The prospect of facing at least 40 overs of spin per innings is worrisome for England, specially after the inclusion of world-class all rounder Shahid Afridi to the Pakistan squad.

England have deployed their marquee batsmen Kevin Peitersen at the opening stand in good hopes thou England quick bowlers will play the key role if England is to win this match.

Players to look out for: Tim Bresnan(Eng), Shahid Khan Afridi(Pak), Steve Finn(Eng), Kevin Peitersen(Eng).

The Squads are as follows:

Pakistan 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Umar Akmal (wk), 7 Shoaib Malik, 8 Shahid Afridi, 9 Saeed Ajmal, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Wahab Riaz

England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Kevin Pietersen, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Graeme Swann, 11 Steven Finn.

England has currently won the toss and decided to bat first.