Australia vs Pakistan

Pakistan tour of Australia

Jan 15, 2017 – 2nd ODI at Melbourne (day/night)
Match scheduled to begin at (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PST | 08:50 IST | 09:20 BST)
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Who will win Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI match?

Pak vs Aus 2nd ODI Today Match Prediction Jan 15th, 2017. Who will win Pak vs Aus 2nd ODI Match which will be the exciting match of this series? Get today match live Score ball by ball from this amazing platfrom. This is a 5 ODI match series which Pakistan will play with Australia and this series is hosted by Australian Cricket Board.

Toss

The team that wins the toss is recommended to bat first, as the ground will support the batsmen more than the bowlers, which will make the chase a little difficult for the opponent team.

Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, PJ Cummins, JP Faulkner, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, UT Khawaja, CA Lynn, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, B Stanlake, MA Starc, MS Wade, A Zampa

Pakistan Squad
Azhar Ali*, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Mohammad Rizwan, Rahat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz

Australia

Team News

Josh Hazlewood is being rested for the first ODI. George Bailey and Aaron Finch have been dropped from the squad, while uncapped players Chris Lynn and Billy Stanlake have been included.

Key Players

Captain Steve Smith has been leading the batting side in a brilliant form and was the top scorer in the test series. Scoring big runs should not be a problem at all for Australia, with in-form batsmen like David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, and Usman Khawaja. Billy Stanlake is expected to grab a few wickets in his first match. Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins bowled well in the test series and the Big Bash League respectively, and are likely to continue their form.

Recent Form

Australia have been playing very tightly as a team, with both batting and bowling departments giving in equal efforts to defeat the hosts. They’ve already won the 3-match test series that preceded the ODI series and are pumped up to keep winning.

Australia Predicted XI

Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Chris Lynn, Billy Stanlake, Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh

Pakistan

Team News

Irfan Khan will not be playing the ODI, and Mohammad Hafeez has been included in the 16-man squad.

Key Players

Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, and Asad Shafiq scored decently in a weak batting side of Pakistan, in the test series. The batsmen will have to work really hard to match up to the Australian scorers to stay alive in this series. The bowlers too will have to bring their A game in order to give a tough competition to the Australian team and win a few games. Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, and Hasan Ali will be expected to take the major wickets against Australia to limit their score.

Recent Form

Pakistan clearly did not play up to the mark in the test series against Australia, where they lost all 3 games. The team will need to recover from the test results and raise their game for the ODIs.

Pakistan Predicted XI

Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz, Azhar Ali (c), Rahat Ali, Hasan Ali

Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI Head to Head

Australia and Pakistan played 3 test matches on this tour of Pakistan and Australia won all 3. Apart from that, both teams have played 19 ODIs against each other in the last 8 years, and Australia won 15 of them.

Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI Prediction

Australia have been the better team on this tour of Pakistan, and have proved it in the previous test series in which they made a clean sweep against the tourists. They’ve been utilising their players correctly and are likely to do well in this ODI as well. Pakistan, on the other hand, are not in their best form on this tour, and need to buck up to win the ODI series and give a tough time to the hosts.

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Our Prediction

Australia

Will Win the Match

Australia

Will Win the Toss