England win toss, bat first in second test at Old Trafford

MANCHESTER: England won the toss on Friday and opted to bat first in the second test being played at Old Trafford.

England captain Alastair Cook earlier insisted Moeen Ali remains England´s first-choice spinner, while saying Pakistan´s Yasir Shah is "up there with the greats".

Ali had taken just two wickets during a 75-run defeat by Pakistan in the first of a four-Test series at Lord´s last week.

By contrast leg-spinner, Pakistan´s Yasir Shah, had man-of-the match figures of 10 for 141.

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Shan Masood, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Rahat Ali, 11 Yasir Shah.

England: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 James Vince, 5 Gary Ballance, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson.