A nice 3 hour cushion to build up to the game! Looks like the surface will be a lot flatter than the one in Lahore, so expect the Bangladeshis to do a lot better here. The Pakistan side is likely to be unchanged (Oh Sohail Khan, where art thou?) whilst the Bangladeshis are sure to make a change or 2. It's Friday, Pakistan are playing, and it's cloudy in Karachi - could I possibly ask for more?
Bangladesh (likely) 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Shahriar Nafees, 3 Aftab Ahmed, 4 Mohammad Ashraful (capt), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Raqibul Hasan, 7 Nazimuddin, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza, 9 Farhad Reza, 10 Dhiman Ghosh (wk), 11 Abdur Razzak.
Pakistan (likely) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Nasir Jamshed, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Misbah-ul-Haq, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Kamran Akmal (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Rao Iftikhar, 11 Umar Gul .
Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Aleem Dar.
Bangladesh (likely) 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Shahriar Nafees, 3 Aftab Ahmed, 4 Mohammad Ashraful (capt), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Raqibul Hasan, 7 Nazimuddin, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza, 9 Farhad Reza, 10 Dhiman Ghosh (wk), 11 Abdur Razzak.
Pakistan (likely) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Nasir Jamshed, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Misbah-ul-Haq, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Kamran Akmal (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Rao Iftikhar, 11 Umar Gul .
Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Aleem Dar.