England has won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the decisive fifth and final one-day international, the last match of the visitors’ troubled tour.
England made one change for Wednesday’s game at the Rose Bowl, with all-rounder Luke Wright coming in for spinner Michael Yardy.
Pakistan was unchanged from its 38-run win on Monday at Lord’s to square the series at 2-2, after paceman Shoaib Akhtar passed a fitness test on his side complaint.
Pakistan lost the test series 3-1 and the Twenty20 series 2-0 on a tour tainted by allegations of “spot-fixing,” resulting in three of its players being suspended and charged by the ICC under its anti-corruption code.
