ABU DHABI, UAE (Feb. 13) – Pakistan are ready to take on England in the first of the 4-match ODI series today here at Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium.
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In the current series, the Pakistan’s squad for the four ODIs against England is a very balanced one with the right blend of fine batsmen, quality all-rounders and world class bowlers. While Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq bring their experience into play in the middle order, Pakistan also have talented youngsters like Imran Farhat, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal and Azhar Ali.
The presence of all-rounders like Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik provides the added strength to both batting and the bowling departments.
Although England has been thrashed by Pakistan in the Test series but the presence of youngsters like Craig Kieswetter, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow promises to add some freshness to the English batting, which has loads of difficulties in facing quality spin attack from Pakistan during Test series.
Aside from these youngsters; veteran batsmen Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen have to play a vital role if England really want to escape from similar humiliation they faced after being whitewashed in Test series. Eoin Morgan has been a quality ODI player, occupies a crucial position in the middle order and certainly due with the positive and huge exhibition of his batting skills.
Match will start at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT), 16:00 PST and the squads will be finalized from the following players:
England squad
AN Cook*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler†, JW Dernbach, ST Finn, C Kieswetter†, EJG Morgan, SR Patel, KP Pietersen, GP Swann, IJL Trott
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Hammad Azam, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan
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