How to Watch the Pakistan ODI Tri-Series Live: PTV Sports, Tamasha, Tapmad and PCB Live App

In Pakistan, the ODI tri-series with England and Sri Lanka is live on PTV Sports on television, and streams on the PCB Live app, Tapmad and Tamasha. Every match starts at 1 pm PKT, with the toss at 12:30 pm, from 18 to 31 October 2026.

We read the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) broadcast release for the series on 20 October 2026. It names the channels in Pakistan, the broadcaster in each country abroad, and the commentators. Pakistan play England next, on Tuesday 20 October in Rawalpindi.

PTV Sports, PCB Live, Tapmad and Tamasha show the series in Pakistan

PTV Sports broadcasts every tri-series match live on television in Pakistan. For phones and laptops, the PCB lists three legal streams: its own PCB Live app, Tapmad and Tamasha. You need only one of them, so pick the one that fits your network.

PTV holds the television rights for Pakistan's home matches this season. Our report on PTV's Rs 350 million cricket rights deal explains how it won them. That deal is why the same channels carried the Sri Lanka T20Is earlier this month.

Every tri-series match starts at 1 pm PKT

The PCB says all seven matches begin at 1 pm PKT, with the toss at 12:30 pm. The first three games are at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The last four, including the final on 31 October, are at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

England's board lists the same 13:00 local start on its match pages, so the two boards agree. A one-day game takes about eight hours with the break, so expect each match to finish at about 9 pm PKT. Rain can change that, and the DLS method for rain-hit ODIs then resets the target.

Family abroad can watch on these channels

The PCB lists a broadcaster for most regions. The PCB Live app also streams outside Pakistan, in the United Kingdom, North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa. So relatives abroad have at least one legal way to watch almost everywhere.

One change from the Sri Lanka T20Is: the UK broadcaster is now Sky Sports. For the T20Is, the PCB listed a different UK channel, on television only. If you watched those in Britain, check your listings again.

Match times for the UK and the Gulf

A 1 pm PKT start is 12 noon in the UAE and 11 am in Saudi Arabia for every match. In the UK it is 9 am for the 20 and 22 October games, then 8 am from 25 October, because British clocks go back one hour that Sunday.

1. Find your country's time difference from Pakistan.
2. Take 1 pm PKT and move it back by that many hours.
3. For the UK, use 9 am until 22 October and 8 am from 25 October.
4. Set a reminder 30 minutes earlier to catch the toss.

The times are our own conversion from the PCB's 1 pm PKT. England's board shows the start as 08:00 in universal time, which matches the 8 am UK time once clocks go back.

Who is commentating on the tri-series

The PCB has named a mixed panel. England's Mark Butcher, former Pakistan women's captain Urooj Mumtaz Khan, former Test captain Aamir Sohail and Sri Lanka's Roshan Abeysinghe are on the list. Waqar Younis joins from the second ODI, and Bazid Khan was for the first match only.

That means Waqar should be on air for Pakistan v England on 20 October. The PCB does not say which commentators work on the PTV Sports feed and which on the international feed, so the voices may differ by channel.

If you would rather be at the ground, tickets are on sale online and in cash. You can also buy tri-series tickets in cash at TCS Express Centres, 17 of them in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The PCB also directs fans to its ticket site at pcb.tcs.com.pk.

Common questions

Which channel shows Pakistan vs England live in Pakistan?

PTV Sports shows it live on television. You can also stream it on the PCB Live app, Tapmad or Tamasha.

What time do the tri-series matches start?

Every match starts at 1 pm PKT, and the toss is at 12:30 pm. The final on 31 October also starts at 1 pm.

Can I watch the tri-series on the PCB Live app in Pakistan?

Yes. The PCB says the PCB Live app streams the series in Pakistan, the UK, North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.

Where can I watch the tri-series in the UK?

On Sky Sports, on television and digital. The PCB Live app also works in the UK.

Is the tri-series free to watch in Pakistan?

PTV Sports comes with your cable or dish package if your operator carries the channel. The streaming apps need an account, and some charge, so check the price inside each app before you pay.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We read the PCB release "Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka set to begin preparations for ODI World Cup with tri-series from 18 to 31 October", dated 17 October 2026, on pcb.com.pk on 20 October 2026. We checked the start time on the England and Wales Cricket Board match pages the same day. Time conversions are our own. We could not read Tamasha's price page, which returned "page not found" on 20 October, and the PCB Live and Tapmad prices are not in the release, so we give no prices.