Pakistan win toss and bat against Ireland

23 May, 2013

DUBLIN: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat in the first one-day international against Ireland on Thursday.

Ireland made two changes to the team that played the United Arab Emirates in their last one-day game in March with Tim Murtagh and Andrew White replacing Max Sorensen and the banned John Mooney.

Pakistan made one change to the team that beat Scotland in the ODI in Edinburgh last week with Shoaib Malik in for Umar Amin.

Teams

Ireland: W Porterfield (capt), P Stirling, E Joyce, N O'Brien (wkt), G Wilson, K O'Brien, A Cusack, A White, T Johnston, G Dockrell, T Murtagh

Pakistan: Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshaid, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Misbah ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Ehsan Adil, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Umpires: Ian Gould, Richard Smith

3rd Umpire: Louis Fourie

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe

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