Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special

This is a bit of a grudge match for Pakistan. It wasn't long ago that New Zealand were due to play their first tour match in Pakistan and they pulled out on the morning of the game.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson (capt), Tim Seifert, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi.

Umpires: Michael Gough, Richard Kettleborough. Third umpire: Paul Wilson.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson: "It's nice to get started. There's a great energy at the ground."

Same again for Pakistan.

Babar Azam wants early wickets and he is expecting some dew later so thinks chasing will make batting easier.

Time to bring you the news from the toss...

Today is the first time we've had the privilege of watching New Zealand at this World Cup. They are always an absolute delight to watch.

The current World Test champions and 50-over runners-up aren't quite as formidable in the T20 format - they are currently ranked fourth in the world - but they tend to peak and turn up at these tournaments.

They lost a five-game series against Bangladesh 3-2 a couple of months ago and have lost both of their warm-up games but they've beaten West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh in home series in the last 12 months.

They will be a force to be reckoned with.

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Pakistan were spellbinding during their 10-wicket thrashing of rivals India on Sunday.

But what do they have in store for us today? It could quite easily be more of the same or they could get dealt with themselves.

Let's find out.