Will Australia bounce back after a brutal loss to the home side?
All the questions come to Australia now. Will they bounce back after such a loss? Can they bowl out Pakistan batting after Pakistan showed some brilliant work at the pitch a few days ago. But now we are here for the pre-game report.
We are here with the vice-captain Mohammad Hafeez to ask him a few questions.
D: You?re batting improved a lot from recent performances, any thoughts?
M: Well I have struggled a lot with my batting, a lot of issues are going on in Pakistan it?s really difficult for me to handle this but I still managed to bat well and bring the series to 1-0.
The Trio of Spin
D: You and Saeed Ajmal are the spin masters right now in Cricket, and you were a part timer in bowling but now you?re a regular how did this happen?
M: I practiced hard, I used to be a part timer in the Pakistan cricket squad and those years were a learning experience and I learned a lot, practiced hard to get me where I am now.
D: A lot of promises for the T20 world cup?
M: Well, we don?t know yet. Our team performances will be shown at the World Cup. We can have a lot of surprises for everyone.
Here's the toss. Clarke calls tails and it lands tails. Clarke has won the toss and he chooses to bowl. Pakistan will be batting, while Australia will be fielding first. Let's have a look at the line-ups for each side.
Pakistan : M Hafeez, N Jamshed, A Ali, A Shafiq, M Ul-Haq*, U Akmal, K Akmal?, S Afridi, J Khan, A Ali, S Ajmal
Australia: D Warner, M Wade?, M Clarke*, D Hussey, M Hussey, G Bailey, G Maxwell, D Christian, M Johnson, J Pattinson, M Starc
Pakistan have made a few changes in the squad, having Junaid Khan play and give Anwar Ali a chance to play.