Pakistan bat, Hazlewood replaces Cummins

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Pakistan bat, Hazlewood replaces Cummins

Toss Pakistan chose to bat v Australia
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Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and Pakistan will bat first in their quarter-final against Australia at Adelaide Oval. It will be just the second time in this World Cup that Australia have had to chase a total; the first was when they sent Scotland in last weekend due to the threatening weather in Hobart. Pakistan have batted first three times in this campaign for three wins.

Australia made one change, opting for the extra bounce of Josh Hazlewood ahead of Pat Cummins on a surface that they expect will offer something for the fast men. Pakistan made no changes, which meant that Ehsan Adil retained his place after playing in their last match against Ireland, with Mohammad Irfan missing due to injury.

"They've left a little bit of grass on it," Australia's captain Michael Clarke said of the pitch. "I think we'll see good pace and carry and hopefully some seam."

Misbah concurred, but noted that the surface looked "a little bit different" from the two Adelaide wickets Pakistan had already played on in this World Cup.

Australia 1 Aaron Finch, 2 David Warner, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Shane Watson, 7 James Faulkner, 8 Brad Haddin (wk), 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Josh Hazlewood.

Pakistan 1 Ahmed Shehzad, 2 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Sohaib Maqsood, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Sohail Khan, 10 Rahat Ali, 11 Ehsan Adil.

Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @brydoncoverdale



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