Pakistan v New Zealand | 1st ODI | Dubai | December 8, 2014 | New Zealand Innings

[aukhan]

Pakistan Squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan, Zulfiqar Babar

New Zealand Squad

KS Williamson*, CJ Anderson, DG Brownlie, AP Devcich, MJ Guptill, MJ Henry, TWM Latham, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, AF Milne, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, LRPL Taylor, DL Vettori

Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT | 12:00 BST | 13:00 CEST | 16:00 PST)


Pakistan win toss and elect to field first.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Playing XI of Pakistan?

 

[zabalestmsm]

I dont understand the mystery behind fielding first here... Dew doesnt affect things much here i guess!

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Pakistan has won the toss and decided to field first.

New era.. in which Pakistan prefers chasing than setting targets

 

[Aman]

No Guptill and Anderson.

lols this is very much a B or C team.

 

[Aman]

All set to see Perth boy Brownlie do [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION] proud.

 

[Madplayer]

No Guptill and Anderson.

lols this is very much a B or C team.

nice preparation for the excuses to be used after the loss

 

[saeedhk]

Horrible decision to bowl first.Brainless.

 

[Aman]

nice preparation for the excuses to be used after the loss

You're right, it's a full strength side.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Anyone got the PAK lineup ?

 

[desi_launda]

Pakistan chasing?why?

 

[zabalestmsm]

No 5th bowler?
And good to see U Akmal dropped... Finished article!

 

[Yatoo]

What kind of team is this? 3 and a half bowlers?

 

[NZcricketfan]

Pakistan chasing?why?

Dew later in the night

 

[Yatoo]

Bohot maar khanay walay hai hum

Earlier we used to go with 6 bowlers

 

[Swanny]

What no u. akmal ? why ?

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

who is the fifth bowler here?

 

[Shafi]

Akmal dropped!!!! Anything over 220 will be impossible with these tuk tukers!!

 

[Aman]

Haris has a chance to close the doors on Akmal for good.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Silly to see akmal dropped but expected, I hope shafiq bats at 3

 

[m.shah]

So shafiq over akmal

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Happy to see Haris Sohail ......... and we will try all sorts of combinations as it is 5 match series.
Good that our team is being bold but still we selected Kamran, Younis and Malik in our squad and didnt have the guts to drop Hafeez and play may be another all-rounder. so it is always a cliffhanger.

 

[Aman]

Dew later in the night

And we're playing 2, potentially 3 spinners

 

[Swanny]

Shehzad,shafiq,misbah,yk in one line up ? That's like having 4 dravid's in one team lol.

 

[Aman]

Shafiq did not come in for Akmal, it was Haris

 

[The intelligent Supporter]

And we're playing 2, potentially 3 spinners

where is jamshed

 

[MRSN]

Great. so they have dropped a guy averaging 37 with 85 strike rate and preferred people averaging in the 20s with strike rate in the 60s. Only in Pakistan.

Pakistan will be exposed today. I just hope NZ put a big score today. I want to see how these limited selfish tuk tuks will play according to the requirement of the game.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

i heard moin khan saying that we are focusing on bowling of asad, shahzad and what I do not understadn why put pressure on them ........ play a specialist bowler and trust him to do the job. too many bits and pieces players ruin the team.

 

[MRSN]

Shafiq did not come in for Akmal, it was Haris

Haris is a no.6 batsman? Who told you? He is a guy who can at max bat up to 5 position. He is not a big hitter. It's suicidal line up.

 

[Aman]

Haris is a no.6 batsman? Who told you? He is a guy who can at max bat up to 5 position. He is not a big hitter. It's suicidal line up.

Shafiq is a top order batsmen, Haris is a lower-middle order batsmen.

 

[hussain.r97]

So Akmal has to sit out to accommodate the team man

On a positive note, good to see Shafiq retained, and Haris retained. I just hope Shafiq bats at 3, while Haris comes in at 4 or 5. I doubt it though, Younis will bat at 3, Shafiq 4, Misbah 5, Haris 6.

Actually, things mess up even more if Sarfraz ends up opening.

 

[IAJ]

Lols, the balance of the team is completely destroyed. Only four bowlers and 3 of them can break down any time. A big big challenge here. Irfan just have to bowl full 10 overs.
They are playing Haris just to get some overs from him, otherwise I think Umar would have played. But could be a good thing.

 

[BHM :D]

Where's the 5th bowler?

Gul, Wahab, Irfan and Afridi are the bowlers.

Really, UA for Harris, Maqsood for Shafiq and Alam for YK in an ideal world.

 

[Shafi]

PCB should use some brain!!!

1. No need to have YK and Shafiq in the squad
2. Bring Fawad/Sami as batsmen
3.Send Hafeez to fix his action

 

[hussain.r97]

Shafiq is a top order batsmen, Haris is a lower-middle order batsmen.

Haris is a #4-5 bat. But th management will probably bat him at #6.

 

[junaid.ahmed]

indian management type of thinking by pakistani management

no regular 5th bowler

 

[Asif321]

lol what a great team.combination . pathetic dont know who selects this team
what is Sarfraz doing at 7

 

[junaid.ahmed]

so many strikers of 70's

 

[hussain.r97]

Where's the 5th bowler?

Gul, Wahab, Irfan and Afridi are the bowlers.

Really, UA for Harris, Maqsood for Shafiq and Alam for YK in an ideal world.

Moni Khan said that they will expiriment by using part timers as the 5th bowler. He specifically mention Asad, Shehzad, and Haris. Good move, it would be good if it works, if it doesn't, we've got nothing to lose.

 

[junaid.ahmed]

lol what a great team.combination . pathetic dont know who selects this team
what is Sarfraz doing at 7

keeping

 

[Aman]

Will be hilarious if we lose 5-0 and Pakistan take the same lineup to the WC

 

[IAJ]

lol what a great team.combination . pathetic dont know who selects this team
what is Sarfraz doing at 7

He will probably open with Shehzad and prof one down

 

[hussain.r97]

Moni Khan said that they will expiriment by using part timers as the 5th bowler. He specifically mention Asad, Shehzad, and Haris. Good move, it would be good if it works, if it doesn't, we've got nothing to lose.

Moni Khan *

 

[junaid.ahmed]

Moni Khan said that they will expiriment by using part timers as the 5th bowler. He specifically mention Asad, Shehzad, and Haris. Good move, it would be good if it works, if it doesn't, we've got nothing to lose.

thats why I commented earlier, Indian management type of thinking

 

[chill79]

We can hardly bowl 40 overs. Forget the 6th bowler where is the 5th bowler

 

[hussain.r97]

He will probably open with Shehzad and prof one down

Where do Younis and ahsafiw go then? Maybe Hafeez will bat at 6

 

[hussain.r97]

Where do Younis and ahsafiw go then? Maybe Hafeez will bat at 6

And Shafiq*

 

[junaid.ahmed]

players power

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez still in , what a shame.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Umar akmal out.


Tuk bridage upper neeche

Asad younis misbah.

 

[Justcrazy]

Four.....

Ehat a shot.

 

[Aman]

5 off the first over.

Not a bad start.

 

[Shafi]

Hack Gul starts with four!!!

 

[akamaka]

Lol just checked the line up, going from 6 specialist bowlers to 4 only only pakistan

 

[junaid.ahmed]

Umar akmal out.


Tuk bridage upper neeche

Asad younis misbah.

add shehzad & hafeez too

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan will struggle chasing this.

 

[junaid.ahmed]

Will be hilarious if we lose 5-0 and Pakistan take the same lineup to the WC

no. we wanna show you we can beat you even with this line up

 

[Justcrazy]

Beautiful ball by irfan

 

[JibranAnsari]

Just to accommodate younis , pakistan have messed up balance of the team.

 

[junaid.ahmed]

good batting devcich

 

[Aman]

Maiden ruined by some ordinary fielding.

 

[Justcrazy]

Just to accommodate younis , pakistan have messed up balance of the team.

That is really sad.[emoji20]

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan will struggle with fifth bowler.

 

[Aman]

Surprised these two have lasted this long

 

[world cup captain]

Maiden ruined by some ordinary fielding.

Devcich looks to be in a block mode so I would rather have him on.

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez would be under pressure batting.

 

[akamaka]

Good pace from gul 138.4 , keep it just outside off stump

 

[Aman]

These two out there are proving my point - outside our top XI, our talent is pretty ordinary.

 

[Asif321]

mahn! this is really pathetic why are you playing 7 batsmen and a allrounder , are you so.sure batters wil collapse then whts the use of experienced team man YK and Misbah. should have played bhatti in place of Haris/shafiq and YK is really destroying this line up

 

[Aman]

[MENTION=68271]NZcricketfan[/MENTION] Ronchi, Neesham and Latham are going to be our finishers

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

How is gul bowling, does look in a good rythm?

 

[Aman]

How could that possibly be out? Didn't look right at all.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

good going till now for nz

 

[Shafi]

That's the reason our senior player do not get respect. They always get kick in their butt until they retire with pride!!

 

[Smbhayi]

pak will be behind if they dont get a wicket on first ten overs.. look like thats the plan of kiwi..

 

[Asif321]

i think Anwar should have been.odi squad he can help balancing this team

 

[Aman]

Outfield is so slow.

 

[Aman]

pak will be behind if they dont get a wicket on first ten overs.. look like thats the plan of kiwi..

They need to target the 5th bowlers overs.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

It is surprising that umar gul has played less matches than hafeez.

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch is excellent.