PAK vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 1

Author: Shreyas
19 Feb 2025 01:03:08
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Pakistan vs New Zealand - 1st Match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, at National Stadium, Karachi

Weather Forecast
Sunny - 30°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

PAK - Not Played Yet
NZ - Not Played Yet

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - National Stadium, Karachi

(i) Total Matches - ODIs

Overall - 58

Avg 1st Innings - 237
Avg 2nd Innings - 202

Highest total - 374/4 (India vs Hong Kong - 25th June'2008)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

PAK - 49 - 26w/21l/2nr
NZ - 9 - 5w/4l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs
(Excluding Warm-Up)

PAK

Babar Azam - 5th highest run scorer (509), Avg (50.90) - 10M/10I
Mohammad Rizwan - 9th highest run scorer (415), Avg (69.16) - 8M/8I
Agha Salman - 10th highest run scorer (408), Avg (58.28) - 8M/8I
Fakhar Zaman - 11th highest run scorer (404), Avg (40.40) - 10M/10I

Naseem Shah - 8th highest wicket taker (13), SR (20.7) - 5M/5I
Shaheen Afridi - 15th highest wicket taker (9), SR (29.3) - 5M/5I

NZ

Tom Latham - 20th highest run scorer (280), Avg (40) - 7M/7I
Devon Conway - 33rd highest run scorer (201), Avg (50.25) - 4M/4I
Kane Williamson - 34th highest run scorer (198), Avg (49.50) - 4M/4I
Daryl Mitchell - 37th highest run scorer (184), Avg (30.67) - 6M/6I
Will Young - 53rd highest run scorer (140), Avg (35) - 4M/4I
Glenn Phillips - 57th highest run scorer (123), Avg (61.50) - 4M/4I

Matt Henry - 20th highest wicket taker (7), SR (24.14) - 3M/3I
Michael Bracewell - 27th highest wicket taker (6), SR (40) - 4M/4I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Pakistan-A vs South Africa - 17th February'2025
322/8 vs 324/7 (SA won by 3 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+2w=8w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

2) Afghanistan vs New Zealand - 16th February'2025
305/9 vs 308/8 (NZ won by 2 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w

3) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 14th February'2025
242/10 vs 243/5 (NZ won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 4w+2w=6w

4) South Africa vs Pakistan - 12th February'2025
352/5 vs 355/4 (PAK won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

5) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 7th May'2023
299/10 vs 252/10 (NZ won by 47 runs)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 4w+4w=8w

6) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 5th May'2023
334/6 vs 232/10 (PAK won by 102 runs)

Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

7) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 3rd May'2023
287/6 vs 261/10 (PAK won by 26 runs)

Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

8) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 13th January'2023
280/9 vs 281/8 (NZ won by 2 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w

9) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 11th January'2023
261/10 vs 182/10 (NZ won by 79 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 5w+5w=10w

10) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 9th January'2023
255/9 vs 258/4 (PAK won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 50w
2nd Innings - 33w

Spinners
1st Innings - 24w
2nd Innings - 29w

Overall
83w:53w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Pakistan (PAK)

1. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(65), 101(122), 19(26), 14(17), 10(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 76(91), 56(74), 0(7), 33(64), 41(28)

2. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 115(105), 4(13), 54(62), 107(117), 29(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(26), 66(82), 79(114), 1(5), 23(19)

3. Mohammad Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 77(74), 32(34), 24(28), 46(76)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 77(86)*, 28(50), 9(15), 122(128)*

4. Saud Shakeel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(16)

5. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Khushdil Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

7. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(43)&2w, 31(29)&1w, 58(46)&0w, 45(65)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(10)*&0w, 25(22)&0w, 57(57)&0w, 134(103)*&0w

8. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(1)*

9. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 23(7)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w

11. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w

12. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 19(17)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 3w, 1w

13. Abrar Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

15. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

New Zealand (NZ) - Including Warm-Up Fixture

1. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 101(52)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(65), 48(74), 66(67)*

2. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 87(91)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(41), 15(20), 5(7), 14(24)

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(39), 85(100)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(68), 34(49)

4. Rachin Ravindra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(20)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(21), 46(33), 47(55)

6. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(55), 5(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(36), 21(24), 34(48), 57(58), 36(25)*&1w

7. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(53)&1w, 3(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(42)*, 20(17)*&0w, 46(35)*&0w

8. Tom Latham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(52), 2(3), 59(58)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(60), 60(76), 56(64), 15(19)

9. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(42)&2w, 8(14)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)&1w, 2(3)*&2w, 1(6)&0w

10. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(18)&0w, 37(40)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(17)&0w, 2w, 33(35)&2w

11. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1(1)&1w

12. Matt Henry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 5(5)&3w, 31(20)*&2w

13. Jacob Duffy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

14. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. William O'Rourke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
115 - 61w/53l/1t (In favour of PAK)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of NZ)

(iii) On This Venue
8 - 5w/4l (In favor of NZ)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 14th February'2025 - National Stadium, Karachi
242/10 vs 243/5 (NZ won by 5 wkts)

Mohammad Rizwan - 46(76)
Agha Salman - 45(65) & 1w
Tayyab Tahir - 38(33)
Babar Azam - 29(34)
Faheem Ashraf - 22(21)
Naseem Shah - 19(17) & 2w
Shaheen Afridi - 1w
Abrar Ahmed - 1w
Daryl Mitchell - 57(58)
Tom Latham - 56(64)
Devon Conway - 48(74)
Kane Williamson - 34(49)
Glenn Phillips - 20(17)*
William O'Rourke - 4w
Michael Bracewell - 2w
Mitchell Santner - 2w
Jacob Duffy - 1w
Nathan Smith - 1w

2) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 8th February'2025 - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
330/6 vs 252/10 (NZ won by 78 runs)

Glenn Phillips - 106(74)*&1w
Daryl Mitchell - 81(84)
Kane Williamson - 58(89)
Michael Bracewell - 31(23)&2w
Matt Henry - 3w
Mitchell Santner - 3w
Fakhar Zaman - 84(84)
Agha Salman - 40(51)
Tayyab Tahir - 30(29)
Shaheen Afridi - 3w
Abrar Ahmed - 2w
Haris Rauf - 1w

3) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 4th November'2023 - Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
401/6 vs 200/1 (PAK won by 21 runs - DLS)

Rachin Ravindra - 108(94)
Kane Williamson - 95(79)
Glenn Phillips - 41(25)
Fakhar Zaman - 126(81)*
Babar Azam - 66(63)*
Haris Rauf - 1w

4) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 7th May'2023 - National Stadium, Karachi
299/10 vs 252/10 (NZ won by 47 runs)

Will Young - 87(91)
Tom Latham - 59(58)
Mark Chapman - 43(33)
Rachin Ravindra - 28(20) & 3w
Matt Henry - 1w
Agha Salman - 57(57)
Fakhar Zaman - 33(64)
Shaheen Afridi - 3w
Haris Rauf - 1w

5) Pakistan vs New Zealand - 5th May'2023 - National Stadium, Karachi
334/6 vs 232/10 (PAK won by 102 runs)

Babar Azam - 107(117)
Agha Salman - 58(46)
Mohammad Rizwan - 24(28)
Shaheen Afridi - 23(7)* & 1w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Tom Latham - 60(76)
Mark Chapman - 46(33)
Daryl Mitchell - 34(48)
Matt Henry - 3w

(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams meet

PAK

Fakhar Zaman - 8th highest run scorer (1053), Avg (65.81) - 19M/19I
Babar Azam - 11th highest run scorer (945), Avg (47.25) - 22M/22I
Mohammad Rizwan - 41st highest run scorer (408), Avg (51) - 12M/11I
Agha Salman - 47th highest run scorer (321), Avg (40.12) - 11M/9I

Shaheen Afridi - 18th highest wicket taker (24), SR (23.7) - 11M/11I
Naseem Shah - 31st highest wicket taker (15), SR (26) - 7M/7I
Haris Rauf - 43rd highest wicket taker (12), SR (38.9) - 9M/9I

NZ

Kane Williamson - Highest run scorer (1290), Avg (56.08) - 24M/24I
Tom Latham - 24th highest run scorer (638), Avg (29) - 27M/25I
Daryl Mitchell - 30th highest run scorer (536), Avg (53.60) - 10M/10I
Glenn Phillips - 52nd highest run scorer (270), Avg (90) - 6M/6I
Will Young - 58th highest run scorer (249), Avg (35.57) - 7M/7I
Devon Conway - 60th highest run scorer (236), Avg (47.20) - 5M/5I
Mitchell Santner - 73rd highest run scorer (184), Avg (26.28) - 14M/11I
Rachin Ravindra - 78th highest run scorer (170), Avg (42.50) - 5M/4I
Mark Chapman - 84th highest run scorer (157), Avg (26.16) - 6M/6I

Matt Henry - 12th highest wicket taker (31), SR (27.1) - 15M/15I
Mitchell Santner - 38th highest wicket taker (13), SR (52.6) - 14M/13I
Michael Bracewell - 57th highest wicket taker (8), SR (37.5) - 5M/5I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Pakistan (PAK)

1. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(75), 65(77), 101(122), 19(26), 14(17), 10(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 82(86)*&1w, 2(7), 12(17), 1(5), 88(88), 9(10), 56(74), 0(7), 117(114), 180(144)*, 33(64), 126(81)*, 84(69)

2. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 83(77), 10(17), 3(9), 92(100), 4(13), 54(62), 107(117), 29(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(76), 0(1), 8(28), 10(21), 0(1), 46(50), 101(127)*, 66(82), 79(114), 49(46), 65(66), 1(5), 66(63)*, 10(23)

3. Mohammad Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(18), 77(74), 32(34), 24(28), 46(76)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 77(86)* 28(50), 42(34)*, 54(41)*, 9(15), 3(11)

4. Saud Shakeel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(32)

6. Khushdil Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(18)&0w

7. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(43)&2w, 31(29)&1w, 58(46)&0w, 45(65)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(10)*&0w, 25(22)&0w, 7(10)&0w, 0w, 57(57)&0w, 0w, 40(51)&0w

8. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(29)

9. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(18)&1w, 1(4)&0w, 5(2)&0w, 22(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(12)*&1w, 10(13)&1w, 0w, 23(15)&2w

10. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 23(7)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 10(16)&3w

11. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w

12. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 19(17)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 13(23)&0w

13. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(15)*&2w

14. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 101(92), 35(39)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(65), 48(74)

2. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 86(78), 19(22), 87(91), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(41), 15(20), 5(7)

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(36), 10(19), 123(105)&0w, 97(119)&0w, 112(88), 10(17)&1w, 115(117), 73(101), 22(36), 27(38), 1(3)&0w, 41(69)&1w, 26(39), 85(100), 95(79), 58(89)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(63), 70(91)*, 46(52), 84(86), 19(28), 32(54)&2w, 53(68), 34(49)

4. Rachin Ravindra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(9)&1w, 0w, 28(20)&3w, 108(94), 25(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(14), 1(3), 43(33), 39(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(21), 46(33)

6. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(55), 5(7), 113(115)&0w, 129(119), 29(18)&0w, 81(84)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(36), 21(24), 34(48), 57(58)

7. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(53)&1w, 3(8)&1w, 41(25)&0w, 106(74)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(42)*, 20(17)*&0w

8. Tom Latham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(20), 14(12)*, 22(14)*, 11(15), 3(7), 35(35), 2(5), 68(64), 1(7), 1(14), 42(52), 2(3), 20(36), 98(85), 59(58), 2(2)*, 0(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(7), 34(48), 23(28), 8(16), 16(22), 45(60), 60(76), 56(64)

9. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(42)&2w, 8(14)&1w, 31(23)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)&1w, 2(3)*&2w

10. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 48(63)&1w, 7(5)&0w, 6(12), 1(1)&3w, 5(5)*&0w, 21(18)&0w, 37(40)&1w, 26(17)*&0w, 8(5)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(7)*&1w, 1w, 1w, 15(17)&0w, 2w

11. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Matt Henry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 5w, 48(30)*&0w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 3w

13. Jacob Duffy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. William O'Rourke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

4. PLAYER BATTLES - ODIs

(i) PAK BATTING vs NZ BOWLING

1. Fakhar Zaman
vs Henry - 111r, 145b, 3w
vs O'Rourke - 24r, 23b, 1w
vs Duffy - 10r, 8b, 0w
vs Santner - 87r, 78b, 1w
vs Bracewell - 52r, 72b, 1w
vs Phillips - 36r, 23b, 1w
vs Ravindra - 60r, 47b, 2w
vs Mitchell - 23r, 14b, 0w

2. Babar Azam
vs Henry - 81r, 123b, 3w
vs O'Rourke - 12r, 15b, 0w
vs Duffy - 17r, 17b, 0w
vs Santner - 125r, 144b, 0w
vs Bracewell - 33r, 61b, 2w
vs Phillips - 17r, 23b, 1w
vs Nathan - 4r, 5b, 1w
vs Ravindra - 25r, 25b, 0w
vs Mitchell - 0r, 1b, 0w

3. Saud Shakeel
vs O'Rourke - 8r, 11b, 0w
vs Bracewell - 0r, 3b, 1w

4. Mohammad Rizwan
vs Henry - 28r, 30b, 0w
vs O'Rourke - 12r, 15b, 1w
vs Santner - 35r, 66b, 2w
vs Bracewell - 34r, 55b, 0w
vs Phillips - 28r, 27b, 0w
vs Nathan - 18r, 18b, 0w
vs Ravindra - 35r, 22b, 0w

5. Agha Salman
vs Henry - 28r, 24b, 2w
vs O'Rourke - 12r, 13b, 0w
vs Santner - 37r, 64b, 0w
vs Bracewell - 21r, 31b, 2w
vs Phillips - 33r, 23b, 0w
vs Nathan - 11r, 13b, 0w
vs Ravindra - 32r, 35b, 0w

6. Khushdil Shah
vs Henry - 6r, 6b, 0w
vs Duffy - 3r, 8b, 0w
vs Santner - 4r, 6b, 2w
vs Bracewell - 6r, 11b, 0w
vs Phillips - 1r, 2b, 0w
vs Ravindra - 2r, 3b, 0w

7. Usman Khan (All T20Is)
vs O'Rourke - 17r, 12b, 0w
vs Duffy - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Bracewell - 24r, 15b, 0w

8. Kamran Ghulam
vs Santner - 0r, 9b, 1w
vs Bracewell - 6r, 13b, 0w

9. Tayyab Tahir
vs Henry - 0r, 1b, 1w
vs O'Rourke - 7r, 7b, 0w
vs Duffy - 15r, 9b, 1w
vs Santner - 8r, 13b, 0w
vs Bracewell - 21r, 17b, 0w
vs Phillips - 10r, 9b, 0w
vs Ravindra - 7r, 6b, 0w

(ii) NZ BATTING vs PAK BOWLING

1. Will Young
vs Shaheen - 57r, 63b, 1w
vs Naseem - 20r, 36b, 1w
vs Rauf - 29r, 38b, 1w
vs Salman - 26r, 27b, 0w

2. Devon Conway
vs Shaheen - 20r, 30b, 0w
vs Naseem - 19r, 20b, 3w
vs Ashraf - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Rauf - 26r, 30b, 0w
vs Abrar - 8r, 6b, 0w
vs Hasnain - 13r, 13b, 0w
vs Khushdil - 12r, 16b, 0w
vs Salman - 38r, 48b, 1w

3. Kane Williamson
vs Shaheen - 30r, 50b, 1w
vs Naseem - 51r, 64b, 0w
vs Ashraf - 71r, 81b, 1w
vs Rauf - 48r, 58b, 0w
vs Abrar - 22r, 36b, 0w
vs Khushdil - 13r, 16b, 0w
vs Salman - 37r, 42b, 1w

4. Tom Latham
vs Shaheen - 39r, 58b, 5w
vs Naseem - 28r, 38b, 0w
vs Ashraf - 5r, 7b, 2w
vs Rauf - 45r, 34b, 2w
vs Abrar - 25r, 24b, 0w
vs Khushdil - 3r, 6b, 0w
vs Salman - 100r, 125b, 0w

5. Daryl Mitchell
vs Shaheen - 33r, 29b, 1w
vs Naseem - 43r, 59b, 1w
vs Rauf - 90r, 84b, 1w
vs Abrar - 34r, 30b, 2w
vs Khushdil - 37r, 34b, 0w
vs Salman - 56r, 72b, 1w

6. Michael Bracewell
vs Shaheen - 9r, 6b, 1w
vs Naseem - 8r, 7b, 1w
vs Rauf - 18r, 15b, 0w
vs Abrar - 2r, 7b, 0w
vs Khushdil - 12r, 4b, 0w
vs Salman - 12r, 13b, 0w

7. Glenn Phillips
vs Shaheen - 58r, 21b, 0w
vs Naseem - 40r, 34b, 1w
vs Ashraf - 6r, 2b, 0w
vs Rauf - 45r, 35b, 0w
vs Abrar - 7r, 12b, 0w
vs Hasnain - 9r, 7b, 0w
vs Khushdil - 9r, 14b, 0w
vs Salman - 31r, 23b, 0w

8. Rachin Ravindra
vs Shaheen - 43r, 38b, 0w
vs Naseem - 5r, 6b, 1w
vs Rauf - 30r, 21b, 1w
vs Abrar - 7r, 5b, 1w
vs Salman - 11r, 5b, 0w

9. Mark Chapman
vs Shaheen - 36r, 27b, 0w
vs Naseem - 9r, 8b, 1w
vs Rauf - 11r, 13b, 2w
vs Salman - 45r, 24b, 0w

5. WARM-UP MATCHES

1. NEW ZEALAND

(i) vs Afghanistan - 16th February'2025 - Won by 2 wickets
(Batting 2nd/Bowling 1st)

Will Young - 14(24)
Devon Conway - 66(67)*
Mark Chapman - 47(55)
Tom Latham - 15(19)
Michael Bracewell - 1(6) & 0w
Mitchell Santher - 33(35) & 2w
Glenn Phillips - 46(35) & 0w
Nathan Smith - 1(1) & 1w
Daryl Mitchell - 36(25)* & 1w
Matt Henry - 31(20)* & 2w
Jacob Duffy - 2w

6. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD :

Probable XI

1) Babar Azam - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 29, 23, 10, 1, 31, 8, 5, 58, 81, 4, 50, 52, 73, 23, 31

2) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10, 41, 84, 14, 7, 8, 71*, 14, 11, 67, 7, 23

3) Saud Shakeel - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 8, 15, 32, 13, 84, 2, 0, 23, 14, 84, 0, 17, 120

4) Mohammad Rizwan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 46, 122, 3, 49, 25, 71, 2, 46, 41, 27, 3, 53, 80, 1, 11

5) Agha Salman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 45r 1w, 134r 0w, 40r 0w, 9r 0w, 15, 2, 14, 19r 3w, 48r 0w, 33r 1w, 82r 4w, 32r 1w

6) Tayyab Tahir - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 38, 4*, 30, 36, 0r 0w, 41, 139r 0w, 14, 47, 17, 28, 6, 18

7) Khushdil Shah - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 1w, 15r 0w, 10r 3w, 14r 3w, 59r 2w, 73r 0w, 48, 27r 2w, 0w, 3w, 21r 2w

8) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 22r 0w, 3w, 18r 2w, 5w, 9r 0w, 3w, 2w, 20r 1w, 2w, 1w

9) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 10r 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 8r 0w, 27r 0w, 0r 2w, 16r 4w, 0r 1w, 0w

10) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 19r 2w, 0w, 13r 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w

11) Abrar Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 23r 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w

BENCH

12) Usman Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 19, 0, 10, 53, 55, 123, 18, 3, 9

13) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w

14) Kamran Ghulam - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 18, 16, 19, 5, 27, 12r 0w, 28r 0w, 54, 4r 0w, 103r 1w, 17

15) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 9r 2w, 9r 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Shaheen Afridi, Agha Salman

B) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) SQUAD :

Injury - Rachin Ravindra

Probable XI

1) Devon Conway - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 66*, 48, 97, 30, 21, 20, 9, 76*, 43, 7, 35

2) Will Young - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 14, 5, 19, 4, 35, 11, 5, 0, 16, 90*, 50, 42, 60

3) Kane Williamson - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 34, 133*, 58, 22, 45, 56*, 3, 44, 3, 60*, 44, 156, 37

4) Daryl Mitchell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 36r 1w, 57, 10, 81, 46, 20, 67, 22, 2, 38r 0w

5) Tom Latham - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 15, 56, 0, 0, 3, 26, 20, 46, 4, 0, 1

6) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 46r 0w, 20r 0w, 28*, 106r 1w, 35r 1w, 21r 0w, 49r 1wz 11r 0w, 22, 6r 0w

7) Michael Bracewell - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 2r 2w, 1w, 31r 2w, 17r 1w, 20r 4w, 33r 1w, 21r 0w, 20r 1w, 61r 0w, 13r 1w, 1r 0w

8) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 33r 2w, 2w, 0w, 8r 3w, 1r 2w, 4r 0w, 28r 1w, 2r 2w, 20r 1w, 1wz 14r 1w, 2w, 0w

9) William O'Rourke - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w

10) Matt Henry - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 31r 2w, 2w, 3w, 12r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 10r 5w, 7r 3w, 12r 4w, 1w, 4w

11) Jacob Duffy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 13r 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w

BENCH

12) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 47, 21, 68, 81, 62, 29*, 9, 42, 15, 27, 2

13) Rachin Ravindra - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 25r 0w, 48r 2w, 1, 79, 45, 69, 1, 8r 0w, 18, 44, 3, 6, 34, 24

14) Nathan Smith - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 1w, 0w, 17r 1w, 11r 1w, 17r 1w, 1w, 2w, 14r 4w

15) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 13r 0w, 0r 1w, 4r 2w, 3w, 2r 0w, 4w, 0r 1w, 0w, 12r 0w, 10r 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell

Differential GL C/VC choices

PAK - Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan

NZ - Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner

 

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