Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bat first against spin-heavy Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup on Monday.
Afghanistan is languishing at the bottom of the points table. It has two points from four games after it stunned defending champion England by 69 runs.Afghanistan went with four spinners in the hope that the dry pitch will help slow bowlers. It gave spinner Noor Ahmed his first game in the tournament.
Pakistan, which has four points from its two victories against Netherlands and Sri Lanka, is looking to put its campaign back on track after suffering successive losses against archrival India and Australia. Pakistan's bowlers and batters -- except for Mohammad Rizwan -- are yet to fire against big teams in the tournament.
The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea.Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says while Alberta is legally allowed to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan, doing so would be a 'one way ticket,' with no chance of return.
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