USA v Pakistan: T20 Cricket World Cup – live

Hello! If Dallas to you spells JR and Sue Ellen, congratulations. Pin the tail on the donkey and pass the Tizer - you’re as old as me. Today, however., it spells cricket: hosting the third of four World Cup games in the city, between USA and Pakistan in the tantalising group A.

Unlike in New York, the pitch at the Grand Prairie cricket stadium has been decent - offering runs to the batters and carry and bounce to the bowlers. Pakistan, who play their first game of the competition, have had their warm-up troubles – rain in England, rain in Dallas, injury to Imad Wasim and controversy over the wicketkeeping position. In trying to bring runs to the late-middle order they slotted PSL Imtiaz Ahmed award winner Azam Khan into the gloves, with fairly hapless results in final ODI at The Oval. It remains to be see whether Mohammad Rizwan, a far neater, more acrobatic keeper, takes them back.

USA are buzzing on the back of their thrashing of Canada in the opening game of the tournament, thanks largely to Aaron Jones 94 not out off 40 balls. The US (four wins out of five) actually have a better recent record than Pakistan (two wins out of five) so despite Pakistan being the odds-on-favourite, this is the kind of seaweed they sometimes slip up on.

Play starts at 4.30pm BST. See you here.