Pakistan and the West Indies get their World Cup campaigns underway on Friday.
The former come into the tournament having lost ten One Day Internationals (ODI) in a row.
They also tasted defeated to Afghanistan in a warm-up match earlier this week.
Play from Nottingham gets underway at 1:30 PM UAE time.
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