England beat Pakistan by on Saturday (25th May) at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Captain Buttler's 84 off 51 and cameos from Will Jacks and Jonny Bairstow helped England post 183 on the board. In reply, Reece Topley had three wickets to his name, while Moeen Ali,and Jofra Archer shared two wickets each to restrict Pakistan to 160 and hand England 23 runs victory to go 1-0 ahead.

Being asked to bat first, England started off to a flier. With Phil Salt and Joss Buttler started to charge from ball one. Imad Wasim removed the former one, but that brought another destructive player Will Jacks. The duo of Buttler and Jacks combined a demolition job and string a 71 run stand to give England a solid foundation to the innings.

After the departure of Jacks on a quick-fire 37, Buttler ripped through Pakistani bowling lineup and made a swashbuckling 84 off just 51 deliveries, with the help of 3 sixes and 8 boundaries. England collapsed notably after the departure of their skipper but managed to post 183 on the board.

Imad Wasim from Pakistan bowled a brilliant spell as he picked up 2 wickets to his name giving away only 19 runs. While Shaheen Afridi had three wickets. Shadab Khan was expensive on the day as he conceded 55 runs in his four over quota.

In reply, Pakistan started in a horrid way, losing their opener Mohammad Rizwan for a three ball duck to Moeen Ali. While Saim Ayub too failed to make contribution. Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam joined hands and made a partnership. Fakhar was going strong and made a whirlwind 45 off 21 balls. Babar played a negative like innings of 32 off 26 balls.

At the backend of the innings, Iftikhar Ahmed and Imad Wasim scored 20's but fell in quest of quick runs. Pakistan eventually were all out on 160. Moeen bowled with the new ball and took two wickets. Reece Topley was super impressive as he had three wickets. Jofra Archer made a solid comeback to the international Cricket as he had two wickets as well and England won the match by 23 runs to go 1-0 up in the series.