ICC World Cup: Australia vs Pakistan, preview, head to head & playing XI

Australia and Pakistan will play against each other in the 17th match of ICC World Cup tournament at County Ground, Taunton on Wednesday. Australia has lost one match out of 3 played so far while Pakistan has won one game lost the other and their last match against Sri Lanka was washed off.

After the victory over England, Pakistan team looks well equipped with all-around batting and bowling skills. Pakistan team batted brilliantly from top to bottom and they posted a good total of 348 runs against England. The bowling line of Pakistan is also powerful as one of the best batting line of England was seen struggling to score.

Australia was on a victory chariot until it faced India in the last match. After losing to India, Australia will be more alert and will look to win against Pakistan. Adding to their woes, all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the  match against Pakistan and Mitchell Marsh has been added as a backup.

Key Players

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz

Australia: David Warner, Nathan Coulter-Nile

Australia vs Pakistan World Cup  head to head

Matches: 9

Australia Won: 5

Pakistan Won: 4

 Playing XI

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk/c), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir

Australia : Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

Match details

Date and Day: June 12, 2019, Wednesday.

Place: County Ground Taunton

Time: 3:00 pm IST, 10:30 am local time

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