Unchanged Australia to Bat; Afridi Out

Abu Dhabi: Australia have won the toss and they will bat first at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Tuesday in 2nd ODI against Pakistan.

Australia are unchanged. Abdur Rehman replaces the injured Shahid Afridi and Junaid Khan replaces Aizaz Cheema.

Pakistan have not won a bilateral series against Australia since 2002.

Clarke said "The wicket looks fantastic and we will look to post a good score. The wicket will be a bit slow, we are confident that we can defend a score over here. No changes in our team. We have worked out a bit of Ajmal through videos but we need to play him well."

Misbah said "Nobody is really sure thanks to the dew. Unfortunately, Afidi is out with a back injury, Rehman replaces him. Junaid will play instead of Cheema. We are looking forward for the pacers to start well, our spinners have usually done well for us over the last couple of years."

Teams:

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan.

Australia: David Warner, Matthew Wade (wk), Michael Clarke (captain), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc.

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