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When: Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test, January 3-7, 2024, 10.30 hrs Local Time, 05:00 hrs IST
Where: SCG, Sydney
What to expect: There have been some interesting surfaces on the re-laid square in use at the SCG this summer during the Sheffield Shield. There was one where Tasmania and New South Wales found it difficult to put any runs on the board while the other one came for a lot of praise from all concerned. The pitch for the Test is yet to be used and carried a green tinge to it on the eve of the match. The fact that we haven't started with talking about the Sydney weather is a positive sign that the forecast has improved slightly but expect rain to play a role over the next five days as is the norm at the SCG.
Team News
Australia
Selection will be a hot topic in two weeks time when they reconvene to build-up to the first Test against the West Indies. But for now, Australia seem more settled than ever before, ironically with one big name set to be playing his last Test.
Playing XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan
Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled for quite a while two days out from the Test. And it's quite the story that Pakistan have decided to leave him out for the last Test, just when he seemed to be coming into his own at the MCG. Shan Masood even spelt out how impressed he was with his left-arm ace in his press conference on Tuesday (January 2), but it's a rather weak pace attack that the Aussies will go up against in Sydney. Maybe it's the number of overs he's bowled that's convinced the Pakistani selectors to give him a break.
That opens the door for Sajid Khan, who was a late inclusion to this squad, to play the specialist spinner's role alongside Agha Salman, who's done a reasonable job with the ball. Ayub's selection is of course the more exciting pick.
Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Aamer Jamal, Mir Hamza
