SYDNEY, Australia: Pakistan will take on England in their second and last ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
The 50-over game is scheduled to begin at 08:30 am Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
Pakistan will take on England on Wednesday in last warm up match of ICC cricket world cup 2015 at Sydney pic.twitter.com/cvmkk8P0Gd
— PTV Sports Official (@PTVSp0rts) February 10, 2015
Earlier in their first warm-up match played at Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney on February 9, Pakistan beat Bangladesh by three wickets.
Batting first, Bangladesh scored 246 runs before they were all out in 49.5 overs. The 7-foot-1-inch left-arm fast bowler Muhammad Irfan took five wickets.
In response, Pakistan achieved the target in 48.1 overs for the loss of seven wickets. The middle order batsman Sohaib Maqsood scored 93 runs off 90 balls with two massive sixes and nine fours.
Pakistan Team
Ahmed Shehzad, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Muhammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Rahat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Khan, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan
England Team
MM Ali, JM Anderson, GS Ballance, IR Bell, RS Bopara, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler†, ST Finn, AD Hales, CJ Jordan, EJG Morgan*, JE Root, JWA Taylor, JC Tredwell, CR Woakes
The 11th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is jointly being held in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29.
Pakistan is placed in group B along with India, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and United Arab Emirates.
The national team will start its World Cup campaign with a highly charged match against arch-rivals and defending champions India in Adelaide on February 15.
Pakistan vs Bangladesh Match Verdict: Pakistan won the warm up match played between Pakistan and Bangladesh however the match was pretty interesting. We wish Pakistan best of lick for future matches and specially for cricket world cup 2015
