Daijiworld Media Network

Abu Dhabi, Feb 15 : Hello and welcome to the 2nd ODI between Pakistan and England. 'The Queen's Men' will be fired up for this won after getting a head start in the series courtesy their overwhelming victory against the hosts. Pakistan on the other hand will be eager to regain some of the form they displayed in the Test series.

One can expect a few changes in Pakistan's line up, especially after Shoaib Malik's poor performance in the first ODI. The hosts will want to ensure that they win this one so that they don't have to play catch up and so that they can give themselves a realistic chance of winning this series. England too have a big incentive in this game, if they seal a win here then they cannot lose this 4 match series.

England have won the toss and elected to bat

Misbah: It did a bit under lights. We would have loved to bat first too. We've made three changes to the team. Shafiq, Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz will miss out. Abdur Rehman consistently put pressure on the batsmen in the Test series. We need more stability at the top of the order. It is really important and that is why we have Azhar Ali back in the team.

Cook: We're going to bat first. It looks similar to the previous track. When you keep winning games you pick the same team. We have to start from scratch and do well. I'm a work in progress in ODIs and I'll have to do well.

Teams:

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Umar Akmal(w), Shahid Afridi, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema

England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook(c), Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Craig Kieswetter(w), Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Umpires: Aleem Dar(Pak), Kumar Dharmasena(SL)Third Umpire: Simon Taufel(Aus)Match Referee: Jeff Crowe(NZ)