Daijiworld Media Network
Dubai, Feb 21: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the last match of this 4-match ODI series between Pakistan and England. England are 3-0 up in the series and will be looking for a whitewash, while Pakistan will be searching for their first win in this series after their impressive show in Tests, where they snubbed England 3-0. Cook is in his form of his life and he's lead his side pretty well and they are looking like a better unit compared to the team which played in the Tests.
Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat
Cook: We also would have batted first. We have couple of injuries. Ravi has a sore back. Briggs and Butler are playing their first match. This is our last game of the tour and I would like to finish it on a winning note.
Misbah: We are batting first. We have lots of injuries in our side. Farhat is out and Malik is coming back into the side. We are resting Gul and lot of players are sick. We are not capitalization on the good starts and we are working on it. Junaid Khan and Rehman replace Gul and Cheema.
Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Adnan Akmal(w), Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman
England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook(c), Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan, Craig Kieswetter(w), Jos Buttler, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena(SL), Zameer Haider(Pak)Third Umpire: Simon Taufel(Aus)Match Referee: Jeff Crowe(NZ)
Quotes:
We give away 20-30 runs in every match while England save 20-30 with their fielding so it comes to a 40 run difference - Mohsin Khan, Pakistan coach.
Where we are is fifth in the world; where we want to be is number one in the world by the World Cup in 2015 - Eoin Morgan