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Pakistan win toss and bat against Ireland

By Sizzling LEO on Thursday, May 23, 2013 with 0 comments

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

Nasir Jamshaid looks on after playing a shot during the One Day International (ODI) cricket match between Pakistan and Ireland at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin on May 23, 2013. PHOTO: AFP

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: William Porterfield (capt), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Neil O’Brien (wkt), Gary Wilson, Kevin O’Brien, Alex Cusack, Andrew White, Trent Johnston, George Dockrell, Tim 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 (ENG) and Richard Smith (IRL)

TV umpire: Louis Fourie (IRL)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

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