WELLINGTON, New Zealand: The One-day International (ODI) of the two-match series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played at Wellington on Saturday.
The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 am Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
The next and final ODI between the two sides will be played at Napier on February 3.
Earlier, Pakistan lost their both side matches against New Zealand Board President’s XI played at Lincoln on January 25 and 27 respectively.
Following the Pak-New Zealand series, the 15-member Pakistan squad led by Misbah-ul Haq will leave for Australia on February 5 where they will play two warm-up matches against Bangladesh and England on February 9 and 11 respectively before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 officially kicks off on February 14.
Pakistan will begin their campaign in the mega event with a match on February 15 against arch-rivals India at Adelaide Oval.
Pakistan Squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Ahmed Shehzad, Bilawal Bhatti, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Irfan, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Khan, Umar Akmal†, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan
New Zealand Squad
BB McCullum*, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, GD Elliott, MJ Guptill, TWM Latham, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, AF Milne, L Ronchi†, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, DL Vettori, KS Williamson
