Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first in the first Test match of the series against England in Manchester.

As expected, Pakistan went with two spinner, Yasir Shah and Shadab Khan while England are unchanged from their last Test against West Indies.

Playing XI:

Pakistan: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali(c), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson