Eoin Morgan won the draw in the second T20I against Pakistan and chose to pitch first. Both teams were unchanged from the first game, which was abandoned in the 17th of the first inning due to rain. The same surface will be used.
Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted that he too would have chosen to pitch first had he won the toss. His team again contained up to five spinning off-road bowlers, while Haris Rauf was preferred to Wahab Riaz.
With the rain ruining the first game and the last two rounds of the series that preceded it, both sides will have been relieved to see encouraging forecasts for Sunday’s weather. The full 40 overs are anticipated to go smoothly.
With the Pakistani spinners having claimed five wickets in Friday’s aborted match, England might have been tempted to recruit Joe Denly to their side. Instead, they stuck with Friday’s lineup, which includes four seamers and two spinners.
England: 1 Tom Banton, 2 Jonny Bairstow (week), 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Eoin Morgan (captain), 5 Moeen Ali, 6 Sam Billings, 7 Lewis Gregory, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Chris Jordan, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Saqib Mahmood
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (captain), 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Shoaib Malik, 5 Shadab Khan, 6 Mohammad Rizwan (week), 7 Iftikhar Ahmed, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Shaheen Afridi
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