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 Pak versus Eng: Britain win throw, put Pakistan to handle in first Test

Britain commander Ben Stirs up and Pakistan captain Babar Azam at the throw.

RAWALPINDI: Britain skipper Ben Stirs up won the throw and chose for bat in the initial test against Pakistan on Thursday, the match going on as planned regardless of an infection having moved throughout the guests' camp in Rawalpindi during the week.

The visiting side rolled out one improvement to their unique playing 11, supplanting Ben Foakes with Will Jacks, who makes his test debut alongside all-rounder Liam Livingstone.

"We've had some disease going round yet we were truly eager to begin," Stirs up said in the wake of winning the throw.

"It's not been ideal clearly, to begin our visit like this, however ideally we'll be fine."

Pakistan named four debutants — Saud Shakeel, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ali and Zahid Mehmood — in their playing 11.

Britain will likewise play in Multan and Karachi in what is their most memorable test visit through Pakistan starting around 2005.

The beginning of the series was tossed into uncertainty daily before after a few individuals from the visiting crew became sick.

"The ECB (Britain and Grains Cricket Board) has informed us that they are in a situation to handle an eleven and, thusly, the primary Test will begin according to plan today," PCB said in an explanation today.

An ECB representative said Wednesday the infection was not Coronavirus related, with players encountering retching and loose bowels.

Playing XIs

Britain: Ben Stirs up (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (wk), Joe Root, Harry Stream, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Robinson, Jack Drain, James Anderson.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Imam Ul Haq, Azhar Ali, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ali, Zahid, Mahmood