Pakistan bat against Somerset in England tour opener
 

TAUNTON: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat against Somerset at Taunton in his country´s first first-class match on English soil since their controversial ´spot-fixing´ tour of 2010.

During that year´s Test against England at Lord´s, Mohammad Amir and Pakistan new-ball partner Mohammad Asif bowled **-balls to order on the instructions of their captain Salman Butt as part of a sting operation carried out by a tabloid newspaper.

All three received five-year bans from cricket and, together with sports agent Mazhar Majeed, jail terms.

However, Amir returned to international cricket earlier this year and could make his Test comeback at Lord´s where Pakistan face England in the first of a four-Test ****** on July 14.

Amir was included in the Pakistan side selected for the Somerset match.

Taunton was the venue for Pakistan´s first match after the 2010 controversy at Lord´s with the tourists thn playing Somerset in a one-day match.

This fixture is Pakistan´s first of two three-day games before the first Test at Lord´s, with Misbah´s men playing Sus*** at Hove from July 8-10.

Teams
Somerset: Marcus Trescothick, Adam Hose, Tim Rouse, James Hildreth, Peter Trego (captain), Alex Barrow (wkt), Josh Davey, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Tim Groenewald, Paul van Meekeren

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wkt), Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali

Umpires: Billy Taylor (ENG), Tom Lungley (ENG)



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