Cricket World Cup: Pakistan win toss, fielding vs Windies
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February 19, 2015

Cricket World Cup: Pakistan win toss, fielding vs Windies

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC) – West Indies lost the toss and have been asked to bat by Pakistan, in their second Group B game of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Hagley Oval here Saturday.

West Indies have made one change to their XI from the opening game, replacing fast bowler Kemar Roach with left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn.

Both sides lost their opening fixtures with the Windies suffering a shock four-wicket defeat to Ireland last Monday while Pakistan went down to arch-rivals India by 76 runs last Saturday.

TEAMS:

PAKISTAN – Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, , Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan

WEST INDIES – Jason Holder (captain), Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn.

UMPIRES: Marais Erasmus, Nigel Llong; TV – S Ravi.

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