KANDY – Zimbabwe has won the toss and chose to bat first here at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy.
Pakistan has not very good memories associated with the venue ‘Pallekele’, where they lost their first match of the World Cup 2011 against New Zealand by a huge margin of 110 runs on last Tuesday (March 8).
Today they are set to play their 5th match of the World Cup against Zimbabwe on the same venue. Before today’s match both teams have been face to face 40 times and Pakistan has emerged victorious in 36 while one match has been tied and one fetched no result.
Pakistan can make their way to quarterfinals with today’s victory as after that they will have to meet only defending champion Australia in their last group match on March 19 at Colombo.
Both teams have announced their final squads as follows:
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Brendan Taylor, Regis Chakabva, Tatenda Taibu(w), Vusi Sibanda, Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura(c), Gregory Lamb, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Shingirai Masakadza, Ray Price
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal(w), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi(c), Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul
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