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Winning against New Zealand would define Pakistan, says Arthur

Published January 2, 2018 Updated January 2, 2018 06:46am

The head coach was of the view that winning away from home is what that will ‘really define’ Pakistan as a team.

“Every team is good at home conditions. The key for us is to win away from home because winning away from home really defines you as a team, so this is our challenge,” Arthur said.

Arthur further said that the Kiwis are a tough opponent but Pakistan has the ‘ability’ to counter them. “New Zealand [team] in these conditions is very good, but we can match them if we play to our ability [and] I am confident with that,” the head coach added.

Pakistan would play a practice match with New Zealand XI tomorrow (Wednesday), which will be proceeded with a five-ODI and three-T20I.

Squad: Fakhar Zaman, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt), Shadab Khan, Fahim Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Muhammad Amir and Rumman Raees