Pakistan vs Australia: Aussies to play with four new players in the first Test
With T20 captain Aaron Finch, Travis Head was already ready for debut, now Queensland's Michael Neser and Marnus Labuschagne have joined the list
Australian cricket team, trying to come back on track after the ball tempering controversy, is preparing to get on the field with four new players in the first Test against Pakistan starting on Sunday. With T20 captain Aaron Finch, Travis Head was already ready for debut, now Queensland's Michael Neser and Marnus Labuschagne have joined the list.
After the series played in South Africa in the beginning of the year, Australia's team is going to the Test playing field for the first time. Four years ago, the team had to face defeat by Pakistan.
Neser will be the second fast bowler in place of Peter Shield, while Labuschagne will be replaced by injured Matt Rancho. After Rancho getting dropped, there may be changes in Australia's batting order. While Aaron Finch will start the innings together with Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh will be batting on number three. Mitchell Marsh will move to fourth place, and then there will be a turn for Labuschagne at fifth position. Travis Head will come for batting at number six, after which Captain Tim Penn will bat. Mitchell Starc will go for batting at No. 8.
However, this time Australia's team is going on the field after a lot of practice, in this case, the team would like to repeat the four-day match win against Pakistan A, where the batsmen also played a great game against the spinners.