Toss: New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh.
Mehdi Hasan Miraz: Yes, I like to bowl first because it is a new ground and it is also a new wicket. It was a great series for us (against Pakistan) and a lot of our bowlers bowled really well. We have a very good bowling attack, two spinners and three fast bowlers. You never know what kind of wicket we are playing (at Mirpur) but it looks like a good surface.
Pitch Report: HD Ackerman reviews the surface. “It is usually very dry but this wicket looks good and the ball will come to the bat,” he said. states that the boundaries of the square are 58m and 69m respectively and it is 79m hit downtown. He believes that Bangladesh will not mind chasing as it looks like a good wicket.
Tom Latham: We’re going to have a bat. It looks a reasonably good surface, a bit dry and it’s a one day game so it will probably slow down later. We have three real seamers, a left-armer, and then a few all-rounders. The boys are ready to go. It’s been a hot few days but we’ll embrace what Bangladesh has.
Teams:
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Saif Hasan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najamul Hasan Shanto, Laton Das (W), Toheed Hardoy, Mehdi Hasan Miraz (capt), Rashad Hussain, Afif Hussain, Tasin Ahmed, Naheed Rana, Sharaful Islam.
New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Tom Latham (W/C), Henry Nicholls, Nick Kelly, Mohammad Abbas, Dean Foxcroft, Josh Clarkson, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Jayden Lennox, William O’Rourke
