Pakistan to Bat Against Ireland

Dublin: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in first ODI of two match one-day series against Ireland at Dublin on Thursday.

Max Sorensen and James Shannon miss out for Ireland while John Mooney is serving the final game of his suspension for his now infamous tweet about Margaret Thatcher.

While Asad Ali, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman and Umar Amin are left out from the Pakistan squad.

Teams

Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson (wk), Ed Joyce, Tim Murtagh

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Ehsan Adil, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Saeed Ajmal

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