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Pakistan to take on Australia in the first of 5 match ODI series in Sharjah today in their bid to prepare for the ODI World cup to be held in England.
In order to get the team combination right and find new players for the World Cup, Pakistan have made some changes to their squad with Shaoib Malik leading the side in absence of Sarfaraz Ahmad and Umar Akmal making a come back after a lay off of almost 3 years. Pakistan have also unearthed a new pace sensation from this years PSL Mohammad Hussnain who every one would be looking forward to bowl to Australians should he make his debut today.
On the other hand, Australia are coming into this series high on confidence after coming from 2-0 down to beating India 3-2 and would want to continue their winning streak against Pakistan. Pakistan have last won an ODI series against Pakistan in 2003 in Australia by beating them 2-1 in a 3 match series.
All in all, it promises to be a good game between two evenly matched teams...
Team News
Pakistan: As expected, Pakistan had no qualms in adding an outshining emerging talent from the PSL. Mohammad Hasnain, the 18-year-old pacer from Hyderabad who won the Man of the Match award in the PSL final, had pressed his case for a maiden call up by hitting consistent lengths whilst generating brute pace. With Junaid, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari and Fahim Ashraf in the squad, Hasnain is likely to get a one-off match, something that Sarfraz Ahmed hinted at in the post-PSL final press conference. With Fakhar Zaman rested, Shan Masood is set to make his ODI debut and transfer his List 'A' form to the apex level.
Probable XI: Imam ul Haq, Shan Masood, Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Usman Shinwari
Australia: After Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins's prolific run across the five ODIs in India and Marcus Stoinis' all-round contribution at Feroz Shah Kotla, the tourists would like to test out the same lineup. Shaun Marsh, Australia's best batsman in the format last year, might have to sit out for the most part of the series.
Probable XI: Usman Khawaja, Aaron Finch (c), Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (wk), Jhye Richardson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
In order to get the team combination right and find new players for the World Cup, Pakistan have made some changes to their squad with Shaoib Malik leading the side in absence of Sarfaraz Ahmad and Umar Akmal making a come back after a lay off of almost 3 years. Pakistan have also unearthed a new pace sensation from this years PSL Mohammad Hussnain who every one would be looking forward to bowl to Australians should he make his debut today.
On the other hand, Australia are coming into this series high on confidence after coming from 2-0 down to beating India 3-2 and would want to continue their winning streak against Pakistan. Pakistan have last won an ODI series against Pakistan in 2003 in Australia by beating them 2-1 in a 3 match series.
All in all, it promises to be a good game between two evenly matched teams...
Team News
Pakistan: As expected, Pakistan had no qualms in adding an outshining emerging talent from the PSL. Mohammad Hasnain, the 18-year-old pacer from Hyderabad who won the Man of the Match award in the PSL final, had pressed his case for a maiden call up by hitting consistent lengths whilst generating brute pace. With Junaid, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari and Fahim Ashraf in the squad, Hasnain is likely to get a one-off match, something that Sarfraz Ahmed hinted at in the post-PSL final press conference. With Fakhar Zaman rested, Shan Masood is set to make his ODI debut and transfer his List 'A' form to the apex level.
Probable XI: Imam ul Haq, Shan Masood, Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Usman Shinwari
Australia: After Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins's prolific run across the five ODIs in India and Marcus Stoinis' all-round contribution at Feroz Shah Kotla, the tourists would like to test out the same lineup. Shaun Marsh, Australia's best batsman in the format last year, might have to sit out for the most part of the series.
Probable XI: Usman Khawaja, Aaron Finch (c), Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (wk), Jhye Richardson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
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Yup! Very predictable
