Pakistan to take on United Arab Emirates in the 25th game of ICC world cup 2015 on 4 March at Napier. The match is scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time, 1:00 GMT and 6:00 AM in Pakistan. Both teams will be playing their fourth match of tournament and looking to win it. Pakistan has won only one game in 2015 world cup so far whereas UAE haven’t won any game.
Preview
Pakistan got relief after the first win in world cup against Zimbabwe in previous match. They must be looking for second victory in pool B match of competition today against associates UAE. Though Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in last match but it wasn’t their convincing win as they only managed to score just 235 runs against team like Zimbabwe which is not much experienced or you can say much have sensible knowledge regarding match situation.
Top order of Pakistan side was completely failed in that game and they lost two wickets on just 4 runs score. But the good thing happened for PAK in that game was their captain Misbah-Ul-Haq changed his batting number and came to bat at no. 4 to lead side up the front. Though he played slow inning but it was effective. So Pakistan team will be hoping to see Misbah once again in the role and lead side from the top.
As per reports and news, it is expected that Rahat Ali will not be playing today’s game and spinner Yasir Shah to be part of Pakistan’s playing XI. UAE played good cricket in first two matches of 2015 world cup but couldn’t win the match. In last game against India, they were completely outdated as Indian team is in tremendous form.
United Arab Emirates may think to beat Pakistan as Pakistan team never been in good form always. They are just unpredictable side over the years. Amjad Ali and Khurram Khan have to bat really well to give UAE a chance to put pressure on PAK team. But for them it is not going to be easy as Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Irfan are in good form and played good cricket in previous match.
Let’s see probable playing Xi for UAE vs Pakistan match today.
Expected Playing 11s
| Pakistan | United Arab Emirates |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Mohammad Tauqir |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Amjad Ali |
| Nasir Jamshed | Andri Berenger |
| Haris Sohail | Shaiman Anwar |
| Umar Akmal | Khurram Khan |
| Shahid Afridi | Swapnil Patil |
| Sohaib Maqsood | Krishna Chandran |
| Wahab Riaz | Nasir Aziz |
| Sohail Khan | Amjad Javed |
| Mohammad Irfan | Manjula Guruge |
| Yasir Shah | Mohammad Naveed |
Prediction
Pakistan are favorites to win today’s match against UAE. They have got 65 percent chances over United Arab Emirates in ICC world cup 2015 game at Napier in New Zealand.
Live Streaming & Telecast
TEN Sports to telecast live cricket match between Pakistan and United Arab Emirates in Pakistan whereas PTV Sports to broadcast it free to air. Star Sports, Fox Sports, Sky Sports World Cup Channel, Star Cricket and CMC to telecast this match today.
Star Sports to stream live UAE vs PAK cricket match on 4 March in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China. Foxsports.com will be providing live streaming online this 25th game of ICC world cup in Australia.
Live cricket commentary can be hear on HUM FM in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. The live cricket match score can be taken from espncricinfo.
