"We want to bowl first and get the nerves out of the way," Bravo says. "The wicket is good so we want to give the bowlers the best use of the freshness," the captain said.
"We would have bowled first," Misbah says. "But it is a dry pitch and it's just a matter of seeing the new ball off." Pakistan's seamers are all left-arm bowlers: Irfan, Junaid and Wahab Riaz. Saeed Ajmal and Shoab Malik and Mohammad Hafeez will be the spinners
Kieron Pollard has been preferred to Darren Sammy. Sammy has not only lost his captaincy, but also his place in the ODI side. Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul and Sunil Narine are the only specialist bowlers.
Teams:
Pakistan: Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq (Capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal(W/K), Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan
West Indies: Chris Gayle, J Charles, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, RR Sarwan, DJ Bravo(Capt), KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, SP Narine, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach
