Defending champions Australia are looking to get back to winning ways after suffering their first defeat of this year’s tournament against India. Pakistan were frustrated by the rain, which forced their match against Sri Lanka to be abandoned, but they beat England in their previous game.
Australia have stuck with the same 11 players for all three matches so far, meaning Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon and Jason Behrendorff are having to remain patient. Their current XI is definitely their strongest on paper, however, so it may be another unchanged team to face Pakistan.
Pakistan’s ODI form looked to have deserted them as they came into this tournament on the back of their thrashings against Australia and England. That was even more the case when they folded for just 105 on their way to an opening seven-wicket defeat against West Indies in this tournament.
They bounced back against England, however, after powering to 348/8 thanks to half-centuries from Babar Azam (63 from 66 balls), Mohammad Hafeez (84 from 62) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (55 from 44). In reply, England were rarely too far behind the asking rate but Pakistan came back well late on to restrict them to 334/9.
Australia were in dominant form when these two teams last met, as Aaron Finch’s excellent batting led them to a 5-0 series win in the UAE as both teams geared up for this tournament.
Pitch report & Weather forecast
Weather Report : Weather is forecasted to be moderate or heavy rain shower. The daytime temperature is going to reach 15 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 9 °c at night. We expect around 6.8 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 82% of the sky, the humidity will be around 81%.
Pitch Report : The pitch was excellent one for batting. But the last game is low scoring. While only two of the games were won by the chasing teams, teams may still opt to field first bearing in mind the weather conditions.
STATISTICS OF THE VENUE
- Avg 1st inn score: 263
- Highest Total: 373/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs SL
- Lowest Total: 216/10 (420.3 Ov) by IND vs SL
Record of chasing teams: Won – 2, Lost – 2
Australia 2019 World Cup Squad
Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Shaun Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins
Pakistan 2019 World Cup Squad
Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain
Best World Cup 2019 Fantasy Team for League11
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – SARFRAZ AHMED(VC)
Batsman – USMAN KHAWAJA, DAVID WARNER, BABAR AZAM, AARON FINCH, STEVEN SMITH(C)
Allrounder –M HAFEEZ
Bowler – M AMIR, WAHAB RIAZ, NC NILE, MITCHELL STARC
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – SARFRAZ AHMED(VC)
Batsman – USMAN KHAWAJA, F AZAM, BABAR AZAM, AARON FINCH(C), STEVEN SMITH
Allrounder – MARCUS STONNIS, M HAFEEZ
Bowler – M AMIR, NC NILE, MITCHELL STARC
Australia vs Pakistan 2019 World Cup Match Details
17th match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Taunton
12 June 2019, 3:00 PM IST
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Australia is favorite team to win this match.
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