Pakistan win toss, opt to bat against Leicestershire
Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Leicestershire in the two-day warm-up game at Grace Road, Leicester.
Fresh from a five-wicket victory over Ireland in the historic one-off Test, the team has been training in Leicester for the practice match before taking on England at Lord’s on May 24.
Pacer Mohammad Amir, batsmen Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq and Haris Sohail have been rested for the game. Sami Aslam, Usman Salahuddin, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Saad Ali have been included in the side for the game.
The format of the practice match is two innings per side, with the side batting first in the first innings allowed to face a maximum of 100 overs of bowling. The hours of play are 11:00 local time (3pm Pakistan time) until 18:00 (10pm PST) with lunch taken at 13:00 (5pm PST) and tea at 15:40 (7:40pm PST).
Pakistan vs Lecistershire
Pakistan won tge toss & decided to bat first
Fakhar Zaman, Sami Aslam, Usman Salahudin, Saad Ali all playing pic.twitter.com/NV8XlGXcNV
— Shahzaib Ali (@DSBcricket) May 19, 2018
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