Preamble:This morning's session was a delight for any England fan. The attack finally lived up to their name, taking nine wickets in the 50 overs, leaving a very gettable target of 155 for the batsmen this afternoon, at a run-rate of 3.1 an over.
Over-by-over: Pakistan innings
Preamble: Good morning, everybody. Friday was exciting, wasn't it? England won their first ODI in living memory, and will be aiming to repeat the feat today. Andrew Strauss is hoping his luck's changed - again for the first time in living memory, he's won the toss and decided to bowl first. His team is unchanged; and Inzy's made just two changes to his lot, bringing in quick Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Imran Farhat to replace out-of-form Shoaib Malik and injured Shoaib Akhtar.
Ed start for 'lucky charm'
England look a better prospect in one-day cricket thanks to their lucky charm Ed Joyce, says Vic Marks.
Cast your mind back to Tuesday, and the latest in a depressingly long line of England defeats in one-day cricket. This time, England failed to defend a lead of 271 under the Rose Bowl floodlights. Look at the bowling figures. Seven - yes, seven - players turned their arm over: Jon Lewis, Stuart Broad, Saj Mahmood and Jamie Dalrymple were the wicket-takers, as you'd expect from the principal bowlers. Rikki Clarke, Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen put in nearly 11 overs between them and disappeared for 70 runs. It's a surprise that neither Ian Bell nor Marcus Trescothick were given the chance to display their right-arm medium-pace skills. Come to that, why not take the gloves off Chris Read and see whether he can fluke a wicket or two?
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I salute your bloody mindedness, Darren, but was I right all along?
Mike Selvey
Mike Selvey applauds Darren Gough's determination to win back his England place, if not his performances once there.
Pakistan and ICC may call for forensic tests on suspect ball
Lawyers for Pakistan and the ICC have called for forensic tests to get to the bottom of the ball-tampering row.
