Shake Australia chose to bowl vs. Pakistan
Australia’s quicks will be hoping to make early inroads with Mitchell Starc coming off seven wickets in a Sheffield Shield game at the MCG just a fortnight ago. Josh Hazlewood is not playing as he is currently playing in the New South Wales Shield and will join the team for the second ODI in Adelaide.
Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk will open the batting for Australia as expected, with Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh absent for the entire series on paternity leave. Josh Inglis will slot in at No. 4 as he did a couple of times in England, with Steven Smith batting at No. 3 and Marnus Labuschagne remaining at No. 5. Aaron Hardie is listed ahead of Glenn Maxwell, but the order it may be different. fluid as Australia likes to use Maxwell as a floater.
Pakistan are playing their first ODI since the 2023 World Cup. Test coach Jason Gillespie takes over as interim coach after Gary Kirsten’s resignation as Pakistan’s white-ball coach just before the tour.
Australia 1 Matthew Short, 2 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Josh Inglis (week), 5 Marnus Labuschagne, 6 Aaron Hardie, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Pat Cummins (captain), 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Adam Zampa
Pakistan 1 Saim Ayub, 2 Abdullah Shafique, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Kamran Ghulam, 6 Salman Ali Agha, 7 Irfan Khan, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Mohammad Hasnain
