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Australia and Pakistan will take place on the 26th of December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Aussies are returning after a close win in the test series against the West Indies.If Pakistan feel they have the better spinners in Danish Kaneria and Saeed Ajmal, Australia will be more than confident that their batting is by far the stronger.
Pakistan have no such injury concerns though a niggle to the fourth finger on Danish Kaneria's spinning hand is being looked at. There is talk in the camp of playing an extra spinner in place of a fast bowler. Pakistan will not readily dismantle the pace trio that served them so well in New Zealand.
the Aussies would be missing the services of Ben Hilfenhaus, who has failed to recover from his knee problem while Nathan Hauritz, who is suffering from a groin injury, is also a doubtful starter. His absence may pave way young leggie Steven Smith.
While Pakistan would be a lot more happier after Umar Gul survived an injury scare and was declared fit by the doctors, their concern would be the availability of Kaneria, as the leggie has injured his finger.
| Australia squad | |
| RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, DE Bollinger, BJ Haddin†, NM Hauritz, PJ Hughes, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, SM Katich, CJ McKay, MJ North, PM Siddle, SPD Smith, SR Watson | |
| Pakistan squad | |
| Mohammad Yousuf*, Abdur Rauf, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal†, Khurram Manzoor, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sami, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul | |
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