Dublin: As International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions trophy starts from next month, Asian Champion Pakistan will play against Ireland in first of two One Day International (ODI) series played at Clontarf Cricket Club on Thursday.
Pakistan is considered favorite as they have beaten the Scotland in two matches series few days before. Pakistani skipper Misbah ul Haq is very much confident of winning this series.
On the other hand Ireland, who made an upset in past in ICC World Cup 2007 by defeating Pakistan can repeat the same performance and give a tough competition to the visitors.
The squads of the teams are as follows:
Pakistan
Abdur Rehman, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal, Misbah ul Haq, Mohammed Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Umer Amin, Wahab Riaz.
Ireland
Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Ed Joyce, John Mooney, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O Brian, Nial O Brian, William Porterfield, James Shannon, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson.
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