Team Overview:
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill sustained a minor strain to his left
hamstring while fielding against Bangladesh and has not recovered
sufficiently to play Pakistan. He is expected to be fit for their first
Super Eights match if New Zealand qualify. Their only reserve batsman is
BJ Watling.
New Zealand (probable): 1 Rob Nicol, 2 James Franklin, 3 Brendon
McCullum (wk), 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 Kane Williamson, 6 BJ Watling, 7
Jacob Oram, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Nathan McCullum, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Kyle
Mills.
The four players Pakistan are likely to leave out of their starting
line-up are Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Sami, Raza Hasan and Yasir Arafat.
Pakistan (probable): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Nasir
Jamshed, 4 Kamran Akmal (wk), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Shahid
Afridi, 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal.
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