Live streaming and live cricket score of the first semi-final between
England vs Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is available
online. The first knock-out game of the tournament features a dominant
England against an inconsistent yet dangerous Pakistan. Sarfraz Ahmed’s
team scrapped home in a tense three-wicket win over Sri Lanka to seal
their place in the semi-final. Eoin Morgan’s side, though, have been in
great form and will be determined to enter the final for the fourth
time.
The Champions Trophy has hit the business end and hosts England take on Pakistan in the first semi-final in Cardiff on Wednesday. While England have been the most impressive team, winning all their group games, Pakistan had a rough start before sailing into the semi-finals.
While England beat Bangladesh, New Zealand and Australia to enter the last 4, Pakistan lost to India by a whopping margin of 124 runs before getting their act right and beating South Africa and Sri Lanka to enter the knockout stages as the second team behind India from the group.
And now, it all boils down to which teams holds its nerves better on the big stage. While Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is confident of the Pakistanis putting up their ‘best show’, England skipper Eoin Morgan is wary of the mercurial side led brilliantly by wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed.
The live action of the match will be shown of the Star Sports network from 3pm while the live streaming of the match can be caught on Hotstar.com. You can also check out Cricketnext's Champions Trophy 2017 LIVE blog for all the latest action from the match including live scores, ball-by-ball commentary and analysis.
CONDITIONS: Even though the weather played a pivotal role at the start of the tournament, things are finally brightening up as far as the weather gods are concerned. It should be a quality show in Cardiff with both teams having quality batsmen to back their top-class bowling attack. But with the game getting the same wicket as the Pakistan versus Sri Lanka match, it could be slightly on the slower side.
SQUADS: England Team: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(wk), Moeen Ali, Steven Finn, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Jake Ball, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, David Willey
Pakistan Team: Sarfraz Khan (c and wk), Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammed Amir, Mohammed Hafeez, Shadab Khan and Shoaib Malik.
Live matches and live streaming in India
In the Indian
sub-continent, the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be broadcast on STAR
Sports India while the event will be live streamed online on Hotstar
(both on mobile and internet).
Live matches and live digital streaming (For international viewers)
Following is a list of channels, where ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be broadcast live in foreign countries:
Australia: Channel 9, Fox Sports
Afghanistan: Lemar TV, Star Sports India
Bangladesh: GTV, Star Sports India
India: DD National (Only India matches), STAR Sports 1, STAR Sports HD 1, STAR Sports 2, STAR Sports HD 2, STAR Sports 3, STAR Sports HD 3
New Zealand: Sky Sports, Sky Sports NZ
United Kingdom: ITV 1 & 4, SkySports
USA: ESPN3, Willow TV
Sri Lanka: SLRC Channel Eye, Star Sports India
Pakistan: PTV Sports, Ten Sports, Star Sports India
Carribbeans, South America, Central America: ESPN
South Africa: SuperSports
Middle East: OSN Sports
Canada: SportsNet, WillowTV
Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea: Fiji TV, SKY Pacific
Singapore: Star Cricket Starhub & Singtel
Hong Kong: Star Cricket - PCCW
Netherlands: Fox Sports
Wales, Scotland and Republic of Ireland: Sky Sports 2
Rest of the World: Hotstar
