Pakistan win toss, bat against England in final

DUBAI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat against England in the third and final Test being played here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Pakistan made one change, bringing back pace bowler Aizaz Cheema in place of Junaid Khan.

England remained unchanged from the Abu Dhabi Test, keeping faith with their batsmen despite their struggles against Pakistan's spinners in the first two Test matches.

Pakistan, leading the three-match series 2-0 following their ten-wicket win in the first Test in Dubai and 72 run victory in the second Test in Abu Dhabi, hope for making a clean sweep against England by winning the final Test.

Teams:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman

England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Monty Panesar

Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Steve Davis (Australia), TV umpire: Shahvir Tarapore (India)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (India)