England captain Andrew Strauss loses the toss and bats - Shoaib Akhtar forces him to play on but the bails stay in place

The batsman's reprieve is short as Mohammad Asif gets him to top edge the ball to Shahid Afridi at square-leg soon after

Ian Bell replaces his skipper and sets about trying to build a sizeable partnership with Marcus Trescothick

The runs fail to come as both Trescothick and new batsman Kevin Pietersen fall to Asif in quick succession

The situation starts to improve for the hosts as Paul Collingwood and Bell approach a 50 partnership

Bell completes his half century in the 25th over but sees Collingwood fall to Afridi two balls later, making it 98-4

Middlesex all-rounder Jamie Dalrymple is the next to join Bell and they put on 68 before the latter is run out for 88

A ball later Shoaib Akhtar finds himself celebrating his 200th ODI wicket after bowling Dalrymple with a 92mph delivery

Mohammad Hafeez accounts for Chris Read before Shoaib removes Rikki Clarke and Sajid Mahmood to make it 173-9

Darren Gough plays a typically swashbuckling innings and, with Stuart Broad's help, takes the total up to 202

Rain at Sophia Gardens delays Pakistan's chase and when the game resumes, the tourists need a revised 159 from 32 overs

Broad strikes in his first over trapping Shoaib Malik leg before, however the rain returns and the game is abandoned