Team Australia didn’t give anyone a chance to say that the team requires Steve Smith or David Warner. The series for Pakistan against Australia has been very frustrating. Pakistan had the last chance to survive in the series, but woefully they lost the 3rd ODI. Currently, they are 3-0 down in the five-match ODI series with two more games still to go.
Now, Australia and Pakistan will square off in the 4th ODI at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 29th March. Now, when Australia have won the series, so there are chances, the teams might make some changes as an experiment.
Australia:
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first, Captain Aaron Finch played an impressive inning once again, scoring 90 runs on such difficult pitch. Not only the captain made a sacrosanct contribution to the team, but GJ Maxwell and Handscomb scored 71 and 47 runs respectively. By this, Australia managed to reach 266 runs in 50 over.
But, the real superstars were the bowler who defended a target of 267 by crushing Pakistan for 186 runs. Pakistani top order was blown away by Cummins, whereas, Nathan Lyon and Jason Behrendorff bowled out the middle order. Adam Zampa took four wickets to help Australia win the series.
Pakistan:
In the reply, Pakistan came on to bat, but the top order struggled to stay on pitch, only Imam-ul-Haq managed to scored 46 runs off 72 balls. All-rounder Imad Wasim realised the situation and scored 43 runs off 53 balls, but failed to make his team reach the target. Pakistan needs to tighten up their batting line up and need to work on their ballers too.
This series hasn’t gone good for Pakistan. There were many changes in their balling attack, but Pakistan still been unable to create problems for Australia batsmen, especially captain Finch. Now, when Pakistan has lost the series, they would be entering the ground for 4th ODI without any pressure and is expected to get some new player in the playing 11.
When and Where:
Pakistan vs. Australia, 4rd ODI
29th March 2019, 4:30 PM IST
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Pitch report: Well, interruption from rain is expected on Thursday, but the skies will be evident on Friday according to the weather forecast. Pakistan had a bad experience when they played last on this pitch. Lockie Fergusson took five wickets haul. It will be interesting to see how Pakistanis will react to the balls from Australian bowlers.
Last five matches:
Pakistan: L, L, L, W, L
Australia: W, W, W, W, W
Venue stats:
Average 1st Inns scores: 224
Average 2nd Inns scores: 200
Highest total recorded: 355/5 (50 Ov) by Eng vs PAK
Lowest total recorded: 116/10 (37.1 Ov) by HK vs PAK
Highest score chased: 287/8 (49.4 Ov) by SL vs PAK
Lowest score defended: 228/9 (50 Ov) by RSA vs PAK
Team News:
Pakistan: Abid Ali and Mohammad Amir to be in playing 11 for the 4th ODI against Australia
Shan Masood and Mohammad Hasnain will be seen on the bench because of poor performance in previous matches.
No other changes are expected from Pakistan
Australia:
Ashton Turner and Kane Richardson can be seen making their appearance in the 4th ODI, replacing Shaun Marsh and Nathan Lyon.
Marcus Stoinis is lacking with form these days but soon will make his comeback.
Squad:
Pakistan:
Shoaib Malik (C), Shan Masood, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan, Abid Ali, Saad Ali, Umar Akmal, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Usman Shinwari, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Hasnain.
Australia:
Aaron Finch (C), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
Probably playing 11:
Pakistan:
Imam, Akmal, Masood/Abid, Sohail, Malik(C), Rizwan(WK), Wasim, Yasir, Usman, Junaid and Abbas/Amir.
Australia:
Finch(C), Khawaja, Handscomb, Maxwell, Stoinis, Marsh/Turner, Carey(WK), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Zampa, Behrendorff and Lyon.
AUS vs PAK Dream11 team prediction :
M Rizwan can turn out things dangerous with the bat. Imam-ul Haq and Usman Khawaja are the great option and should be your bet, along with in-form A Finch. You can rely upon U Akmal as your forth batting option.
M Stoinis and I Wasim have the ability to get runs for their team. Although, Stoinis has not been in form, but is expected to be back.
Adam Zampa and Cumming took a total of 7 wickets in the last match and are in great form, so they must be your pick up. Mohammad Amir is capable of getting early wickets.
Team:
M Rizwan (wk)
A Finch (C)
U Khawaja
U Akmal
Imam-ul-Haq
M Stoinis (vc)
I Wasim
J Behrendorff
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Adam Zampa
Junaid Khan
Key players:
Pakistan
Mohammad Rizwan
Umar Akmal
Imam ul Haq
Shoaib Malik
Australia
Aaron Finch
Peter Handscomb
Glenn Maxwell
Adam Zampa