Cricket-Bangladesh win toss, opt to field v New Zealand
DHAKA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field against New Zealand in the first one-day international at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday.
Bangladesh have fielded uncapped middle order batsman Naeem Islam.
Teams:
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Mark Gillespie, Jamie How, Daniel Flynn, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor.
Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Zunaed Siddique, Naeem Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah (Riadh), Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain.
(Reporting by Azad Majumder; Writing by Nizam Ahmed; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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