COLOMBO – Pakistan will face defending champions Australia in their last group match tomorrow (March 19) at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
The winner will top the points table of Group ‘A’ straightaway and will play fourth placed team in Group ‘B’, interestingly still to be decided.
Anyway, the match is of great importance for Pakistan just not to top the table but the win will definite made their confidence sky high in the knock-out round.
On the other hand; Australia will never want to lose the impact they have made up till now in the world cup being the only unbeaten team in this mega event.
The match will start on 14:00 PST (14:30 IST, 09:00 GMT) and will be officiated by Tony Hill and Marais Erasmus, Nigel Llong (third), Tyron Wijewardena (fourth), Chris Broad (referee).
Both teams will announce their final elevens just before the match from the following squads:
Australia (From): Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Shaun Tait, Michael Hussey, John Hastings, Tim Paine, Callum Ferguson
Pakistan (From): Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal(w), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi(c), Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan
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