Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Weather Conditions: Scattered Showers Expected (Precip. Chance 30%), Max: 32°C Min: 27°C
Date & Time: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 18:30 PST
Live Telecasters: Star Cricket, Geo Super, Super Sports, Sky Sports
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PAKISTAN
Shahid Afridi(capt), Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Hammad Azam, Kamran Akmal(wk), Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.
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New Zealand
Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Aaron Redmond, Jacob Oram, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Rob Nicol, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Shane Bond, Ian Butler.
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FROM GUIDE (last five matches)**
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New Zealand - WWWTL
PAKISTAN - LLWWL
►Pakistan has won all T20 matches against New Zealand.
►NEW ZEALAND’s winning percentage in T20 International is 47.14 while PAKISTAN’s winning percentage is 71.21 which is highest among all playing countries.
Link : http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html
►New Zealand was involved in the first tied Twenty20 International v West Indies at Auckland in 2006. New Zealand won a bowl-out after the game.
►New Zealand going into the ICC World WT20 2010, it has currently played more Twenty20 Internationals than any other team, with 33.
Salman Butt, kamran akmal , fawad alam , afridi , Misbah , Umar akmal , Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Aamer , Asif, Saeed Ajmal.
Salman only coz he is playing good against kiwis . Against SA he can be replaced by hammad or latif
Hafeez became too predictable so abdul rahman will give some change.
True Question is whether Aasif should be played or no seeing his bad performance. He is a great bowler, not sure why he bowled so aweful in last match.
^^ Asif bowled awfully in the warm up as well.. I have lost hope in cricket, so I just watch it without expecting Pakistan to win, thorhaa dard kam hotaa hai :)..
They definitely to bring someone in place of Fawad because there is no use of playing Fawad at number 8. Might as well bring someone who can be a regular bowler (Sami or Rehman) or an allrounder who can bowl (Hammad).
They definitely to bring someone in place of Fawad because there is no use of playing Fawad at number 8. Might as well bring someone who can be a regular bowler (Sami or Rehman) or an allrounder who can bowl (Hammad).
They should drop Umar Akmal and move Fawad up his spot and get in additional bowler, Hamad Azam may be. Or atleast drop Misbah for Hamad Azam.
