Collingwood Return As Pakistan Elect to Bat Against England

London: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first on Monday in the fourth one-day international against England, which has been tarnished by further spot-fixing allegations against the tourists.

Pakistan kept the series alive by winning the third match by 23 runs to reduce England's lead to 2-1, but then faced fresh accusations that a scoring pattern was already known to bookmakers before it became reality in Pakistan's innings at The Oval.

The International Cricket Council is looking into the claims but the England and Wales Cricket Board released a statement saying the series would go ahead.

Pakistan has named the same team that started the third one-dayer.

England has made two changes, with Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell coming in for Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara.

Teams News :

Pakistan (Playing XI): Kamran Akmal(w), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi(c), Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar

England (Playing XI): Andrew Strauss(c), Steve Davies(w), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Michael Yardy, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson

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