Toss Australia chose to bat v Pakistan
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Hilton Cartwright is in for his Test debut at the SCG © Cricket Australia/Getty Images
Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan in the New Year’s Test match at the SCG.
The hosts included the allrounder Hilton Cartwright for his debut and also recalled the left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe as support for Nathan Lyon.
Pakistan also made two changes, including the debut of the aggressive opener Sharjeel Khan in place of Sami Aslam. Imran Khan was also included at the expense of Sohail Khan.
The Sydney pitch is dry, and can be expected to take spin from fairly early on in the game.
Australia 1 Matt Renshaw, 2 David Warner, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Peter Handscomb, 6 Hilton Cartwright, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Steve O’Keefe, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Nathan Lyon
Pakistan (probable) 1 Sharjeel Khan, 2 Azhar Ali, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Yasir Shah, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Imran Khan
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo