Pakistan will tour New Zealand in the year 2016 and would play 3 one day matches at Wellington, Napier and Auckland. Both teams look well balanced and would intensively compete with each other to win the series. Last time, the two teams met in Dubai in the five matches one day series where New Zealand scored 3-2 surprise win.
Kiwis will enjoy a huge home advantage over Pakistan whose attack doesn’t look menacing as once it was. Return of Mohammad IRFAN into the squad can prove to be a bane for the kiwi batsmen because he can bounce the ball of the pitch in any condition. Another Bowler JUNAID khan will have to fire in swingers early on to rattle the stumps if Pakistan wants a foot in the ddor to victory.
Kiwis on their part would be keen to let their captain BRENDON MCCULUM get going and can take the game away from the opposition within few over with his clean hitting. Lower down the order ROSS TAYLOR has to either play a swashbuckling knock or play the role of sheet anchor depending on the situation.
The opening bowler TIM SOUTHIE has to be accurate to swing the ball on the pitch. Bounce and lateral movement can be undoing for AHMED SHAHZAD and CO. Therefore, the heavy duty work has to be carried out by SHOAIB MAQSUD and UMER AKMAL. Spinner such as MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ along with ZULFIQAR BABUR can play a crucial role in stopping the avalanche of runs. The pace department of Pakistan look solid and can cause lots of problems for the local team. KIWI batsmen should exercise patience at the start of the innings before going berserk in the end. Pakistani team can face problems against the black cap bowlers because they are accurate and relentless.