Toss Australia chose to bat v Pakistan
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Adam Zampa was named in the XI for the first time in the series (file photo) © Associated Press
Steven Smith won the toss and Australia will bat first as they aim to wrap up a series victory against Pakistan in the fourth ODI at the SCG. Australia enter the match with a 2-1 in the five-game campaign, meaning Pakistan must win to keep the series alive.
Australia made two changes to the side that won at the WACA. Having been rested from the Perth game, Mitchell Starc returned at the expense of Billy Stanlake, while legspinner Adam Zampa was included for the first time in the series, replacing allrounder James Faulkner.
“It’s been hard to fit him in,” Smith said of Zampa. “We’ve got a couple of spinning options in Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell there as well if we need him. It looks like quite a dry surface and a good opportunity for Zamps to come into the team.”
Pakistan made only one change, Azhar Ali passed fit after missing the previous two games with a hamstring injury. He will return to the top of the order and take back the captaincy duties from his stand-in Mohammad Hafeez, while Asad Shafiq was squeezed out of the side.
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Peter Handscomb, 5 Travis Head, 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood.
Pakistan 1 Azhar Ali (capt), 2 Sharjeel Khan, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Junaid Khan, 11 Hasan Ali.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo