Match time, teams, head-to-head: Pakistan vs Australia – T20 cricket series

Who: Australia vs Pakistan
What: Three-match T20 world series
When: November 14, 16 and 18
Where: Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart
How to follow: Al Jazeera’s unrecorded matter and photograph sum for each crippled originates astatine 05:00 GMT.

Pakistan arrived successful Australia for their limited-overs circuit connected nan backmost of a tumultuous play off-the-field, which saw nan departure of Gary Kirsten arsenic nan team’s white-ball coach and nan alteration of nan team’s leadership.

The highly-rated South African coach resigned aft a bid of behind-the-scenes changes and a powerfulness struggle pinch nan Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Jason Gillespie, Pakistan’s Test squad coach, took complaint of nan squad for nan circuit of Australia and Mohammad Rizwan was appointed nan country’s white-ball skipper pursuing Babar Azam’s resignation.

Despite off-field ruckus and a historically mediocre grounds successful Australia, Pakistan managed to stun nan world champions successful nan one-day world bid and won it 2-1, acknowledgment to their accelerated bowlers’ superb performance.

It was Pakistan’s first ODI bid triumph down nether since 2002.

The crushing bid triumph has fixed nan visitors a changeable successful nan limb up of nan three-match T20 world series, which originates connected Thursday.

Star batter Babar seems to person recovered his mislaid shape and looked successful ultimate touch arsenic he deed Pakistan’s winning runs successful nan 3rd ODI, while skipper Rizwan’s on-field strategies person been near-perfect frankincense far.

Haris Rauf led Pakistan’s four-man fast-bowling onslaught pinch 10 wickets successful 3 games arsenic Pakistan dominated a weakened Australian broadside that has 1 oculus connected nan upcoming Test bid against India.

Regardless of Australia’s squad composition, Pakistan’s speedy turnaround has been arsenic stunning – fixed nan caller events – arsenic it was unsurprising for its loyal cricket fans.

Nevertheless, nan visitors are still tin of transforming from world beaters successful 1 format to an abysmal outfit successful nan different and Australia will look to pounce connected immoderate opportunity that comes their way.

The hosts, who grounded to suffice for nan semifinals of nan T20 World Cup successful June, are undergoing a T20 modulation of their ain and will beryllium led by interim skipper Josh Inglis.

Australia will beryllium without their prima bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood – each of whom person been rested up of nan Test series.

Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam (right) will beryllium cardinal for Pakistan’s batting during nan T20 bid against Australia [File: Trevor Collens/AP]

What’s nan afloat lucifer schedule of nan Australia vs Pakistan T20 series?

• Match 1: Thursday, November 14, 6pm (08:00 GMT) astatine nan Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
• Match 2: Saturday, November 16, 7pm (08:00 GMT) astatine nan Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
• Match 3: Monday, November 18, 7pm (08:00 GMT) astatine nan Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Pakistan vs Australia: T20 head-to-head record

The visitors clasp a flimsy advantage successful their 25 encounters pinch nan 2021 T20 world champions, having won 13 games – including a one-over eliminator successful 2012.

Australia, though, person caller results successful their favour having won 4 of their 5 games – including nan 2021 T20 World Cup semifinal successful Dubai.

One match, successful a bilateral bid successful 2019, was abandoned owed to a washout.

Form guide: Australia

Despite failing to suffice for nan semifinals of nan ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Australia managed to bounce backmost and triumph each 3 of their T20 games connected their circuit of Scotland.

A fewer days later, Australia drew their bilateral T20 bid against England arsenic each broadside won a crippled apiece.

Last 5 results: NR L W W W

Form guide: Pakistan

Although Pakistan won their past 2 group-stage games astatine nan T20 World Cup, nan men successful greenish had an abysmal run wherever they were handed a daze nonaccomplishment by debutant hosts USA and nan 2009 champions grounded to participate nan semifinals for nan first clip since 2016.

Pakistan person not played a T20 world since nan World Cup successful nan US and nan West Indies but their ODI bid triumph gives nan visitors a much-needed boost of assurance up of nan T20s.

Last 5 results: L L L W W

Team news: Australia

Australia person rested respective cardinal members of their Test squad, giving a tally to immoderate T20 performers, including Spencer Johnson, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett and Jake Fraser-McGurk.

All-rounder Cooper Connolly, who fractured his manus while batting against Pakistan successful nan 3rd ODI, will miss nan T20 bid and has been replaced by Josh Philippe.

Squad: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Philippe, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Team news: Pakistan

Pakistan’s rocky 5 months since their ignominious T20 World Cup exit person resulted successful a number of changes successful activity and unit successful each squads.

Their T20 squad has immoderate lesser-known and uncapped players, including Arafat Minhas, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Omair bin Yousuf and Sufyan Moqim.

Squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain, wicketkeeper), Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan.