Pakistan vs NewZealand 1st ODI Preview at Abu Dhabi - Pak v NZ 1st One Day Teams UAE

Pakistan and New Zealand will play their first ODI of the 3 match series at a neutral venue in UAE on Tuesday, 3rd November, 2009 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi in a day-night game starting from 15.00 Local, 11.00 GMT, 4.30 PM IST, 5.00 PM PST.

Pakistan is looking strong after Younis Khan took back his resignation, but they lost the semi-final of Champions Trophy against New Zealand last month and now they will try to level the score.

New Zealand is playing without coach and there is extraa responsibility on captain Daniel Vettori. Jessy Ryder is out due to injury so McCullum has to give good start while Ross Taylor was in good form in recently ended CLT20.

Pakistan Team, Squad for 1st ODI at Abu Dhabi:

Younis Khan (Captain), Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Yousuf, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul.

New Zealand Team, Squad for 1st ODI at Abu Dhabi:

Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Jacob Oram, Neil Broom, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Shane Bond, Nathan McCullum, Ian Butler, Scott Styris.

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