Dubai: After achieving a wonderful victory against Australia in second Twenty20, Pakistan cricket team will enter the Dubai cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an aim to clean sweep the series against one of the top team in the world.
The win in the third consecutive match against Kangaroos will help to boost the morale of the team ahead of the most important T20 World Cup 2012.
Pakistan has gained the momentum at the right time with all departments of the team performing well. Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Abdul Razzaq are performing well in the fast bowling department with Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez teasing Australians through their spin attack.
In batting line, presence of Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed and Hafeez have given Pakistan an opportunity to have a good start in the innings with Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal providing stability in middle order while presence of Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq at No 6 and 7 provides an opportunity to accelerate the score at the end.
Australian team has used their every weapon, from spinner Brad Hogg to pacers like Christian, Cummins and Starc, against Pakistan but they failed to topple a weak Pakistani batting line in their every attempt.
On the other hand, the Australian batting line is facing an immense challenge from Pakistani spin attack especially by Ajmal.
Players to watch:
Pakistan:
According to sources in Pakistan team, Saeed Ajmal might be rested due to shoulder sore while it was also informed that new players, who have still not played a single match in the series would be given a chance to train themselves before the World Cup.
The new bowlers likely to be inducted include Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat.
Australia: Australian pace attack including Mitchell Starc, Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson would be the three strike bowlers for the kangaroos.
Although Australia has a strong batting line but the way Pakistan spinning attack ruined their batting in both T20’s it will be interesting to see that how they tackle the spin attack.
George Bailey and Michael Hussey would be the backbone of the Australian batting line against the Pak spin attack.
Maxwell, who helped Australia to clinch the ODI series, will likely replace Christian or David Hussey in third T20.
Importance of Toss:
Toss would play an important role in the match as due factor created difficulties for bowlers to grab the bowl, thus making the stroke play easy for the batsmen.
The hot weather will also affect the teams as the kangaroos will be affected the most as they are not prepared to play in such hot conditions with almost 42 C in the night.
Time of match:
The match will start at 9:00pm Pakistan (GMT-5)
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