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In their last 5 games, Pakistan have won 2 games and lost 3. In their last 5 games, Australia have won 3 games and lost 2. The series will mark a new chapter for Pakistan in white-ball cricket, with wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan taking over the reins of the team from Babar Azam.
This will be Pakistan’s first ODI assignment since its group-stage World Cup exit in India last year. Meanwhile, ODI World Cup champion Australia is coming off a 3-2 series win over archrival England and will look to continue the momentum.
The pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will only allow a little assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking will take a lot of work. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 257 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.
Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain
Australia (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis(w), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins(c), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
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This will be Pakistan’s first ODI assignment since its group-stage World Cup exit in India last year. Meanwhile, ODI World Cup champion Australia is coming off a 3-2 series win over archrival England and will look to continue the momentum.
The pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will only allow a little assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking will take a lot of work. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 257 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.
Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain
Australia (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis(w), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins(c), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
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