A spectacular century from Liam Livingstone was not enough to prevent England from being beaten by Pakistan in a riotous first Twenty20 at Trent Bridge Friday.

With the hosts facing their highest T20 pursuit of all-time, Livingstone reached 50 from 17 balls and 100 from 42, both England records. He went to three figures with his ninth sixth, but was out to the next ball, a crucial swing of momentum towards Pakistan.

Pakistan had earlier racked up 232-6 - their highest total in a T20 - taking advantage of a superb pitch and short boundaries on a sun-kissed evening in Nottingham.

Captain Babar Azam struck 85 from 49 balls and Mohammad Rizwan 63 from 41.

Both scored a 150-run opening partnership, the second-highest for Pakistan. Latter, M Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman hit a flurry of sixes to help Pakistan reach a formidable total.

England were ragged, dropping catches and too often missing the mark with the ball to concede their highest score for eight years.

Livingstone's incredible knock kept England in it, but they were eventually bowled out for 201 in the last over to lose by 31 runs.

Shaheen Afridi took 3-30 to put Pakistan 1-0 up in the three-match series.