Adil: We're ready for a T20 blast!

ADIL Rashid feels England are in a good place ahead of their T20 World Cup defence after a seven-wicket win over Pakistan at the Kia Oval secured a 2-0 victory in the rain-affected Vitality T20 international series.

- GEORGE SESSIONS

Preparations for the tournament in the Caribbean, which England begin on Tuesday against Scotland, had been affected by washouts in Leeds and Cardiff.

Jofra Archer had marked his eagerly-anticipated international comeback in between those abandonments with a two-wicket display in a 23-run victory at Edgbaston and was joined in the line-up by Mark Wood in south London.

The speed duo impressed in the capital with Wood able to clock 96mph from his fourth ball before he bounced out Azam Khan and Naseem Shah with wicket deliveries.

Archer, meanwhile, continued his comeback after a string of right elbow issues with the key scalp of Babar Azam for 36, which ultimately sparked a Pakistan collapse from 59 without loss to 157 all out after Rashid claimed two for 27.