Live Score: Pakistan vs England, 1st Test

Pitch report | Bazid Khan: The last Test played here was Pakistan v England, and Abrar got a 11-fer. But it's a different look to the pitch this time. There's a lot of grass, plenty of grass. But if you have a closer look, it's still quite dry. That means the grass is there to help the pitch remain intact. There might be seam, swing up front. But I reckon spinners will have a role to play.

Ollie Pope: I came prepared (to captain) if Stokes is not available. The conditions are hot, the hottest I might have played in, ready for the challenge. I would have batted first as well. Little bit of moisture and hopefully we can make use of that in the first hour. He (Carse) has played some white-ball cricket for England and now we are excited to see how he goes about in Test cricket.

Shan Masood: We are going to have a bat. We asked for a good cricket wicket. Both teams are stacked with good batting line-ups. We have been in winning positions and not won from there, it has caused some hurt amongst the team and the cricket fraternity. We want to get back to winning ways and hopefully these bunch of guys can do that.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood(c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir

TOSS: Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to bat vs England in Multan.

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