Cricket: Pakistan win toss, bat against England in final ODI

DUBAI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat against England in the fourth and final One-day International here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Flu and injury-hit Pakistan were forced to make three changes in the team which played the third ODI.

Experienced batsman Younis Khan failed to recover after missing the third match on Saturday while opener Imran Farhat was left out with a groin injury sustained during the last match.

Paceman Junaid Khan, spinner Abdul Rehman and allrounder Shoaib Malik were included in place of Farhat, Umar Gul and Aizaz Cheema.

England, on the other hand, made four changes as they were also forced to leave out Ravi Bopara (sore back), Graeme Swann (calf) and resting Stuart Broad and James Anderson.

They were replaced by Jos Butler, Jade Dernbach, Tim Bresnan and Danny Briggs.

Pakistan lost the first three one-dayers of the four-match series giving England an unassailable lead of 3-0 after making a clean sweep in the three-Test series..

Teams:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Azhar Ali

England: Alastair Cook (captain, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach,

Umpires: Kumara Dharmasena (SL) and Zameer Haider (PAK), Tv umpire: Simon Taufel (AUS)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)