Australia to Play Hard For A Clean Sweep
The 3rd test match between Australia and Pakistan will be played on January 3, 2017. The match will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the live action will begin at 10:30 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction of the Australia vs Pakistan test match starting January 3, 2017.
Toss
The ground will be good for the bowlers, so the team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first and try to contain the batting side of the opponent team, which may make the chase a little easier.
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Hilton Cartwright and Stephen O’Keefe are replacing Nic Maddinson and Jackson Bird for the third test match. This will be Cartwright’s international debut.
Key Players
Captain Steven Smith has been the most successful batsmen for Australia in this series. He has been scoring big runs and is in an excellent form. Apart from him, other batsmen in the Australian side have also been performing well and pitching in to put up big scores against Pakistan. Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, and David Warner have batted very well in the first two test matches. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have been the top bowlers in this series and have taken the most wickets. The bowling side is performing as good as the batting side and is making the team strong overall. Nathan Lyon has also been bowling well and will be expected to take more wickets.
Recent Form
Australia is in a very good form in this series, and have already won the test series by winning 2 out of the 3 matches. They can win the 3rd one easily as well, and will be leaving no stone unturned for a clean sweep against Pakistan.
Australia Predicted XI
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David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade (wk), Hilton Cartwright, Mitchell Starc, Steve O’Keefe, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No major changes are expected in the Pakistan cricket team for the last match of the test series against Australia.
Key Players
Pakistan have clearly not batted as well as Australia in this series, except a few good hits that led them to give a competition. Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, and Asad Shafiq have scored well for the team, with other batsmen pitching in for a few runs. The batting side lacks consistency and none of the batsmen have made a mark in this series. The bowling side has not performed at par with the Australian bowlers, but have bowled on a decent level to try to stay in the game. Mohammad Shah, Wahab Riaz, and Yasir Shah have taken the most wickets against Australia, but that was not enough to win them a match against Australia.
Recent Form
Pakistan have not played up to the mark for them to win even a single match, and they will be trying very hard to not go down empty handed. They’ve lost the last 5 test matches they’ve played and really need to buck up and come back in form.
Pakistan Predicted XI
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Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan.
Australia vs Pakistan Head to Head
Australia have played 2 matches in this series against Pakistan and have won both. Both teams have played 8 test matches against each other since 2010, and Australia won 5 out of them.
Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test Betting Odds
Australia have been playing very well in this series and are the favourites to bag this match, their odds being 1.40 with 1xbet and bet365. Pakistan have been struggling against a well built Australian team and it will take a lot of effort for them to win, their odds being 6.5 with betfair and 7.00 with bet365. Pakistan have won against Australia many times in the past, and in their current form, they can at least try to bring it to a draw to keep a little dignity. The odds of a draw are 4.50 with betfair and 5.00 with bet365.
Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test Prediction
Australia have been playing very well currently, with both batsmen and bowlers giving in tight efforts to defeat Pakistan and bag this series. Pakistan, on the other hand, are struggling to win and perform well. There have been a few hits and misses by the Pakistani team, but nothing major that made an impact or threatened Australia. Australia have a strong team overall and are performing a lot better than pakistan, and we predict them to win the match.
Jan 03, 2017
05:00 IST / 0:30 GMT
Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney, Australia
AUS vs PAK Test Series 
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