Pak-England 1st Test match starts today

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First Test between Pakistan and England will start at Lords on Thursday.

Pakistan-England cricket series comprises four Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a T-20 match.

Misbah-ul-Haq is leading the national team in the Test series while Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed will lead Pakistan team in ODIs and Twenty-20 respectively.

Pakistan and England have faced each other in 23 test series from 1954 to 2006 as England hosted 13 times, Pakistan were hosts 8 times and on 2 occasions series was played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). England were victorious 9 times, Pakistan won 8 times and 6 times series was drawn.

77 test matches have been played between both teams so far, as England won 22 matches, Pakistan won 18 and 37 matches were drawn. At Lords ground, both came against each other in 13 tests, as 4 times England won, 3 times Pakistan won and 6 matches were drawn.

England: Alastair Cook (capt), Alex Hales, Joe Root, James Vince, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow (wkt), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Jake Ball

Pakistan (probable): Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wkt), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah