Captain Alastair Cook scored 53 off 130 balls. He was supported by Moeen Ali who made 22 off 46 balls. Ian Bell, who lost his wicket to Zafar Gohar, scored 19 runs.
England’s new opening partnership of Alastair Cook and @MoeenAli take the field @ShjCricket. Cook to face first ball. pic.twitter.com/7KAa1Knh2m
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 5, 2015
Gohar bagged two wickets in his 14 overs. While Zia-ul-Haq got one wicket of Moeen Ali.
HIGHLIGHTS: action from the morning session @ShjCricket as England reached 69-1 vs Pakistan A #PAKvENG https://t.co/uuIVUyj2Y3
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 5, 2015
Since it’s a practice match, either of the teams could try any of their batsmen or bowler in the game, with no condition of restricting specific playing-XI.
Pakistan-A: Junaid Khan*, Adnan Akmal†, Ali Asad, Ehsan Adil, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khurram Manzoor, Usman Salahuddin, Zafar Gohar, Zia-ul-Haq, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Asghar, Sami Aslam
England: AN Cook*, MM Ali, IR Bell, JE Root, JM Bairstow, JM Anderson, BA Stokes, MA Wood, SCJ Broad, AD Hales, JC Buttler†, AU Rashid, SR Patel, ST Finn, JWA Taylor.
A long tour between the two sides begins with a test on October 13.
The schedule is as follows.
Sep 30: England team arrive
Oct 05-06: Two-day game v Pakistan A , Sharjah CC
Oct 08-09: Two-day game vs Pakistan A, Sharjah CC
Oct 13-17: 1ST TEST, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
Oct 22-26: 2ND TEST, Dubai Cricket Stadium
Nov 01-05: 3RD TEST, Sharjah CC
Nov 08: One-day practice match, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
Nov 11: 1ST ODI D/N, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
Nov 13: 2ND ODI D/N, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
Nov 17: 3RD ODI, D/N, Sharjah CC
Nov 20: 4TH ODI, D/N, Dubai Cricket Stadium
Nov 23: T20 v UAE XI (f), ZCS, Abu Dhabi
Nov 26: 1ST IT20 (f), Dubai Cricket Stadium
Nov 27: 2ND IT20, (f), Dubai Cricket Stadium
Nov 30: 3RD IT20, (f), Sharjah CC
Dec 01: England depart UAE