Pakistan v England 1st ODI abandoned

Pakistan, chasing 159 for victory, ended on 46 for one after 7 overs when play was called off.

The first one day international between Pakistan and England was abandoned on Wednesday due to heavy rain.

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Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. England had posted 202 all out in 49.2 overs. Pakistan, chasing 159 for victory under the Duckworth-Lewis calculation, ended on 46 for one after seven overs when play was called off.

Earlier, England got off to a shaky start against Pakistan in the first of five one-day internationals, all out for 202 after being sent in to bat at Sophia Gardens.

Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar took a combined six wickets as England, having lost 5-0 to Sri Lanka in one-day series earlier this year, failed to start strongly once again.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and decided to field with England's only change from its five-wicket loss in Monday's Twenty20 match was allrounder Rikki Clarke replacing Michael Yardy.

Asif's pace saw England openers Andrew Strauss (2) and Marcus Trescothick (16) caught after just 41 balls to leave the hosts 35-2. Captain Strauss took over three overs for his score. By the time Asif had dismissed Kevin Pietersen for 2, England was 51-3 inside 14 overs with the fast bowler having figures of three for 12 from 26 balls.

Ian Bell picked up the slack for England's poor start, hitting 12 fours in a career-high 88 from 117 balls to eclipse the 80 he scored against Ireland in June.

Paul Collingwood scored 14 from 29 balls before being caught by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal - who also caught Trescothick - from allrounder Shahid Afridi in the 24th over.

England steadied itself until the 40th over, when five batsmen fell in four overs. Bell was run out by Shahid Afridi, before Akhtar bowled Jamie Dalrymple for 27 on the very next ball. Mohammed Hafeez caught and bowled Chris Read for 0, before Akhtar bowled Sajid Mahmood for 1.

Darren Gough and Stuart Broad managed 29 runs before the final wicket fell in the 49th over.

England Innings

M. Trescothick c Akmal b Asif 16

A. Strauss c Afridi b Asif 2

I. Bell run out 88

K. Pietersen c Akmal b Asif 2

P. Collingwood lbw b Afridi 14

J. Dalrymple b Akhtar 27

R. Clarke c Malik b Akhtar 6

C. Read c&b Hafeez 0

S. Mahmood b Akhtar 1

D. Gough c Malik b Afridi 18

S. Broad not out 8

Extras (lb-5 nb-5 w-10) 20

Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 202

Fall of wickets: 1-14 2-35 3-51 4-98 5-166 6-166 7-167 8-173 9-173 10-202

Bowling

S. Akhtar 10 - 1 - 45 - 3 (nb-3 w-2)

M. Asif 10 - 3 - 28 - 3 (w-2)

Naved-ul-Hasan 7 - 0 - 43 - 0 (w-3)

A. Razzaq 4 - 1 - 10 - 0 (nb-1)

S. Afridi 8.2 - 0 - 38 - 2 (nb-1 w-1)

M. Hafeez 10 - 0 - 33 - 1 (w-2)

Pakistan Innings

S. Malik lbw b Broad 5

M. Hafeez not out 18

Y. Khan not out 12

Extras (lb-4 w-7) 11

Total (for 1 wickets, 7 overs) 46

Fall of wickets: 1-12

Did not bat: M. Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq, A. Razzaq, S. Afridi, K. Akmal,

Naved-ul-Hasan, S. Akhtar, M. Asif

Bowling

D. Gough 4 - 0 - 28 - 0 (w-1)

S. Broad 3 - 0 - 14 - 1 (w-2)