Toss Pakistan choose to bat vs New Zealand
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the tri-series final in Karachi, five days before the two teams meet again in the Champions Trophy opener at the same venue.
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New Zealand’s pace spearhead Lockie Ferguson has resumed bowling after hurting his hamstring while playing in the ILT20 in the UAE but wasn’t ready to play in the tri-series final. On the eve of the final, head coach Gary Stead was upbeat about Ferguson’s progress, saying “he was tracking well.”
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Saud Shakeel, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (capt & wk), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Tayyab Tahir, 7 Faheem Ashraf, 8 Khushdil Shah, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Abrar Ahmed
New Zealand: 1 Devon Conway, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitch Santner (capt), 9 Jacob Duffy, 10 Nathan Smith, 11 Will O’Rourke
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
Source: ESPN Crickinfo