Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st Test Preview at Dunedin - Pak v NZ 1st Test Teams

Pakistan tour of New Zealand begins with first test from Tuesday, 24th November to Saturday, 28th November, 2009 at University Oval, Dunedin and the timing will be 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT , 03:30AM IST, 4.00 AM PST.

Pakistan recently lost the 3 match ODI series to New Zealand but won the 2 match T20 but test match is a total ball game and Pakistan players will have testing time on fast pitches. Stand in captain Mohammad Yusuf will lead the team and need good support from entire team.

New Zealand will definitely have advantage of home ground and they will be happy as captain Daniel Vettori will be fit for the series. Peter Fulton has been included in place of injured Jesse Ryder.

Pakistan Team, Squad for 1st Test at Dunedin:

Mohammad Yousuf (Captain), Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal, Khurram Manzoor, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Yasir Arafat, Shoaib Malik, , Umar Gul.

New Zealand Team, Squad for 1st Test at Dunedin:

Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Daniel Flynn, Daniel Flynn, Daniel Flynn, Peter Fulton, Martin Guptill, Tim McIntosh, Daniel Vettori (capt), Shane Bond, Daryl Tuffey, Chris Martin, Iain O'Brien, Jeetan Patel

Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 1st Test between New Zealand and Pakistan Here!