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John Davies Oval: Pakistan women's team suffered injuries to a pair of experienced players -- pacer Diana Baig and skipper Nida Dar as New Zealand cruised to victory in the opening match of their ODI series on Tuesday.

Pakistan lost key pacer Baig to a finger injury during a practice session before Tuesday’s match and that was further compounded when skipper Dar was struck in the face while bowling in the 44th over of the New Zealand innings and ruled out for the remainder of the match. She was replaced by Sadaf Shamas.

The 28-year-old Baig, while fielding in a practice session, suffered an injury to the index finger of her bowling arm. She was taken to a local hospital Immediately after the incident for a thorough examination, including an X-ray.