HAMILTON – The fourth One-Day International between Pakistan and NewZealand will be played in Seddon Park, Hamilton, on Tuesday (January 16).
New Zealand lead the five match series 3-0.
New Zealand trounced Pakistan in the third One Day International match by astaggering 183 runs to win the five-match series by a decisive 3-0 lead.
Pakistani batting line-up stumbled once again in University Oval stadium inDunedin on Saturday as the top order failed to chase 258 runs target set bythe Kiwis.
Only four Pakistani players managed to cross the double-digit figure andthe whole team was sent packing at 74 runs in 28th over.
In second ODI on Tuesday, the hosts thrashed Pakistan by eight wickets inNelson. The second one-day international was evenly poised when rain forcedthe players from the field for more than two hours with New Zealand 64 fortwo after 14 overs in reply to Pakistan’s 246 for nine.
Match Timing
The match will start at 03:00am PST, (10:00pm GMT) and 11:10am local time.
Squads
The hosts may experiment somewhat in the two remaining dead rubbers. MattHenry might come in, Lockie Ferguson could rest and Colin de Grandhomme,who has returned from Zimbabwe following the death of his father, may alsofeature.
New Zealand (probable): 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Colin Munro/George Worker, 3Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 HenryNicholls/Colin de Grandhomme, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Todd Astle, 9 TimSouthee, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Trent Boult.
The head coach Mickey Arthur said Pakistan may change their batting order abit, with Haris Sohail possibly coming in and one of Mohammad Hafeez orShoaib Malik going out. Arthur also mentioned the possibility of theopening positions tinkered with. That could mean Azhar Ali dropping downthe order, and Imam-ul-Haq coming in.
Pakistan (probable): 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Azhar Ali/ Imam-ul-Haq, 3 BabarAzam, 4 Mohammad Hafeez/Shoaib Malik, 5 Haris Sohail, 6 Sarfraz Ahmed(capt, wk), 7 Faheem Ashraf, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Hasan Ali,11 Rumman Raees