Live Twenty20 - England v Pakistan

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By Ben Dirs

START DELAYED BY RAIN - PLAY DUE TO START AT 1500 BST

England: PD Collingwood (capt), JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, SM Davies (wk), C Kieswetter, EJG Morgan, A Shahzad, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, LJ Wright, MH Yardy
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Ajmal, Shahzaib Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz

1447: England have two wicketkeepers opening for them today - has that happened before? I don't recall Jack Russell and Bruce French ever opening up for their country... Steve Davies of Surrey is armed with the gauntlets rather than Craig Kieswetter of Somerset...

1441: England win the toss and skipper Paul Collingwood opts to bowl first...

Big Dave H, Bicester, in the TMS inbox: "I can smell my roast potatoes burning, so will have to pop off and turn them over. Sorry, I know its not relevant, but you sound lonely. Roast beef today, in case you are interested."

Rus, Sidcup, in the TMS inbox: "I'm interested in the match, Ben. After all, it's Pakistan that's bringing the game into disrepute, not England. So there's no reason not to all still get behind our team!"

Martin (disappointed & passionate cricket fan) in Herefordshire in the TMS inbox: "Have to say that cricket itself is now a joke, Ben."

Martin (disappointed & passionate cricket fan) in Herefordshire: "Have to say that cricket itself is now a joke, Ben."

1433: I should let you know that we are beset on all sides by technical issues, so no video scorecard and no TMS audio at the moment - our best men and women are working on it... decent crowd in the Swalec, the romantic new mantel of what used to be called Sophia Gardens...

1431: Out of interest, is anyone actually interested in this match? I only ask because this has been top of the site for 20 minutes and we haven't had one email in yet. "The world has almost run out of helium," says the man to my left. Damn those Essex wedding organisers...

From eltham-college-spin on 606: "I won't be watching. I've never understood the attraction of Twenty20 and topped off with the match fixing allegations I can't be certain that I'll be watching/listening to an honest game. I'm not staying up into the wee hours for this. Roll on Ashes."

1427: Anyway, all a bit depressing this week, but let us not sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of cricket - anyone got any good jokes? Preferably about cricket...

1422: News reaches me that the toss will take place at 1430 BST and play will start at 1500 BST...

1418: The match must be completed by 1830 BST, so we could still get a 20 overs a side match. Both teams are out and about - there's Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's skipper, grinning as usual. Of course, Shahid's got a bit of form for pitch and ball-tampering and his arrival on the scene reminds me of a great old story about former British PM Benjamin Disraeli being served up a dodgy meal: when the champagne arrived with the dessert he took one sip and sighed, "Thank God for something warm at last..."

1408: Afternoon all. Rather appropriately, it's a dark, dank, portentous day in Cardiff - covers on, although rain has stopped and an inspection is due at 1415 BST and we could have play by 1500 BST...

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