International cricket returns to Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Pakistan hosted by Australia Today for the opening match of the 3-match ODI series. with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup with next year on the horizon, both teams are eager to test fresh combinations and build momentum.
Follows Mitchell Marshlast minute ankle injury, Josh English Takes the reins as Australia’s primary captain. Pakistan is led by a fast bowler Shahin Afridi, enter the series with confidence after a dominant 3-0 clean sweep in the T20I series against Australia earlier this year.
PAK vs AUS, 1st ODI: Match details
- Date and Time: May 30, 17:00 IST / 11:30 GMT / 16:30 Local
- Location: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
PAK vs AUS Head to Head Record in ODIs
Matches played: 111 | PAK won: 36 | won FROM: 71 | No result/score: 4
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is famously known as a batter’s paradise. The surface is expected to be a hard, flat track that offers little initial assistance to the fast bowlers. Spinners may take a short turn as the game progresses, but overall the boundaries will fly. Small ground sizes coupled with a fast outfield suggest a high-scoring thriller is on the cards. The team that wins the toss will be thinking a lot about chasing down given the ease of batting under lights.
Groups
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadagat, Babar AzamSalman Agha, Abdul Samad, Ghazi Ghori(w), Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi(c), Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Rohail Nazir, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Sufyan Moqim, Shamyl Hussain
Australia: Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (w), Cameron Green, Liam Scott, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith, Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Kuhnemann, Tanveer Sangha, Oliver Peake
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PAK vs AUS, 1st ODI, Today’s Match Prediction
Work 1
- Pakistan were first in the toss
- Australia powerplay score: 50-60
- Australia’s total score: 320-350
Case 2
- Australia won first
- Pakistan powerplay score: 40-50
- Pakistan’s total score: 290-310
Match result: The first bowling team to win the competition.
