Pakistan elect to bat against England

December 19, 2005 13:37 IST

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth one-day international at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium on Monday.

England fast bowler Steve Harmison was ruled out of the game due to a sore throat with Kabir Ali replacing him.

Kabir, 25, of Worcestershire, is playing his ninth one-dayer while batsman Ian Bell replaced James Anderson who has been made the super sub for the match.

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Pakistan who won the toss for the first time in the series announced an unchanged side from the last game but off-spinner Arshad Khan was named as the super sub in place of Yasir Arafat.

Pakistan lead the five-match series 2-1.

Teams:

Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Rana Naved, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami and Shahid Afridi. super sub Arshad Khan.

England: Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Vikram Solanki, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones, Matthew Prior, Ian Blackwell, Kabir Ali, Liam Plunkett, super sub James Anderson.

Umpires: Tony Hill and Rudi Koertzen

TV Umpire: Asad Rauf

Match referee: Jeff Crowe.

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