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Muhammad Waseem (C)

Aryansh Sharma (W)

Vriitya Aravind

Asif Khan

Ansh Tandon

Basil Hameed

Ali Naseer

Aayan Khan

Mohammed Faraazuddin

Junaid Siddique

Zahoor Khan

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Tim Seifert

Chad Bowes

Dane Cleaver (W)

Mark Chapman

Mitchell Santner

James Neesham

Rachin Ravindra

Cole McConchie

Kyle Jamieson

Tim Southee (C)

Benjamin Lister

Raja Akifullah Khan

Alishan Sharafu

Aryansh Sharma

Asif Behrooz Khan

Dhruv Parashar

Ethan Carl D'souza

Haider Ali

Harshit Kaushik

Jonathan Figy John

Muhammad Junaid Siddique

Mayank Rajesh Choudhary Kumar

Muhammad Arfan Khan

Muhammad Momand Farooq

Muhammad Jawadullah

Muhammad Rohid Bangesh Khan

Muhammad Shahdad

Muhammad Waseem

Muhammad Zohaib

Muhammad Zuhaib Zubair

Rahul Chopra

Muhammad Saghir Khan

Simranjeet Singh

Mohammad Sohaib Khan

Zahid Ali

Adithya Ashok

Ajaz Yunus Patel

Bevon-John Jacobs

Blair Marshall Tickner

Daryl Joseph Mitchell

Devon Philip Conway

Finnley Hugh Allen

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Henry Michael Nicholls

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Jacob Andrew Duffy

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Jayden Richard Lennox

Kane Stuart Williamson

Kristian David Charles Clarke

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Mark Sinclair Chapman

Matthew James Henry

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Michael David Rae

Mitchell James Hay

Mitchell Josef Santner

Nathan Gregory Smith

Timothy Blake Robinson

Tim Louis Seifert

Thomas Ackland Blundell

Thomas William Maxwell Latham

William Alexander Young

Zakary Glen Foulkes

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<p>New Zealand skipper Tim Southee led from the front and took a five-wicket haul to derail UAE's run chase</p>

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Tim Southee's New Zealand survive UAE scare in Dubai's challenging conditions, win 1st T20I by 19 runs