Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live Streaming, Sopcast, 2009 Live
Match scheduled:
Date: 12-11-2009
Time:20:00 local time (16:00 GMT)
After a riveting end to the ODI series, which New Zealand won 2-1, the focus turns to the Twenty20s, which Pakistan will feel they are better placed to trump. Pakistan conceded the ODI series in typically erratic fashion, making a meal of a chase of 212 before a phenomenal fightback staged by Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal ensured the game was settled in the final over. They will be disappointed by a fifth consecutive ODI series defeat, especially one they were well poised to win, but the Twenty20 games in Dubai present an opportunity to redress that.
New Zealand will be without Kyle Mills and James Franklin, nursing shoulder and back injuries respectively. Jacob Oram is also unavailable - he's flown back home to attend the birth of his child. With only 12 players to choose from, they are likely to draft in Ian Butler and Nathan McCullum.
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live Streaming
New Zealand squad
DL Vettori*, SE Bond, NT Broom, IG Butler, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, AJ Redmond, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling
Pakistan squad
Shahid Afridi*, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal†, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Aamer, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul
