Australia Vs Pakistan First Test Match
Dec 14, Thu – Dec 18, Mon
Perth Stadium, Perth
The match starts at Dec 14,
Debut
Aamir Jamal and Khurram Shahzad are set to make their Test debut.
Pakistan Captain Shan Masood
Pakistan Vice Captain Shaheen Afiridi
Openers
Imam ul haq & Abdullah Shafique
Imam ul haq and abdullah shafique opening batsman. Imam plays very important role in opening—Imam and Faheem Ashraf first series after his marriage.
Middle Order Batsmens
Shan Masood
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Sarfraz Ahmed
Salman Ali Agha
lower-order batsmen
Faheem Ashraf
Shaheen Afridi
Aamir Jamal
Khurram Shahzad
Shan Masood’s first assignment as the new captain of the Pakistan team. Babar Azam plays at no fourth position now he has no extra burden of captaincy and plays a game without extra pressure. Shaheen is significant in the fast bowling department let’s see how he plays. He is also captain of the Pakistan t20 team and vice-captain of the test team.
Pakistan very balanced team on paper but in Australian conditions they are struggling. Pakistan never won any series in Australia. Shan Masood’s first assignment is very difficult. Let’s see how it plays. In four four-day warm-up match his batting is a very aggressive and very important double century against Prime Minister Xi. On this Pakistan side no proper spinner. Part-time spinners Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha, and Saud Shakeel.