Summary

  • England win rain-hit first ODI by 44 runs

  • Play abandoned after third rain delay

  • Roy made 65 and Root 61 for England

  • Pakistan captain Azhar Ali 82 from 110 balls

  • Pakistan won toss in first match of five

Live Reporting

Phil Dawkes

  2. Alec Stewart
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Joe Root is just a class act. Regardless of the type of cricket, regardless of the surface, regardless of the country he is playing in, he scores runs. 

  3. Eng 144-2

    Nawaz responds to the sweep with a peach of a ball that spins and beats Root's outside edge.

  4. 50 runs

    50 for Root

    Eng

    The easiest 50 you'll ever see. Total control, total dominance. He brings it up with a sweep for four.

  5. Alec Stewart
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's a question of when, not if, England win this. At the moment, it's so one-sided. The crowd want to see a contest and at the moment we're not seeing one.

  6. Eng 137-2

    Love a late cut. Morgan rocks back and slices Gul away to the rope. There are some very frustrated expressions on Pakistan players' faces.

    Meanwhile, there's a very picturesque pink sunset at the Ageas Bowl. There'll be a lot of chuffed shepherds this evening.

  7. Eng 130-2

    Root oozes class with a little dabble down leg for four off Nawaz.

    If another wicket goes down I reckon England should send in Plunkett. Hell, send in Wood. As pleasing as it will be to ease home with ones and twos, it'd be nice to see some stands being cleared.

    Here is the end of Roy...

  8. Alec Stewart
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England can coast. There's no pressure at all. They can knock the ball around. Pakistan have to take wickets. If not, it will be all over around the 40th over.

  9. Eng 122-2

    No pressure on England at all. They can work it around and canter home. Gul offers no threat in his fifth over.

    It is a shame Roy was out. It was looking like he was going to provide us with some big-hitting entertainment, as this illustrates...

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    Rob Allpress: Storm in Portsmouth right now. Hope it misses the cricket.

  11. Eng 118-2 (Target 261)

    Pakistan need much more than just the one wicket to put the jitters into England. Eoin Morgan is out to join Root and gets off the mark with a single.

  12. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    He was trying to be aggressive in the previous over. Roy got his feet to the pitch but the bat turned in his hand. The catch was well held, running around the rope.

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    Roy c Babar b Nawaz 65 (Eng 116-1)

    Well, Roy was clearly trying to get a move on, but it has cost him. He doesn't quite catch a lofted drive down the ground off Nawaz and is caught right on the edge by Babar. It was an unnecessary shot. It is the wicket Pakistan desperately needed.

  14. Eng 115-1

    Roy wants this finished sooner rather than later. He moves across his crease and lofts Gul over midwicket with pretty much a straight bat. Remarkable shot.

    We are getting reports of rain in the area. Roy is doing the right thing. Keep it going, Jase.

  15. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan have to conjure something from somewhere. England's batting line-up is very long. They have to think outside the box.

  16. Eng 107-1

    Roy and Root are able to pick their spots. The former whips one aerially towards cow but is denied a boundary by a fielder.

    Here is how Roy brought up his 50...

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    Ben Thapa: Anyone want to suggest a better option at 5 in the Test side than Jason Roy?

  18. Eng 100-1 (Target 261)

    England are cruising more than Tom and Toni travelling on a liner in the South Pacific. Three figures are up courtesy of a Root sweep for four off Imad.

  19. Latest scorecard

    England 91-1 from 15 overs

    Batsmen: Roy 51, Root 26

    Fall of wickets: 27-1 (Hales 7)

    Bowling figures: Imad 4-0-14-0, Amir 4-0-28-0, Gul 3-0-27-1, Riaz 4-0-17-0

    Pakistan 260-6: Azhar 82, Sarfraz 55

    Bowling figures: Woakes 10-2-43-1, Wood 10-0-57-1, Plunkett 10-0-53-1, Root 4-0-26-1, Mooen 7-0-30-0, Rashid 9-0-51-2

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    Pakistan won toss

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  20. Eng 91-1

    Time for some drinks. England can be very satisfied with that first 15. Only Alex Hales has blotted their copybook. Pakistan need to come up with a plan and fast. At the moment they are taking on the Death Star in a Ford Cortina.