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10/20 03:08 CDT England wins toss and bowling first against Pakistan in ODI
tri-series
England wins toss and bowling first against Pakistan in ODI tri-series
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) --- England captain Harry Brook won the toss and
elected to field against Pakistan in the one-day international cricket
tri-series on Tuesday.
A comeback century from Salman Ali Agha led Pakistan to 37-run victory against
Sri Lanka last Sunday despite heavy dew making things difficult for bowlers
under lights at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan was unchanged with four fast bowlers and two spin allrounders in
Arafat Minhas and Saim Ayub.
Brook, who has had phenomenal personal success in Pakistan from scoring 1,126
runs in 16 cross-format games, said "dew might play a big factor tonight" and
hoped his team can restrict Pakistan.
England was without key players Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer for the
tri-series; Buttler had a hamstring injury and Archer was being rested.
Jordan Cox has replaced Buttler as the wicketkeeper while Sonny Baker replaced
Archer as England also went with four seamers but included specialist spinner
Adil Rashid in the XI.
Rawalpindi will host one more game on Thursday between England and Sri Lanka
before the tournament moves to Lahore, which also hosts the final on Oct. 31.
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Lineups:
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Saad Baig, Hasan Nawaz, Salman
Ali Agha, Arafat Minhas, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi (captain), Naseem Shah,
Haris Rauf.
England: Ben Duckett, Tom Banton, Joe Root, Harry Brook (captain), Jordan Cox,
Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Sonny Baker.
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