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Captain Alastair Cook confirmed the tourists would be sticking to their winning formula in this four-match series before he won the toss and chose to bat first.

Pakistan, by contrast, decided three changes were in order after their 130-run defeat here two days ago. Batsman Azhar Ali replaced Asad Shafiq in a like-for-like swap; Aizaz Cheema came in for his fellow seamer Wahab Riaz, and slow left-armer Abdur Rehman was chosen instead of off-spinning all-rounder Shoaib Malik.

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

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