The international summer of cricket gets underway from 2.30pm AEDT on Monday with Australia and Pakistan facing off at the MCG in the first ODI of the three-match series.
It is the first time the two sides have met in the format since last year’s World Cup and both teams are fresh off defeating England, albeit in different formats.
Australian captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
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Pakistan quelled Bazball to give new red ball coach Jason Gillespie his first Test series victory as an international coach, but have not played an ODI in almost a year.
Australia’s last outing was when they won the decider of their five-match ODI series against England in Bristol in September.
With Travis Head and Mitch Marsh on paternity leave, Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk have been given the licence to thrill at the top of the order as they try to cement themselves in the team ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
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Australia’s XI: Matt Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
Pakistan’s XI: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (c/wk), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain
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