England vs Pakistan live streaming: When and where to watch England vs Pakistan 1st Test match?

England will be up against Pakistan in the first test match of 3 test match series between them. Pakistan cricket team will play their first match after the pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The England and Wales Cricket Board did some courageous job in hosting the series against West Indies. The English team clinched the series with 2-1 against the West Indies.

To come and win a Test series in England is always been the toughest challenge for any team in world cricket. Some of the best teams in the world with great players like Virat Kohli for India, Kane Williamson for New Zealand are also failed to register a series victory in this European soil.

Since 2010 England lost just two series in their home soil one against South Africa in 2012 and another one in 2014 against Sri Lanka. Pakistan's two of their last three attempts ended in a draw, 2-2 in 2016 and 1-1 in 2018. Pakistan also has the highest winning percentage in England after South Africa in these 10 years.

The last time Pakistan won a Test series in England was in 1996 and during that time they also completed their hat-trick of winning series in English soil. They won in 1987 and 1992 as well. Since then they lost two series and ended with 3 draws.

Coming back to this match England will look to seal another series victory after a thrilling series win over West Indies. The English side will be hoping to continue in the same vein of form that they have been in the past couple of weeks in the series against West Indies.

Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad will be the players to watch out for the England side. For Pakistan, fitness is a major set back while most of the players are returning to the side after getting cured of the deadly COVID-19 virus.

Probable 11 for Pakistan:  Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (c), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail/Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas

Probable 11 for England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Squads:

England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Sam Curran

Pakistan: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali(c), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Fawad Alam, Sohail Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Kashif Bhatti

Here is everything you need to know about the England vs Pakistan 1st Test:

At what time does the England vs Pakistan 1st Test match begin?

The England vs Pakistan 1st Test match begins at 3:30 PM IST on August 5

Where the match between England and West Indies will be played?

The match will be played in Old Trafford, Manchester

Where to watch live coverage of England vs Pakistan 1st Test?

The England vs Pakistan 1st Test match will be aired live on Sony Sports Network which includes Sony Six, Sony Six HD, Sony Ten Sports 1, and Sony Ten Sports 1 HD.