Summary

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  • England win opening T20 by 53 runs

  • Sarah Glenn takes four wickets, while seamer Lauren Bell claims three

  • England recover from 11-4 to make 163-6

  • Captain Heather Knight top-scores with 49, while Dani Gibson adds 41 and Amy Jones 37

  • All-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt absent after "minor medical procedure"

  • Opening T20 in three-match series, with ODIs to follow

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  1. Pak 63-2published at 7 overs

    England introduce Sophie Ecclestone as the field goes back, but new batter Muneeba Ali works her opening delivery away to the fine leg boundary for four.

    A couple of singles follow from the rest of the over.

  2. Pak 57-2published at 6 overs

    It's Sadaf Shamas again!

    She closes the powerplay by easing Bell to the point boundary. That was wonderfully timed and she moves to 25 from 11.

    For point of comparison, England were 29-4 at this stage.

  3. Postpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 11 May

    Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    Lauren Bell celebrates a wicketImage source, Getty Images

    England needed something special to break this partnership and that is from Amy Jones. She is up there as one of the best keepers in the world. What a moment for her, she'll be loving that.

  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 5.2 overs

    Gull Feroza c Jones b Bell 17 (Pak 50-2)

    England bring back Lauren Bell and she strikes with her second ball!

    She cuts Gull Feroza in two with a fine delivery, drawing a fine edge and Amy Jones takes a wonderful catch tumbling to her left.

    A crucial wicket - England needed to stem the tide of runs.

  5. How's stat?!published at 16:40 British Summer Time 11 May

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    This is the most successful start that Pakistan have had in a T20 match.

  6. Pak 50-1published at 5 overs

    Gull Feroza gets in on the action, reverse sweeping Charlie Dean for four and then taking the single to bring up Pakistan's fifty from just 26 balls.

  7. Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 11 May

    Aatif Nawaz
    Commentator on BBC Two

    Exquisite strokeplay from Shamas, something she's not had the opportunity to do. She's very inexperienced but she's playing like a veteran, beautiful strokeplay.

  8. Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 11 May

    Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    This is a complete lack of discipline from England.

  9. Pak 45-1published at 4 overs

    An explosive start from Sadaf Shamas!

    Dani Gibson bowled a decent first over, but the Pakistan number three takes her apart in her second, reaching the ropes from five deliveries.

    A couple of cover drives, a lift over point, one that went square and a cut to backward point that a diving Danni Wyatt manages to push onto the boundary sponge.

    With a wide thrown into the mix that's 21 from the over.

  10. Pak 24-1published at 3 overs

    Sadaf Shamas is the new batter for Pakistan and takes a first ball single on the sweep.

  11. Postpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 11 May

    Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    Charlie Dean celebrates the wicket of AmeenImage source, PA Media

    They are going to use the sweep, it's a smart bit of bowling from Dean, adapting to their style of play.

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 2.4 overs

    Ameen lbw b Dean 9 (Pak 23-1)

    Yep, three reds - that's gone.

    The previous ball Ameen had smacked Charlie Dean got the square boundary, but the England spinner got her revenge immediately - the ball kept low and struck the Pakistan opener on the back leg right in front of the stumps.

    Ball tracking shows a strike mid-way up leg stump.

  13. Pakistan reviewpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 11 May

    Has Charlie Dean got a wicket in her first over?

    Sidra Ameen has been given out on the field, it looks pretty out but she's sent the decision upstairs.

  14. Pak 16-0published at 2 overs

    Dani Gibson only took off her pads a matter of minutes ago, and now she's taking the ball in England's second over.

    She sends down a tight first over, just the four from it as the Pakistan batters can't find the gaps in the field.

  15. Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 11 May

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer at Edgbaston

    The official attendance has been confirmed as 12,241.

  16. Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 11 May

    Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    I love the pressure that they're putting on England, they're having a go at everything, anything over, wide, they are going to have a go at it.

  17. Pak 12-0published at 1 over

    Lauren Bell's early struggles continue - Gull Feroza drives her straight down the ground for four, before finding a gap in the covers to find the ropes again.

    England were four down before they reached 12 runs.

  18. Pak 4-0published at 0.1 overs

    The players are back out there and Lauren Bell has the ball in hand.

    She sends down two legside wides in her first three deliveries - between them Gull Feroza takes two off the bat.

  19. Postpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 11 May

    Now, here's some viewing for you before we get back underway.

    BBC Sport's Aatif Nawaz has explored the world of tape ball and how it's produced some Pakistan's best fast bowlers.

    Media caption,

    How tape ball helped create & influence fast bowling legends

  20. Postpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 11 May

    Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    England were only able to hold on because of that partnership of Jones and Knight in the middle.