Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif tormented the hosts with the new ball and England were hard-pushed to muster 113 for six by the 30-over mark in a match reduced to 40a-side thanks to morning rain.

Captain Andrew Strauss went to his first ball, getting a thin edge behind when Shoaib put one in just the right place, before Marcus Trescothick, Ian Bell, Jamie Dalrymple and Paul Collingwood all fell without much resistence.