How to watch England vs Pakistan cricket live
In this article we explain how to watch the 2019 cricket matches between England and Pakistan live on TV or online, how to listen on radio, and how to catch up with highlights of the action afterwards.
If you want to watch the 3 June 2019 match at CWC19, readHow to watch England vs Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup.
Match schedule
The two teams played a T20I on 5 May, but this now leaves five ODI (50-over) games – that’s the same format as the World Cup. Here’s the schedule:
How to watch on Sky Sports
All the England vs Pakistan games are being shown by Sky Sports in the UK. They will be live on the Sky Sports Cricket channel (find this on channel 404) and simultaneously on Sky Sports Main Event (channel 402). In each case coverage starts 30 minutes before play starts – either 12.30pm or 10.30am – and is slated to last for eight and a half hours per match.
If you’re a Sky newcomer a basic packagestarts at £22 per month. Sky Sports then costsan extra £18on top of that for a selection of sports, or £23 for the lot.
In the same way, existing Sky customers can add Sky Sports to their package starting at£18 per month.
Click here to look into Sky Sports packages.
Sky Q
So much for Sky’s standard offerings. The firm’s premiumSky Qservice, which starts at £22 per month, adds additional features that may be of interest to cricket fans. Have a look at our guide toSky Q pricing, bundles and features, or jump straight to theSky Q website.
How to watch with Now TV
If you don’t want to commit yourself to a long-term Sky contract, Now TV may be a better option. This service’s pay-as-you-go Sky Sports Pass lets you pay for one day, week or month of Sky Sports, then watch the action (for as long as you’ve paid for) on your browser, TV app or mobile app.
Aday passcosts £7.99; aweek passis £12.99; themonth passwill set you back £33.99 and rolls on to the next month unless you cancel it. (There’s also amobile passfor £5.99 per month, but avoid this at all costs – it’s great for football, NBA, rugby and horse racing, but doesn’t include cricket.)
Click here to view Now TV’s Sky Sports Pass packages.
How to use a VPN
VPNs are great for accessing UK-based cricket content when you’re abroad.
British cricket fans who are overseas can use a VPN to ‘browse from the UK’ and access their usual Sky Sports and Now TV subscriptions.NordVPNis our top recommendation among VPNs, but ourbest VPN chartrounds up several excellent alternatives that may be a better fit for you in terms of features and pricing.
How to watch (free) highlights
Sky Sports will show an hour of highlights and analysis starting two hours after each game. But there are free alternatives, too.
Most obviously Channel 5 has the rights to show highlights of all England internationals for the 2019 season. Highlights of the 5th ODI, for instance, will be shown at 7pm on Sunday 19 May, and you can catch up on previous gameson My5.
YouTube is a good bet, too. Visitthe ECB channelfor updates of this and earlier games. At time of writing they’ve got five minutes of highlights of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ODIs between England and Pakistan; the first ODI was rained off and there’s currently no coverage of that.
Finally, Twitter is an excellent source of brief highlights in almost real time. We follow four main accounts for this –England Cricket,Sky Sports Cricket,WisdenandCricingif– but bear in mind that the TV rights situation varies by series; Sky is usually the most productive. For these matches it’s also worth tryingPakistan Cricket.
Listen on radio
TalkSport has poached a few cricket series lately, but England vs Pakistan is firmly back in the BBC fold. You can listen to the five ODIs onTest Match Special, on BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra.
Author: David Price, Editor, Macworld
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