England return to their spiritual home of Lord’s for the second Test against Pakistan this week.Joe Root’s second spell as captain got off to an excellent start with a convincing win by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley.England were in form as they opened their series against Pakistan with victoryGettyVictory was secured within three days, with Ollie Robinson even catching Azan Awais LBW from the very first ball.It’s been a turbulent year for England with Brendon McCullum leaving his role of head coach and Ben Stokes retiring from international cricket.However, they appear to be heading on the right track following a deserved first Test victory in the post-Bazball era last week.Should England replicate their success with the bats against Pakistan, then they will wrap up the three-match series.Dates and times for England v PakistanThe second Test between England and Pakistan begins on Thursday, August 27 and will run until Monday, August 31 if needed.It will be played at Lord’s Cricket Ground in St John’s Wood, London.Play is set to get underway at 11am UK time on each day of the Test.Should Pakistan win to level the series, victory will be up for grabs in the third Test at Edgbaston from Wednesday, September 9.Root’s latest spell as Test captain got off to a flyerGettyHow to follow England v PakistanViewers in the UK can watch the entire England v Pakistan series on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.Their coverage begins at 10am on Thursday, and then 10:15am on the following days.Sky Go customers can watch via their laptops or mobiles, and non-customers can tune in with a NOW TV membership here.talkSPORT will provide updates throughout the action from Lord’s with reports from Sam Ellard.We will also be broadcasting live ball-by-ball commentary to overseas listeners via our Cricket YouTube Channel.Listen talkSPORT through the website or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app, whilst talkSPORT is also available to watch on Samsung TV Plus.Subscribe to the talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis plus our regular goals show and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT on X.For the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event, visit talkSPORT BET.England v Pakistan squadsAn unchanged England squad will feature during the second Test.EnglandJoe Root (c)Jofra ArcherGus AtkinsonShoaib BashirHarry BrookBrydon CarseSam CookJordan CoxBen DuckettMatthew FisherEmilio GayDan LawrenceOllie PopeOllie RobinsonJamie SmithJosh TonguePakistanTBCEngland will return to Lord’s with confidence in winning the seriesAFPWhat has been said about England v Pakistan?Reflecting on the first Test victory, interim coach Marcus Trescothick said: “We played to the fashion that we wanted to.“We wanted to be able to be clever and smart. There’s moments within the game we’ve done that brilliantly.“We still have that mantra of applying pressure because that’s the best way of being dominant over teams, if you can put them under pressure.“I did enjoy the fact we were still scoring quite quickly especially when the ball was new.”