The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of ODI cricket. The 1st ODI match of the Pakistan tour of England, 2021 is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 8th July 2021 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. We are providing 100 safe, perfect, and accurate today cricket match prediction for all matches of England and Pakistan.

England team is facing problems before the start of this home series against Pakistan. Seven members of England including three players had been tested COVID positive and the whole squad of England had been put under isolation. England had picked new players from the ongoing T20 blast and for the first time in the history of England cricket, near about nine players are going to debut in this home series. Ben Stokes had been given the responsibility to lead the team in the ODI series.

We had mentioned above that the new players in England team had been picked from Vitality T20 Blast and they had played a lot of cricket in recent time. Till the announcement of the squad, it is difficult for us to know about the final playing eleven for the first match. We think that Will Jacks and Phil Salt can get a chance in the final playing eleven while Will Jacks will have to wait for the selection. Dawid Malan, James Vince, Zak Crawley, Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Ben Duckett, Lewis Gregory, Brydon Carse are sure to get the place in the final squad for the first ODI match as per our opinion.

The first choice playing eleven had been ruled out from this series and the Pakistan team can get the advantages of this. This series is very important for team Pakistan to get some Super League points. Pakistan had a golden chance to win this series but it will not as much easy. Pakistan team had to give the best performance to win this series against the new team of England. The batting order of Pakistan is good at least on papers which is lead by Babar Azam who the best batsman in the world in white-ball cricket.

Mohammad Rizwan had been outstanding in the recent season of the Pakistan Super League and we are sure that he will continue his good form in this series. Fakhar Zaman Sohaib Masood, Haris Sohail, Saud Shakeel, and Shadab Khan can bat well till number 7th. Imam ul Haq is also part of the squad of the ODI team of Pakistan but we don’t think that he will get a place in the final playing eleven. Faheem Ashraf is the ideal player for batting at number eight. The bowling department of Pakistan is strong and experienced at least on papers which are led by Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, and Shaheen Afridi.

England had played a total of 759 ODI matches with 382 wins to their name. They had lost 340 matches while their eight matches were tied and 29 matches were ended with no result.

Pakistan had played 933 One Day Internationals. They had won 490 matches and lost 415 matches. Their 20 matches ended with no results and eight matches were tied.

England had faced Pakistan in 88 ODI matches where they won 53 while Pakistan won 32 matches. Two matches between these two teams were ended with no result.

As per our cricket match prediction, Pakistan is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Pakistan is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• England will be missing their key players in this match
• England is a well-experienced side as compared to Pakistan
• The bowling unit of Pakistan is much stronger than England
• England also have the advantages of home ground and conditions

England has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Pakistan, so the winning chances of England for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

England has a 52% chance to win this match
Pakistan has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st ODI match between England and Pakistan is going to be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Cardiff on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but and that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Dream11 prediction for England vs Pakistan. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of England and Pakistan is mentioned under.

Date: Thursday, 8th July 2021
Time: 12:00 PM GMT / 01:00 PM LOCAL, 06:00 PM IST

Stadium: Sophia Gardens
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Capacity: 5500 (15,000 after redevelopment)
Known as: The SWALEC Stadium
Ends: River Taff End, Cathedral Road End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to: Glamorgan
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 28
Matches won batting first: 8
Matches won bowling first: 16
Average 1st Inns scores: 225
Average 2nd Inns scores: 210
Highest total recorded: 386/6 (50 Ov) by ENG vs BAN
Lowest total recorded: 125/10 (34.1 Ov) by AFG vs RSA
Highest score chased: 304/6 (48.2 Ov) by PAK vs ENG
Lowest score defended: 169/10 (23.3 Ov) by ENG vs NZ

Jonny Bairstow (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Joe Root, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Tom Banton. (will be updated).