England: Stuart Broad (capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Alastair Cook, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann.

Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Awais Zia, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman ...

Twenty20 squad: Stuart Broad (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann.

Twenty20: Stuart Broad (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann.

Alfonso Thomas (c), Alex Barrow, Jos Buttler, Nick Compton, Adam Dibble, George Dockrell, James Hildreth, Gemaal Hussain, Murali Kartik, Steven Kirby, Craig Kieswetter, Craig Meschede, Arul Suppiah, Peter Trego, Roelof van der Merwe. Key players ...

Pakistan (possible) 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Hammad Azam, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Umar Akmal (wk), 5 Awais Zia, 6 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Shoaib Malik, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Aizaz Cheema England (possible) 1 Alex Hales, 2 Craig Kieswetter ...

For Broad it is a choice between one of his fellow England captains and his young county team-mate and Twenty20 incumbent opener Alex Hales. There were few ... England (from): SCJ Broad (Captain), C Kieswetter (wkt), AD Hales, KP Pietersen, EJG Morgan ...

Jonny Bairstow put in an extended wicket-keeping practice on Monday but Craig Kieswetter is probably safe for now. Beyond this the reserve opener here, the willowy and explosive Alex Hales, is part of that roster of younger players with a chance ...

Where England's bowlers seem to grow in stature the longer they remain within the set-up, dusted with the David Saker magic, the batsmen have failed to push on in the same way: the declining status of Alex Hales and James Taylor is particularly disappointing.

On Wednesday, the 27-year-old musician and his 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin (he previously ... It will be a chance to test critic Alex Ross’ assertion that he is an “artist with no evident limitations.”