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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Pakistan bat against Bangladesh in warm-up

Updated at: 1906 PST,  Tuesday, February 15, 2011
MIRPUR, Bangladesh: Pakistan are batting in their first warm-up match, being played against Bangladesh here on Tuesday.Captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat on the slow wicket of the Shere Bangla National Stadium.Shoaib Akhtar has been rested for today’s match.Teams:Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Hafeez Ahmed, Ahmed Shahzad, Younis Khan, Kamran Akmal (wk), Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz.Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Naeem Islam, Mehmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.