Pakistan, Australia to play 2nd ODI today

MELBOURNE: The second One Day International of five match series between Pakistan and Australia will be played at Melbourne today.

Pakistan’s regular skipper Azhar Ali has been ruled out after suffering a hamstring injury in the first game.

All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez will lead the Green Shirts in the second one-dayer against Aussies.

Australia is leading the series by one-nil after beating Pakistan by 92 runs in the first match.

Australia:

SPD Smith*, DA Warner, PJ Cummins, JP Faulkner, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, UT Khawaja, CA Lynn, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, B Stanlake, MA Starc, MS Wade, A Zampa

Pakistan:

Azhar Ali*, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Mohammad Rizwan†, Rahat Ali, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz. – Samaa