Pakistan look to cash in on Supersub rule

Inzamam-ul-Haq said the Supersub rule benefits teams winning the toss and his side would like to cash in on when Pakistan take on England in the second day-night one-day match against England on Monday with an aim to level the series. England won the first match on Saturday.

"The Supersub advantage lies with the team that wins the toss," Pakistan's captain Inzamam told reporters ahead of the match. "Had we won the toss we could have utilized our super sub had we bowled second, so we would like a better use of it next time."

Pakistan named the offspinner Arhsad Khan as their Supersub in the first of five one-day internationals on Saturday but could not use him at any stage during their 42-run defeat. England compiled their highest one-day score against Pakistan in Pakistan - 327 for 4 in 50 overs - before reducing the home side to 285 all out in 46.5 overs.

The Supersub rule, which was implemented in May this year, allows teams a soccer-style replacement at any stage in a limited overs international. The replaced player will be ruled out of the rest of the match while the replacement will be entitled to assume any remaining batting or bowling duties. England benefited from the rule as they replaced Kevin Pietersen, who scored a brisk 36-ball 56, with debutant paceman Liam Plunkett who took 3 for 51.

England's captain Marcus Trescothick has warned that his side must not get complacent with just one victory in the five-match series. "We have got four massive games ahead of us," he told reporters, "and we can't get carried away with one win. We have got to get our consistency going."

Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are both expected to play despite suffering from injuries. Pietersen had a problem with his back and Flintoff was nursing an ankle injury. Flintoff hit an unbeaten 72 in England's innings, chipped in with three wickets in the first match as Pakistan lost their last six wickets in the space of just 18 balls. Andrew Strauss, who won the Man-of-the-Match award for his 94, said the win was important for England after a 2-0 defeat in the preceding three-Test series. "There is no substitute to winning and I think we are delighted to come through a pretty tough game," said Strauss, who managed just 44 runs in the two Tests against Pakistan.

Strauss agreed the Supersub rule complicates matters for teams. "It (the rule) makes selection meetings pretty difficult," he said. "I would have thought with who to sub and who not to, and when to sub, it makes things more complicated for the captain."

Pakistan (probable) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Shoaib Malik, 4 Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Mohammad Yousuf, 6 Younis Khan, 7 Abdul Razzaq, 8 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, 9 Shoaib Akhtar, 10 Mohammad Sami, 11 Danish Kaneria. Supersub Yasir Arafat

England (probable) 1 Marcus Trescothick (capt), 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Vikram Solanki, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ian Blackwell, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson. Supersub Matt Prior.