LAHORE: Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final One-Day International of the three-match series against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Thursday.
The match has turned into a series decider, with the teams level at 1-1. Pakistan secured a five-wicket victory in the opening ODI, while Australia bounced back with a 41-run win in the second match to square the series.
The winner of Thursday’s encounter will clinch the three-match ODI series.
Squads
Pakistan: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir (wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Shadab Khan, Shamyl Hussain and Sufyan Moqim.
Australia: Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (c/wk), Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Tanveer Sangha, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Billy Stanlake, Cooper Connolly and Adam Zampa.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
