Pakistan and Australia will meet for their 5th and the final ODI in a five-match ODI series at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Australia has shown its superior side from every end and is leading the series 4-0. Now, Australia would want the series whitewash, and on the other hand, Pakistan would give their 200%, so that Australia misses the clean sweep. This match is scheduled to start by 04:30 PM IST.
Pakistan vs Australia: 4th ODI
It was Pakistan who won the toss in the 4th ODI, and they opted to bowl first. Pakistan invaded the pitch with Abid Ali and Shad Ali replaying Imam ul Haw and Shoaib Malik respectively.
Australia managed to reach a decent total of 277 runs with three wickets in hand over Pakistan. Glenn Maxwell (98), Usman Khawaja (62), and Alex Caray (55) were the reason that helped Australia to defend their target with not much concern.
M Hasnain, Imad Wasim and Yasir Shah clinched two wickets each for Pakistan.
Coming to chase, Pakistan was pretty sure from the starting that they wouldn’t give up or give in. But something went wrong despite centuries from M Rizwan (104) and Abid Ali (112) and were forced to apply brakes because of Australia’s Nathan Coulter-Nile and Marcus Stoinis on 271 runs in 50 over. Nathan took three wickets, whereas, Marcus was able to send back two Pakistani batsmen to the pavilion. They lost the match by six runs.
There is news linked with the upcoming 5th ODI. Players from both the side have seen injuries. Jhye Richardson has been ruled out because of a shoulder injury. J Behrendorff misses the fourth ODI because of feeling feverish and Patt Cummin took his place.
Shoaib Malik missed the fourth ODI because of a rib injury that he faced in the 3rd ODI, while Imam ul Haq was bedridden because of high fever. There is no news whether they will be seen in the next match or not.
Pitch Report:
The surface in Dubai International Cricket Stadium is dry that means spinners would have an advantage. The average first innings score is said to be 226. So let’s see if any team will be able to reach 250+ on this pitch.
When and Where:
Aus vs Pak, 5th ODI
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 4:30 PM IST
Avg 1st inn score: 226
Avg 2nd inn score: 202
Highest Total: 355/5 (50 Ov) by Eng vs PAK
Lowest Total: 116/10 (37.1 Ov) by HK vs PAK
Highest Chased: 287/8 (49.4 Ov) by SL vs PAK
Lowest Defended: 228/9 (50 Ov) by RSA vs PAK
Last five matches:
Australia – W, W, W, W
Pakistan – L, L, L, L
Pakistan:
There is no news regarding Shoaib Malik and Imam Ul Haq’s whether they will play the next match or not. We will get to know this at the time of toss.
Shoaib Malik suffered a rib injury in the 3rd ODI, whereas, Imam did not play because of high fever.
Australia:
Patt Cummins was called to Dubai after Jason Behrendorff was ruled out because of illness.
Patt Cummins did not play the last two games and there were chances that he would go back home. Let’s wait for the updates.
Jhye is not has been ruled out because of the shoulder injury.
Aus vs Pak squad:
Australia:
Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa, Aaron Finch (c), Jhye Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Nathan Lyon, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Pakistan:
Shoaib Malik (c), Imad Wasim, Yasir Shah, Umar Akmal, Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Abid Ali, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Saad Ali, Usman Shinwari, Imam-ul-Haq, Junaid Khan
Probably playing 11:
Australia:
Usman Khawaja, Aaron Finch (c), Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (wk), Jhye Richardson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
Pakistan:
Imam ul Haq, Shan Masood, Haris Sohail, U Akmal (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Usman Shinwari
AUS vs PAK Dream11 team prediction :
Rizwan is the best choice for you. He has thrashed two centuries in this ODI series against Australia. One of the balanced players in the middle order for Pakistan. Finch and Khawaja have given their best in the series. Two back to back centuries by Aaron, whereas, several fifties by Khawaja has helped Australia to win their all games. Akman can play the 5th ODI in place of Shoaib Malik. Maxwell and Stonis are the best picks for the all-rounders.
Coming to the bowling, as the pitch is likely to give many opportunities to the spinner, so N Lyon and Adam Zampa are the best pick and are worth betting on. N Coulter-Nile and Y Shah are the bests to be wagered on pacers.
M Rizwan (wk)
A Finch
U Khawaja (vc)
U Akman
Abid Ali
G Maxwell
M Stoinis
N Lyon
N Coulter-Nile
A Zampa (c)
Y Shah
Key players:
Pakistan
Mohammad Rizwan
Umar Akmal
Imad Wasim
Y Shah
Australia
Aaron Finch
Peter Handscomb
Glenn Maxwell
Adam Zampa