Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bowl in the rain-delayed second One-Day International cricket match against England at Lord’s on Saturday.

Skipper Babar Azam announced after the toss that there would be no change in the team.

The match has been reduced to a 47-overs-a-side affair.

England currently lead the three-match ODI series 1-0 after their thumping victory against Pakistan in the first ODI on Thursday. 

Debutant Zak Crawley and David Malan’s splendid batting helped the home team to a nine-wicket victory in just 22 overs.

Set a target of 141, Malan scored unbeaten 68 and Crawley 58 to lead England to a convincing victory.

Pakistan have played England eight times, in ODIs, at Lord’s, winning four and losing the same number of matches.

Overall, the Men in Green have played 13 ODIs at this venue, winning six and losing on seven occasions.

Pakistan’s last 50-over outing at this venue was against Bangladesh in the 2019 World Cup, when they won by 94 runs with pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi taking career-best figures of 6/35. Opener Imamul Haq scored a century while Babar accumulated 96 runs.

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