Birmingham: Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi picked up three wickets to push in form New Zealand top order on back foot. Kiwi skipper Kane Willimson is still on the crease trying to setady his team's ship. Experince speedster Mohammad Amir also clinched a wicket to put his team in the driver's seat.
WC'19: New Zealand win, toss opt to bat first against Pakistan
World Cup 2019's unbeaten team New Zealand have won the toss and choose to bat first against in form Pakistan team in their World Cup encounter here at Edgbaston.
New Zealand and India are only two teams who are unbeaten in this event.
Both the teams are going into this match with unchanged playing XI from the last game.
Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Sarfaraz Ahmed(w/c), Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Afridi
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
