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Pakistan to bat in first Twenty20

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Pakistan made three changes from the line-up wich lost the fourth one-day here on Tuesday, bringing in opener Awaiz Zia, paceman Umar Gul and allrounder Hammad Azam. They replaced Azhar Ali, Abdul Rehman and Adnan Akmal.

England, who won the four-match one-day series 4-0, brought in Jonny Bairstow and Ravi Bopara in place of Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan.

England: Stuart Broad (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann.

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Awais Zia, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Shoaib Malik.

Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK)

Tv umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012