<p class="title">Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international against England at Lord's on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rain-delays-england-pakistan-2nd-odi-1007097.html" target="_blank">Rain delayed</a> the scheduled 11:00 am (1000 GMT start) by 90 minutes, with the match reduced to 47 overs per side from the standard 50.</p>.<p class="bodytext">England stand-in captain Ben Stokes was winning his 100th ODI cap in the first match at this level at Lord's since he starred in a dramatic 2019 World Cup final win against New Zealand decided by a Super Over.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both teams were unchanged following England's nine-wicket win in the first of a three-match series at Cardiff on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">England, the reigning 50-over world champions, had to select a completely new squad days before the start of this series after a Covid-19 outbreak among their original party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yet a totally changed XI, captained by the fit-again Stokes and featuring five debutants, thrashed Pakistan at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens, with only 67.1 overs of a scheduled 100 bowled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saturday's match at the home of cricket was the first in England to operate at full capacity since the pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Teams</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">England: Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley, James Vince, Ben Stokes (capt), John Simpson (wkt), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Brydon Carse, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Saud Shakeel, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf</p>.<p class="bodytext">Umpires: Alex Wharf (ENG), Richard Illingworth (ENG)</p>.<p class="bodytext">TV umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)</p>.<p class="bodytext">Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)</p>
<p class="title">Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international against England at Lord's on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rain-delays-england-pakistan-2nd-odi-1007097.html" target="_blank">Rain delayed</a> the scheduled 11:00 am (1000 GMT start) by 90 minutes, with the match reduced to 47 overs per side from the standard 50.</p>.<p class="bodytext">England stand-in captain Ben Stokes was winning his 100th ODI cap in the first match at this level at Lord's since he starred in a dramatic 2019 World Cup final win against New Zealand decided by a Super Over.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both teams were unchanged following England's nine-wicket win in the first of a three-match series at Cardiff on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">England, the reigning 50-over world champions, had to select a completely new squad days before the start of this series after a Covid-19 outbreak among their original party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yet a totally changed XI, captained by the fit-again Stokes and featuring five debutants, thrashed Pakistan at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens, with only 67.1 overs of a scheduled 100 bowled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saturday's match at the home of cricket was the first in England to operate at full capacity since the pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Teams</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">England: Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley, James Vince, Ben Stokes (capt), John Simpson (wkt), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Brydon Carse, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Saud Shakeel, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf</p>.<p class="bodytext">Umpires: Alex Wharf (ENG), Richard Illingworth (ENG)</p>.<p class="bodytext">TV umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)</p>.<p class="bodytext">Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)</p>