Summary

  • England beat Pakistan by five wickets to claim second T20 world title

  • They become the first men's team to hold the 20-over and 50-over titles at the same time

  • Stokes shows trademark calm to hit unbeaten fifty in nervy chase

  • Pakistan scrape to 137-8 off their 20 overs

  • Curran takes sublime 3-12, Rashid & Jordan claim two each, Stokes one

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt, Tom Mallows and Callum Matthews

  1. What happens if rain affects us?

    We've spent much of the build-up worrying about the weather. There is still a chance we may get interrupted by some thundery showers.

    If it does affect us, here are the rules that we'll be following:

    • The minimum game we can play is a 10-over per side match
    • We can play until 12:40 GMT today
    • "Every effort" will be made to get a result today
    • There is a reserve day on Monday - play would start at 04:00 GMT if that is needed
    • If Monday is needed the match would resume from where it stops today. So if we get four overs in, we'd start the first ball in the fifth over
    • We have seven hours and 10 minutes to play with on Monday
    • If we still can't get a result over the two days the sides will share the trophy

  2. How have England turned it around?

    England have had their own struggles to reach this point too.

    They've faced three must-win games in a row, to get out of the Super 12s and then in the semi-finals, after defeat to Ireland and a washout against Australia.

    How have they done it?

    Our man on the ground Matthew Henry has brought us, and you, some of the reasons how.

    Jos Buttler celebrates with Ben Stokes and Chris JordanGetty Images

  3. A reminder, or perhaps a first look because I know people tune in specially for finals, at how England have reached this showpiece final at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    England's route to the final: Afghanistan (S12): Won by five wickets, Ireland (S12): Lost by five runs (DLS), Australia (S12): Match abandoned, New Zealand (S12): Won by 20 runs, Sri Lanka (S12): Won by four wickets, India (SF): Won by 10 wicketsGetty Images/BBC Sport

  4. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the MCG

    MCG

    It was like a game of Where's Wally trying to spot anyone in an England shirt when I walked into the ground earlier.

    It was a sea of green Pakistan shirts and flags.

    England will be heavily outnumbered.

  5. 'A moment a whole country fell deeply in love with cricket'

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Pakistan's fascination with 1992 goes far beyond that being the year of their greatest triumph, which remains their only ODI World Cup trophy.

    It was the moment a whole country fell deeply and hopelessly in love with cricket.

    It wasn't just the beautiful crystal trophy they won. It was the hearts and minds of a nation. It was a future prime minister in World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan and the cancer hospitals he would go on to found.

    Imran's counter-punching batting in the final, Inzamam-ul-Haq's blistering knock and especially Wasim Akram's breathtaking spell of fast bowling live rent free in the minds of many fans.

    Aged seven, I was one of those fans.

    Read more from Aatif about how Pakistan fell in love with cricket in 1992.

  6. As has been mentioned countless times in the build-up to this game it is a re-match of the 1992 50-over World Cup final, which took place on the same ground.

    Pakistan ran out 22-run winners on that occasion.

    Captain Imran Khan called his side "cornered tigers" after losing three, and having a washout, in their first five group games, but they recovered to be successful.

    Pakistan lost their opening two games in this tournament too, don't forget...

    Pakistan celebrate beating England to win the 1992 50-over World CupGetty Images

  7. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the MCG

    Hello from the MCG. After all of the talk of rain it has been a lovely day in Melbourne. I'm a little sunburnt but that doesn't take much.

    We could still get a shower this evening but things look a lot better than they did 48 hours ago.

  8. Teams

    Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Muhammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim.

    England: Jos Buttler (capt, wk), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid.

  9. Pakistan captain Babar Azam: "We would have bowled first today. We want to put runs on the board now and put pressure on England.

    "We have good momentum with us and we'll try and continue that. We've come back strongly and we'll try to continue in that vein.

    "We've got confidence and the way they team are playing is outstanding.

    "History is repeating itself and we'll try win this match and hold the World Cup."

  10. England captain Jos Buttler: "There is a great energy around the stadium and we are looking forward to a great game.

    "I think both teams come into this in red hot form and we look forward to a tough challenge. I think it looks a good wicket. Hopefully it stays that way. There is a bit of weather around which is why we chose to bowl first.

    "We start fresh today. We bring confidence from the other day but it counts for nothing today."

  11. England win the toss & bowl
    Breaking

    1-0 to England?

    Jos Buttler calls correctly and he wants England to have a chase later on.

    That is how they won the 50-over World Cup in 2019 (kind of...) and how they so impressively got into today's final.

  12. We've already had the toss in Melbourne.

    Someone got a bit excited and we did it about 10 minutes ago...

  13. Morning!

    We started with 16 teams. We have played 44 matches to get to this point. It's time for us to crown a champion.

    It's Pakistan v England at the MCG.

    It's time for a legend - or 11 of them - to be made.

    Babar Azam and Jos Buttler with the T20 World Cup trophyGetty Images

  14. 2007: India

    2009: Pakistan

    2010: England

    2012: West Indies

    2014: Sri Lanka

    2016: West Indies

    2021: Australia

    2022: ?

    Today is the day we crown a new T20 world champion. Will it be Pakistan? Or will it be England?

    Let's find out.