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After a sound whitewash in the hands of England, Australia turn to the shortest format. Aaron Finch-led Australia lock-horns with ICC T20I number one Pakistan in what shapes up like an uphill task for Aussies.
Sarfraz Ahmed’s Pakistan will go into the match with a lot of confidence after defeating hosts Zimbabwe by 74 runs. Meanwhile, Shoaib Malik became the third ever batsman to reach 2000 international runs in T20I history. Fakhar Zaman was the star with 61 from 40 balls which helped Pakistan post a daunting 182 for the hosts.
In case you missed it, yesterday @realshoaibmalik became the third man to pass 2,000 T20I runs! Will he be the top run-scorer by the end of the #TriSeries in Zimbabwe? #howzstat pic.twitter.com/uPvgjDWiW2
— ICC (@ICC) July 2, 2018
Aussie skipper Aaron Finch talks selection on the eve of his side’s series opener against Pakistan in Harare #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/XiCOfnLERn
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) July 1, 2018
Sarfraz Ahmed with 20 wins from 23 matches is the best T20I captain in the game now. So, it would be a great achievement of sorts if they can scalp Australia. Also, Pakistan have been in outrageously good form in this format, winning their last eight T20 matches, passing 200 in four of those victories.
Pakistan v Australia
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Match 2, T20i Tri-Series
Monday 2 July, 08:00 GMT, 10:00 local
Squads
Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (c, wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan.
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth.
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