London, June 20: Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif won the toss and decided to bat first today in the second one-day international against England at the Oval.
The tourists made one change to the side which won the first game at Old Trafford by two wickets, replacing fast bowler Umar Gul with Shoaib Akhtar.
Akhtar, the fastest bowler in the world, was not available for selection for the series opener as he served a two-match ban for ball tampering. Michael Vaughan's England retained an unchanged team.
The third and final game of the series will be played at Lord's on sunday.

Teams:

England - Michael Vaughan (captain), Marcus Trescothick, James Anderson, Rikki Clarke, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Anthony Mcgrath, Vikram Solanki, James Troughton and Chris Read.

Pakistan - Rashid Latif (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Abdur Razzaq, Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami and Shoaib Akhtar.

Umpires: Darrell Nair, Australia, and Neil Mallender, England. Television umpire: Jeremy Lloyds.

Match referee: Gundappa Viswanath, India

Bureau Report