Australia To Bat, Maxwell Debuts

Sharjah: Dashing allrounder Glenn Maxwell was given a debut as Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the first-ever one-day against Afghanistan at Sharjah Stadium on Saturday.

The 23-year-old becomes Australia's 196 capped player in all one-day internationals, having impressed in Australian domestic cricket with his hard hitting batting.

Afghanistan, an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2001, is playing their second one-day against a full ICC member after having played their first against Pakistan in February this year.

Teams:

Australia: Michael Clarke (capt), David Warner, George Bailey, Xavier Doherty, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc.

Afghanistan: Nawroz Mangal (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shehzad, Karim Sadiq, Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shinwarai, Javed Ahmedi, Najeebullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Dowlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran.

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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