Rain washes out first T20
Banton 71 off 42 - dropped on 5
England slip from 109-2 to 123-6
Malan 23, Morgan 14
Imad 2-31, Shadab 2-33
First T20, Emirates Old Trafford
Pakistan won toss; three-match series
A big chance for Tom Banton at the top of the order tonight then. The 21-year-old Somerset batsman struck his maiden ODI fifty in the final match of the Ireland series earlier this month, but has had a lean run in first-class matches of late, scoring 18, 2 and 13.
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Mohammad Amir will be charging in very shortly for Pakistan and his record in T20i's over the last three years is impressive - 25 wickets at an average of 16.60 with an economy rate of 6.84.
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Pakistan are playing their 152nd T20i today, but their first since January's 2-0 series win against Bangladesh.
England have played 117 T20's and their last experience of the format was also a victorious one, winning the final two matches in South Africa and scoring in excess of 200 on both occasions.
This is the 16th T20 between the teams, England have won 10, Pakistan four, with one match tied in Sharjah in 2015.
In Cardiff last year, Babar made 65 in Pakistan's 173-6 but Eoin Morgan's unbeaten 57 saw England home by seven wickets with four balls remaining.
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland: Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (capt), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Just to recap some England news in case you missed it and Test batsman Ollie Pope is to have surgery on his dislocated left shoulder after he was injured sliding in the field during the final match at the Ageas Bowl.
He is expected to be sidelined for four months, but it is hoped he will return in time for England’s winter tours of Sri Lanka and India starting in the early part of next year.
Image source, Getty Images"We would have looked to do the same," says England skipper Eoin Morgan. Joe Denly and David Willey not playing tonight. Who is going to open in the absence of Jason Roy? It's going to be big-hitting Tom Banton.
"We have prepared well and the team is very confident," says Pakistan skipper Babar through an interpreter.
Pakistan have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
It's dry at the moment though and we're ready for the toss.
Not for the first time this summer, we might have some problems with the weather again though. It's going to be pretty bracing out there too by the look of those temperatures and northerly breezes. Plenty of layers tonight and some blankets might be useful as well.
England are second behind Australia in the ICC Twenty20 rankings, with Pakistan currently fourth, but the tourists boast the top-ranked batsman in Babar Azam so there promises to be great excitement as we welcome you to our coverage of the opening T20 international between England and Pakistan from Old Trafford.
Hello again. It was England who overcame some dubious weather to take the Test series with Pakistan, what's going to happen when the teams meet again in the crash, bang, wallop of a three-match T20 series?
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