A few hardy spectators arrive early on Sunday for the Twenty20 match at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff between England and Pakistan, but they are soon sheltering from the rain
The groundstaff at Cardiff work hard to dry the pitch but despite their efforts the 1430 BST scheduled start is delayed by 30 minutes, with England opting to field after winning the toss
England claim the early wicket of Kamran Akmal, who is caught by Michael Yardy at mid-on off the bowling of Tim Bresnan with the score 13-1
Mohammad Yousuf plays some expansive strokes as Pakistan rattle along at a decent rate but, having scored 26 in 18 balls, he is dismissed and when Shahzaib Hasan falls shortly afterwards the runs dry up
It was Graeme Swann who took the wicket of Yousuf - and the spinner was in impressive form, taking 2-14 from his four mean and miserly overs
Swann's second wicket is that of Hasan, who looks to be in decent nick but is superbly stumped by Steven Davies - who is one of two wicketkeepers in the England team
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi does not arrive in the middle until the 16th over and immediately tries to make up for lost time - he never gets going but ends the innings undefeated on 16
Umar Akmal top scores for Pakistan with 35 off 30 balls, but it is extremely hard work for the visiting team as they labour to 126-4 off their allotment of 20 overs
Shoaib Akhtar is in sensational form for Pakistan, bowling very quickly and with great hostility, and claims the early wicket of opener Craig Kieswetter, who edges behind to leave England 9-1 as they chase 127
Yousuf is congratulated by his team-mates after taking a brilliant catch to dismiss Ravi Bopara off the bowling of Shoaib as England lose their second wicket with 42 runs on the board
Skipper Paul Collingwood is bowled by Afridi and England experience a middle-order slump, losing three wickets for seven runs as they struggle to 62-5 and look in danger of sliding to defeat
There is a real spring in the step of the Pakistan team after Afridi dismisses Luke Wright without scoring - but a series of terrible fielding mistakes undermines their prospects of victory
Eoin Morgan finishes undefeated on 38 as he and Sussex all-rounder Michael Yardy put on an undefeated 67 to steer England to a five-wicket victory
Yardy (right) hits 35 off 26 balls after taking 1-21 during four useful overs with the ball and is named man of the match as England win their sixth straight Twenty20 fixture
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