T20 World Cup winner Liam Livingstone will make his Test debut for England in Pakistan. -AAP Image
England have named their team for the first match of their three-Test series against Pakistan, with Lancashire allrounder Liam Livingstone set to make his debut in the format.
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Livingstone, along with fellow first Test starters Ben Stokes and Harry Brook, starred for England in their recent triumphant Twenty20 World Cup campaign in Australia.
Nottinghamshire batter Ben Duckett returns for England for the first time since 2016 and will open alongside Kent's Zak Crawley.
The Test, which begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday, will be England's first in Pakistan since 2005.
International teams have largely avoided the country since an attack by Islamist militants on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009 killed six policemen and two civilians.
England XI v Pakistan:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Ben Foakes Liam Livingstone, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Jimmy Anderson.
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