Australia gained the toss and determined to bat in opposition to Pakistan
Pat Cummins gained the toss and elected to bat on an anticipated bouncy and quick Optus Stadium floor for the primary Test between Australia and Pakistan.
Australia will face an inexperienced Pakistan assault on a tough pitch amid sunny situations in Perth on day one.
Lyon, simply 4 away from 500 Test wickets, replaces understudy Todd Murphy in Australia’s solely change from the fifth Ashes Test. Allrounder Mitchell Marsh retained his place over Cameron Green.
Pakistan have misplaced their final 14 Tests in Australia stretching over twenty years. Shan Masood, in his first Test match as skipper since changing Babar Azam, has promised Pakistan will play positively after an brisk sequence victory in Sri Lanka in July.
Veteran paceman Hasan Ali was not included with seam-bowling allrounder Faheem Ashraf to additionally complement spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Allrounder Salman Ali Agha can be Pakistan’s solely spin possibility with left-armer Noman Ali sitting out having been anticipated to cowl the lack of injured legspinner Abrar Ahmed. Wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed retained his place over Mohammad Rizwan.
The opener of the three-match sequence can be performed amid a rebranded ‘West Test’ with the 60,000 capability Optus Stadium internet hosting its fourth Test match.
Despite preliminary hope of attracting 30,000 followers for day one, expectations have been pared again significantly with solely 1 / 4 of the bottom set to be stuffed.
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan 1 Abdullah Shafique, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Shan Masood (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), 7 Salman Ali Agha, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Aamir Jamal, 11 Khurram Shahzad
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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