Pak-West Indies 1st ODI today
PROVIDENCE: Pakistan will play their first ODI match of the five-match series against West Indies at Providence today, Media reported.
The match starts at 09:00 local, (13:00 GMT), 6:00 p.m. Pakistan time.
West Indies players had good practice at the Tri-nation series which India won, but the last time West Indies won a home ODI series against Pakistan was in 1988, when Viv Richards was captain. So now they work hard to overcome this series win.
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo is back after his suspension and will probably take the place of Devon Smith.
Pakistan are famous for their speed bowling and even in this series they are going to unleash their three tier pace battery against the hosts.
Pakistan will play five ODI’s in this series, the 2nd ODI will be played on July 16, 2013. Shahid Afridi returns to the Pakistan side yet again.
The probable players are:
West Indies squad
DJ Bravo*, TL Best, DM Bravo, J Charles†, CH Gayle, JO Holder, SP Narine, KA Pollard, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons, DS Smith
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan†, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal†, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz.
