Pakistan, England 3rd ODI today

DUBAI: Pakistan will face England in third one day international today (Saturday) in Dubai, Geo News reported.

AFP add: Misbah-ul Haq has called for his batsmen to put up a stronger fight to change Pakistan's fortunes in the third one-day match against England that starts on Saturday.

Pakistan failed to chase down targets of 261 and 251 in the first two one-day matches to hand England an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

"We have to really improve our batting," the Pakistan captain said Friday. "In the Tests and one-dayers both the teams were struggling in their batting and most of the time it was the bowling that was saving both."

Pakistan won the preceding three-Test series 3-0 but now face their first one-day defeats in seven series.

Misbah refused to single out any individual for blame and said everyone had to take shoulder responsibility.

The fourth match in the series will be played on Tuesday. Both teams will also play three Twenty20 internationals in Dubai (February 23 and 25) and in Abu Dhabi (February 27).