, Vince 41
Joint second-fastest England fifty (24 balls)
England lead 1-0 in three-match series
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
Vince makes bowpublished at 15:53
On the other hand, Buttler's misfortune is good news for Hampshire's James Vince, who makes his international debut.
He's more of a strokemaker than a Buttler-style blaster, but he has some impressive T20 scores under his belt in domestic cricket...
Image source, Getty ImagesButtler's back...on the benchpublished at 15:50
Image source, APA penny for Jos Buttler's thoughts. After a coruscating 46-ball hundred in the final ODI finally ended a long run of bad form, he must have been feeling on top of the world.
He'd have been itching to put those gremlins firmly to bed with some more explosive cameos in the Twenty20 series. Instead, he's carrying the beverages. Curious.
Captain's viewpublished at 15:47
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi: I'm very happy bowling first. The last two or three days the pitch was covered, so I think there will be areas for us to exploit. We've got some very talented cricketers but there are chances there for youngsters. We have a new man, Rafatullah Mohmand, and we're all expecting him to perform."
Captain's viewpublished at 15:46
England captain Eoin Morgan: "We played on really good wickets in the one-day series and this was the best surface to bat on.
"A few senior players are rested because we want to give opportunities to younger guys before the World Cup.
"It's an opportunity for players to come in and showcase what they can do. James Vince makes his debut."
Team newspublished at 15:45
Pakistan: Mohmand, Sarfraz (wk), Hafeez, Rizwan, Maqsood, Umar, Afridi (c), Anwar, Tanvir, Riaz, Imran Khan.
England: Hales, Roy, Vince, Morgan (c), Billings (wk), Moeen, Rashid, Jordan, Plunkett, Parry, Topley.
England win tosspublished at 15:44
Eoin Morgan calls correctly, and England will bat first.
Image source, Getty ImagesGood afternoonpublished at 15:42
Hello and welcome to live coverage of England's first Twenty 20 international against Pakistan at Dubai.
Play gets underway at 16:00 GMT, and the toss has already occurred...
Taking shapepublished at 15:40
Image source, AFPIt's been a long-time coming, but change is finally coming to England's limited-overs cricket side.
After years of struggle in the shorter formats of the game, Eoin Morgan's men have turned a corner, with their impressive ODI series win against Pakistan following another successful series against New Zealand earlier this summer.
The bones of a side that could contend at the 2019 World Cup are taking shape, with Alex Hales and Jason Roy at the top of the order, Joe Root and Jos Buttler in the middle, and David Willey providing a left-arm option with the ball.
But before all that, those players must look to the World Twenty20, coming up in March. Can England challenge for a second global title in the shortest form? This three-game series against Pakistan should give us a good idea...