Pakistan wins toss and chose to bowl in the second Test against Australia on Tuesday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Shan Masood is the captain of Pakistan. The home team beat the visiting team by 360 runs in Perth and is looking to win the three-Test series. They have kept the same team for the game. Pakistan picked Mohammad Nawaz over Sarfaraz Ahmed to keep the wickets. Fast bowlers Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali also play after not being picked for the first Test.
Pakistan wins toss, bowls 2nd Test against Australia
They fill in for both Khurram Shahzad, who was hurt, and Faheem Ashraf, who was fired. It means that the experienced Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead an all-speed attack, and the impressive rookie Aamer Jamal will also be in charge. There will be no room for a specialist spinner. For the past few years, the bowling side has done well on the MCG pitch, and there has been some bad weather, Masood said when asked why he chose to field.
After it rained a lot on Christmas Day, the weather was clear on Tuesday, though it’s supposed to rain again in the afternoon. Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia, said that he would have bowled too. “After Perth, we all pulled up really well.” “We’re lucky that everything is going well for everyone,” he said to explain why the team didn’t change anything. Pakistan hasn’t done well in Australia. They’ve lost 15 straight Tests there, and their last win was in 1995.
Teams
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (capt), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza, Aamer Jamal
- Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG), Joel Wilson (WIS)
- TV umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)
- Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
