England won the toss and chose to bat first in the first Cricket Test against Pakistan, being played at Rawalpindi from Dec 1-5, 2022.
England is touring Pakistan after 17 years to play the three-match series in Rawalpindi.
For England, Will Jacks made his debut, coming into the side for Ben Foakes, who failed to recover in time, leaving Ollie Pope to take the wicketkeeping gloves.
Liam Livingstone will make his Test debut as expected, having been named in England’s original XI after playing 30 white-ball internationals. Opener Ben Duckett returns to the England line-up after six years, having played four Tests in 2016.
“We’re going to have a bat; I think it’s pretty obvious why,” Stokes said with good humor at the toss. “Not ideal to start the series like this, but hopefully, we’ll all be good.”
There were four debutants for Pakistan, who are without Shaheen Shah Afridi after he injured his knee during the T20 World Cup final defeat to England last month and underwent surgery to remove his appendix.
Pak v Eng 1st Test live cricket score
Haris Rauf comes in for a Test debut, having played 57 T20Is and 15 ODIs for Pakistan. Fellow right-arm seamer Mohammad Ali joins him, middle-order batter Saud Shakeel and legs pinner Zahid Mahmood.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam said: “It looks like a good wicket; I think the first hour and a half will help our fast bowlers.”
PTV Sports live streaming info
All matches in the series will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event. Live streaming will be available on the SkyGo platform.
PTV Sports will broadcast the tour in the host country with streaming available online at ARY ZAP App
Viewers in India will be able to watch the series live on Sony Sports Network and online on SonyLIV.
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Playing XI
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, James Anderson
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (capt), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ali, Zahid Mahmood
