Pakistan vs England in UAE 2015, 1st Test: England vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 13-17, 2015.
Venue: Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and will bat first
Alastair Cook scored 200 while Root added a half-century as the batsmen dominated another session of play in Abu Dhabi.
Yasir is ruled out due to injury, Imran Khan is set to play in his stead. A big blow for Pakistan, who will be without their twirler in chief - the fastest Pakistani to 50 Test wickets and the man England would have been most fearing.
Abu Dhabi is an extremely lucky venue for Misbah. He has won 7 out of 8 tosses here. Also has five 100s in his last 6 inns here.
Head-to-Head Test Records:
Total Matches played 74
England Won 22
Pakistan Won 16
Draw 36
Pakistan Playing XI: 1 Shan Masood, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Shoaib Malik, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Imran Khan, 10 Zulfiqar Babar, 11 Rahat Ali
England Playing XI: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Moeen Ali, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson
