Tim Paine-led Australia, which defeated Pakistan in the first Test by an innings and five runs is gearing-up for the Day-Night game to be played at the Adelaide Oval. As expected, Australia will go with♌ an unchanged XI for the second and final Test.
JUST IN: Australia will take an unchanged XI in the second Test against Pak💮istan in Adelaide, which begins tomorrow.꧒
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Skipper Paine on Thursday reacted to the squad and in his statement said that James Pattinson and Cameron Bancroft would leave the side to play Sheffield Shield – a domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.
Captain Tim Paine says Cameron Bancro🃏ft and James Pattinson will leave the squad to play .
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Earlie🙈r, in the first Test, Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner scored centuries to help their side post a dominating total. Then, Mitchell Starc shattered the Pakistani batting unit along with Pat Cummins🦄.
On Tuesday, Australia’s coach Justin Langer also hinted that there should be an unchanged squad for the upcoming Test.
“We haven’t had a good look at the wicket yet, but my gut feeling is we’ll probably go with the same XI,” said Langer.
Here’s the playing XI of Australia for the Day-Night Test:
David Warner, Joe Burns, 🌠Marnus Labuschagne, St♏eve Smith, Matthew Wade, Travis Head, Tim Paine (c, wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
