New Zealand includes two spinners for initial Pakistan ODIs
Mitchell Santner and Todd Astle were both been included in the squad announced Monday
WELLINGTON (AP) New Zealand has included two spinners in a 13-man squad for the first two matches of a five-match limited-overs international series against Pakistan starting Saturday.
Mitchell Santner and Todd Astle were both been included in the squad announced Monday by selector Gavin Larsen. Opener Martin Guptill has also been picked in the squad after missing New Zealand’s three-match ODI series against the West Indies with a hamstring injury.
Larsen said Astle ”made the most of his opportunity against the West Indies Indies. Mitchell has been one of our most consistent white ball bowlers for a long time now as can be seen by him being ranked in the Top 10 ODI bowlers in the world.”
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
Pakistan is to play New Zealand for five ODIs and three Twenty20s in January 2018. The tour will officiate with the first of five ODIs on January 6 (Saturday). It is to end on January 28 with completion of T20Is from January 22 to January 28.
Here is the squad of Pakistan:
Sarfraz Ahmed(captain), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Rumman Raees.
