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Thu Nov 17 - Mon Nov 21 10:30 local (21:30 GMT -1d)
1st Test - New Zealand v Pakistan
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Fri Nov 25 - Tue Nov 29 10:30 local (21:30 GMT -1d)
2nd Test - New Zealand v Pakistan
Seddon Park, Hamilton

Pakistan's 16-man Test squad
Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan

In: Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Rizwan

Out: Zulfiqar Babar

http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand ... 64178.html

Sharjeel in test cricket he's a slogger

cricketfan90 wrote:Sharjeel in test cricket he's a slogger

Really baffling selection. Makes Glenn Maxwell look technically competent!

for once, we agree on something!

Starts tonight. Shame, this is one I would have liked to have seen. Might try an online site. Nice start time of 21.30.

NZ have been slipping lately, but Pakistan should be hard to beat. Tough for the Kiwis I think. Those defeats to Australia are looking a bit worse now.

Cricinfo teams.

1. Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 James Neesham, 7 BJ Watling (wk), 8 Todd Astle, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent Boult

1 Sami Aslam, 2 Azhar Ali, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Babar Azam/Mohammad Rizwan, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Yasir Shah, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Sohail Khan

Astle and Raval being in the XI just shows how I'm not up to date. Not heard of Raval. And looks like Southee is back. For Henry who played in India. De Grandehomme is also in the squad. No Guppy, no Worker. No Patel. No Bracewell. Or Sodhi. Or Santner. Or Anderson. Or Ronchi...

Fairly settled Pakistan side.

Pakistan win the series and they go top for a short while.

Edit scrap that Sky are wrong on this.

Raining.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Raining.

hard to see any cricket, might as well go to sleep and wake up tomorrow morning for the test match.

Absolutely stunning ground and scenery

So much better than the monstrosities they play limited overs cricket in new zealand

Wicket for de Grandehomme. I'm guessing on his debut.

33 hundreds in 198 innings for younis Khan

A hundred every 6 innings

Such an underrated player

Batted all those years ago with Inzi, and Moyo. Looked like he was struggling last summer in England, then scored a double ton.