Preview

Pakistan Vs Australia: Australia started the one-day series well with a wonderful century from Travis Head. They are looking good with the bowling line-up firing as they dismissed Pakistan for 225, sealing a big win. Pakistan on the other hand seems to be struggling in both aspects with just a few occasional bright spots to look at.

Match Details

Match: Pakistan Vs Australia

Date: 31st March 2022

Time: 3:30 PM IST

Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Weather Report

The weather is clear with no chance of rain. There is a lot of heat and high temperatures though for the Pakistan Vs Australia game.

Pitch Report

The surface was quite flat for the first game with some assistance from the spinners. There is a similar nature for the second and high scores are likely again.

Pakistan vs Australia Playing XI

Pakistan Playing XI

1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Abdullah Shafique 5 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 6 Mohammad Haris, 7 Faheem Ashraf,  8 Asif Afridi, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Haris Rauf

Australia Playing XI

 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 Ben McDermott, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Travis Head, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Ben Dwarshuis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Nathan Ellis

Team News

Ashton Agar has been ruled out of the series after testing positive for Covid-19.

Key Players

Travis Head

Travis Head made an explosive century opening the batting in the first game. He looked in fine touch, and with Aaron Finch struggling to make big scores, Head seems likely to give the selectors some happy headaches.

Iman-ul-Haq

Imam-ul-Haq began where he left off in the Test series. He was striking the ball well, keeping Pakistan in the game single-handedly. He has finally grown into a strong batter after years of potential not being used and seems like he is ready to take on the bowlers and dominate the game. He needs some support from his teammates, but as a batter, he looks to be doing what is needed nicely.

Pakistan vs Australia Match Tips

Australia may have won the first game but with a depleted side and a decent Pakistan team, it may be difficult for them to seal the series just yet.

Today’s match prediction:   Pakistan will win the match.