PAK vs AUS: Possible Australia Playing 11 for 1st Test

AUS Playing 11: The Australia team will face off against Pakistan in the first fixture of 3 Test series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium starting March 4. The Australia team last toured to Pakistan in 1998 and won the series 1-0. While the Australian team won the last series as well in 2019.

Australia are coming into this series after securing a confidence boosting victory by 4-1 against England in Ashes 2021/22 and will look to continue the same form. The bowlers as well as batsmen have been in sublime form for the Australian team in the last 6 months across all formats. The key players for the team will be Marnus Labuschange and Pat Cummins.

Team News

Ashton Agar, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, and Mitchell Swepson are the standby players of the squad.
With Hazlewood, Starc, and Cummins available, Scott Boland might have to sit out in the 1st Test.
Team likely to play with one specialist spinner Nathan Lyon, with the support of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith.

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AUS Playing 11 (likely)

1. David Warner
2. Usman Khawaja
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Steven Smith
5. Travis Head
6. Cameron Green
7. Alex Carey (wk)
8. Pat Cummins (c)
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Josh Hazlewood

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Australia Squad

Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

Pakistan vs Australia Dream11 captain, vice captain picks from AUS

1. Marnus Labuschagne Stats in Tests

The most consistent batsman of the Australian team will be the captain pick for this game. In the Ashes 2021/22, he was the second highest run scorer with 335 runs in 5 matches. In 4 Tests against Pakistan, he has mustered 428 runs at an average of 71.33.

	Matches	Runs	Average
Tests	23	2220	56.92
Against Pakistan	4	428	71.33

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2. Pat Cummins Stats in Tests

The captain of the Australia team was the leading wicket taker in the recently concluded Ashes 2021/22. He picked up 21 wickets in 4 matches and can be handy with the bat as well.