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The Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham is ready to host the third and final One-Day International (ODI) of the ongoing three-match series between England and Pakistan on Tuesday (July 13).
The home team is ahead in the series with 2-0 after crushing the visitors in the first ODI by nine wickets, followed by a 52-run triumph in the second match. The Ben Stokes-led side will l🐭ook to win another game to complete the clean sweep against Paki🔥stan.
On the other hand, Babar Azam & Co. will look to ꧂register a consolatio༒n victory after losing the ODI series badly.
Pitch report:
The track at Edgba🦹ston offers good support to fast bowlers. The side movement f🥀rom the pitch puzzles the batsmen. 230 is the average score in 63 ODIs played at this venue.
Playing Combination:
England
Despite the absence of star players, England have already sealed the series, and they will now hope to whitewash the tourists. In order to record a clean sweep, it’s highly unlikely that Stokes would alter the winning combination.
Possible XI: Ben Stokes (c), Philip Salt, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley, James Vince, John Simpson (wk), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Brydᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon Carse, Saqib Mahmood, ♕Matthew Parkinson.
Pakistan
In both the matches that Pakistan lost, their batting has been the major disappointment. Despite the consistent failures, the top-order is likely to remain unchanged. In order to deal with the middle-order problem, Pakistan have an option like Sarfaraz Ahmed, and he could replace Sohaib Maqsood in the playing XI.
PAK XI: Babar Azam (c), Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Riz🌸wan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sohaib Maqsood/Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Match prediction:
Case 1:
- England win the toss and bowl first
- Powerplay score: 40-50
- Pakistan total: 200-220
Case 2:
- Pakistan win the toss and bowl first
- Powerplay score: 50-60
- England total: 240-260
England to win the contest.