Zimbabwe have won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against Pakistan at Harare Sports Club.
The home team gave three players their Test debuts on Thursday for the series opener, batsmen Milton Shumba and Roy Kaia and left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava.
Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams is sidelined with injury, as is fellow batsman Craig Ervine. Former captain Brendan Taylor will stand in as skipper.
Pakistan handed a debut to bowling allrounder Sajid Khan.
The tourists are aiming to convert strong recent form in limited-overs cricket into the longer format, having already won one-day international and Twenty20 series in South Africa and a T20 series in Zimbabwe on this southern Africa trip.
Zimbabwe drew their last Test series against Afghanistan but haven't won a series since 2011.
Pakistan are coming off a 2-0 home series win over South Africa in February.
Zimbabwe: Prince Masvaure, Kevin Kasuza, Tarisai Musakanda, Brendan Taylor (capt), Milton Shumba, Roy Kaia, Regis Chakabva, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chisoro, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava.
Pakistan: Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (capt), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Noman Ali, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Australian Associated Press
