Pakistan are in danger of losing the series already – but at the very least they need a positive performance.
With the World Cup in England a mere two months away, consecutive defeats to an Aaron Finch-inspired Australia – both by eight wickets – have proven dispiriting at the very least, even without the services of captain Sarfraz Ahmed.
Australia have made two changes for the third game of the five-match series, with Nathan Coulter-Nile and the injured Jhye Richardson replaced by Jason Behrendorff and Pat Cummins.
Paksitan have also made two changes to their pace battery – Junaid Khan and Usman Shinwari in for Mohammad Abbas and Faheem Ashraf.
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