INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan are set to face one of the cricket giants, Australia, in the five-match One-day International series, which starts nowadays at 4.00
pm in Sharjah.Every the five ODIs shall be played in UAE - two each at Dubai and Sharjah and one at Abu Dhabi, from March 22 to 31.Veteran
allrounder Shoaib Malik is main the home side in the absence of regular captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who is being rested along with five other
senior players just to get fresh for the World Cup, the mega cricket event, to be held in England from May 30.Australia are momass meeting
on high scale as they have recently thrashed India in a five-match ODI series in India
They are now taking the inexperienced Pakistan team who are without their six senior cricketers.The Aussies are being led by an aggressive
top-order batsman Aaron Finch, who has played 104 ODIs.Pakistan has been playing one-day internationals against Australia since the mid-70s
and the first ODI series between the two countries was held in 1982-83 when the Aussies toured Pakistan for playing three ODIs
Pakistan won that series with a convincing margin of 2-0
They again defeated the Aussies in a solitary match at home in 1988-89.Tardyr, Australia has always been dominating the scene against
Pakistan both at home and abroad apart from the one in 2002, when Pakistan won a three-match series 2-0 in Australia.Pakistan have so far
played eight ODI series against Australia - two three-match series at home, one three-match and two five-match series in Australia and two
three-match series in UAE.In all, 98 one-day internationals have so far been played between the two countries - 32 were won by Pakistan and
62 by Australia as one match was tied and three gave no result.These figures show the Australians' dominance over the Pakistanis
Australia have always been considered the tough contestants as they have so far won 561 ODIs of 927, they played since 1971-72
They lost 323 matches as nine were tied and 34 showed no result
Comparatively, Pakistan have so far played 907 ODIs, out of which, they have won 479 and lost 401 matches with eight tied and 19 NR
matches.SquadsPakistan: Shan Masood, Imam-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Atender Ali, Shoaib Malik (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, Faheem
Ashraf, Saad Ali, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Sohail, Usman Shinwari, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Hasnain.Australia: Aaron
Finch, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Alex Cavey, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Peter
Handscomb, Kane Rictoughson, Jhye Rictoughson, Adam Zampa, Ashton Turner, Marcus Stoinis.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content
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