UAE bring in Jawadullah and elect to field in a bid to level the series

Posted By on August 19, 2023

Toss UAE chose to bowl vs New Zealand

UAE captain Muhammad Waseem won the toss and just like in the first game elected to field first in the second T20I in Dubai.
New Zealand retained the same XI that won the opening T20I while UAE made one change, bringing in fast bowler Muhammad Jawadullah in place of Junaid Siddique, who is unwell.
On a two-paced Dubai surface in the opening game, it was Tim Seifert’s quick half-century followed by a Tim Southee five-for that helped the visitors to a 19-run win. The second T20I will be played on the same surface as the first.

UAE were good in patches. They first restricted New Zealand to 155 and then Aryansh Sharma scored a fifty on debut, but they failed to seize the moments. They will hope for a better show with both bat and ball in a bid to level the series.

UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 Asif Khan, 5 Ansh Tandon, 6 Basil Hameed, 7 Ali Naseer, 8 Aayan Khan, 9 Mohammed Faraazuddin, 10 Muhammad Jawadullah, 11 Zahoor Khan

New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert, 2 Chad Bowes, 3 Dane Cleaver (wk), 4 Mark Chapman, 5 Mitchell Santner, 6 James Neesham, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Cole McConchie, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Tim Southee (capt), 11 Ben Lister

Ashish Pant is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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