Toss UAE chose to bowl vs New Zealand
With a turnaround time of 24 hours, there were changes across both sides, a number of them in New Zealand. They handed debuts to allrounder Dean Foxcroft and legspinner Aditya Ashok. Will Young also came into the side in a bid to strengthen the top order that has come under fire. Out went James Neesham, Cole McConchie and Dane Cleaver.
UAE made a solitary change, bringing in fast bowler Junaid Siddique in place of Ali Naseer. That meant a long tail for the hosts.
UAE are chasing a historic maiden series triumph over New Zealand. After going down by 19 runs in the opening game, they came back in the second, brushing aside the visitors by seven wickets. That was their first win over New Zealand in any format and their first T20I win in Dubai.
The surface in both games has been sticky in nature and aided spin with run-scoring being a challenge. New Zealand’s 155 proved sufficient in the first game, but their 142 on Saturday was not.
New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Chad Bowes, 3 Mitchell Santner, 4 Will Young, 5 Mark Chapman, 6 Dean Foxcroft, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee (capt), 10 Aditya Ashok, 11 Ben Lister
UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 Asif Khan, 5 Ansh Tandon, 6 Basil Hameed, 7 Aayan Afzal Khan, 8 Mohammed Faraazuddin, 9 Muhammad Jawadullah, 10 Zahoor Khan, 11 Junaid Siddique
Ashish Pant is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
Source: ESPN Crickinfo