Pakistan tour of Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st ODI Live Scores at Wellington, Jan 31, 2015
Teams: :New Zealand v Pakistan
Venu: Played at Adelaide Oval
Time: Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT)
Match Time: 6:30 AM IST, 01:00 GMT
(last five matches, most recent first)
New Zealand:LWWWL
Pakistan:LLWLW
Preview
The hosts sustained a minor blow when they lost the dead rubber to Sri Lanka, but otherwise have most weapons in their armoury nicely honed. Martin Guptill's two golden ducks in three innings will be cause for mild concern, as will the inertia that continues to plague Ross Taylor's innings. Both those batsmen have recently crossed, though, and the batting runs strong and deep anyway. The Pakistan matches will simply be two more chances to get right.
Like Sri Lanka, Pakistan are missing a key bowler as Junaid Khan continues to recover from a nerve-related thigh injury, but as ever, their bowling talents are so wicked and varied, it is more a conspiracy than an attack.
Match Stats
1.New Zealand have won 22 ODIs and lost 15 against Pakistan, at home. Pakistan did win their most recent series 3-2 however, in 2011.
2.Kane Williamson averages 66.56 in ODI cricket since the start of 2014
Teams
Pakistan team:Mohammad Hafeez,Ahmed Shehzad,Younis Khan,Sarfraz Ahmed(wk),Misbah-ul-Haq(c),Umar Akmal,Shahid Afridi,Sohaib Maqsood,Wahab Riaz,Mohammad Irfan,Junaid Khan
New Zealand team:BB McCullum(c),MJ Guptill,KS Williamson,LRPL Taylor,GD Elliott,L Ronchi(wk),Corey Anderson,DL Vettori,KD Mills,TG Southee,MJ McClenaghan