Pakistan will face Australia in the only T20 Today

Start Time: 20:00 Local, 16:00 GMT, 21:00 PKT

Pakistan Team (possible)
1 Ahmed Shahzad 
2 Awais Zia
3 Umar Amin
4 Umar Akmal (wk)
5 Shahid Afridi
6 Sohaib Maqsood
7 Bilawal Bhatti
8 Raza Hasan
9 Sohail Tanvir
10 Wahab Riaz
11 Mohammad Irfan

Australia Team (possible)
1 Aaron Finch (capt)
2 David Warner
3 Phillip Hughes
4 Glenn Maxwell
5 Steven Smith
6 Brad Haddin (wk)
7 James Faulkner
8 Sean Abbott
9 Mitchell Starc
10 Kane Richardson 
11 Cameron Boyce

A one-off Twenty20 match might have some relevance in the lead-up to the World T20, but with the next world tournament not scheduled until 2016, this is a game with little riding on it. Still, with a one-day series to follow and then Tests between the two countries, it is a chance for either Pakistan or Australia to begin their tour on a positive note. And both teams will be led by new captains, providing a chance for a regeneration of sorts after neither side made it past the group stage of the World T20 in Bangladesh earlier this year.

The resignation of Mohammad Hafeez has allowed Shahid Afridi to regain charge of Pakistan, having last led their T20 side in 2011, while Aaron Finch is taking over from George Bailey as captain of Australia. There have also been plenty of changes for both teams from the World T20 squads, and most notably Pakistan will sorely miss offspinner Saeed Ajmal, who is the leading wicket taker in T20 international history but has been banned from bowling due to an illegal action. In 11 T20s against Australia, Ajmal has taken 19 wickets at 14.26.

Australia's squad has been compromised by the priority given to the Champions League T20 final, with Pat Cummins still in India instead of having the chance to play his first international for two years. There could be as many as five debutants in Australia's outfit as they search not only for a team that can take them through to the next World T20, but more immediately and practically, for 11 fit players.

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