Pakistan bat first in Warner’s farewell Test

Pakistan received the toss and opted to bat towards Australia

Retiring Australia opener David Warner will likely be made to attend after Pakistan captain Shan Masood received the toss and elected to bat within the third Test on the SCG.

Masood had no hesitation to bat in sunny circumstances, with flip anticipated on the dry floor later within the match.

Pakistan made two modifications after struggling a painful 79-run defeat within the Boxing Day Test to lose the collection. Their hopes of a comfort victory have been made tougher with out spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has been rested after a heavy workload by way of the opening two Tests.

Specialist spinner Sajid Khan comes into the staff with legspinner Abrar Ahmed remaining unavailable because of a leg damage. Having struggled towards Australia’s tempo assault, opener Imam-ul-Haq was dropped and changed by debutant Saim Ayub, who will bat on the prime of the order.

Pakistan have misplaced 16 straight Test matches in Australia, however their final victory within the nation was on the SCG in 1995.

A full-strength Australia are once more unchanged that means they’ll area the identical XI for your entire collection. All eyes will likely be on Warner, who will likely be enjoying his 112th and ultimate Test match. There has been drama for Warner forward of his farewell together with his dishevelled inexperienced cap going lacking in transit.

The conventional New Year’s Test in Sydney has been severely impacted by dangerous climate in recent times, however the forecast appears principally clear by way of the match aside from within the afternoon on day two.

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 Saim Ayub, 3 Shan Masood (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 7 Agha Salman, 8 Hasan Ali, 9 Aamer Jamal, 10 Sajid Khan 11 Mir Hamza