Pakistan wins toss and opts to bowl first in crucial 3rd ODI against Australia

Australia emerged victorious in the initial game on Monday at Melbourne, winning by a narrow margin of two wickets. However, Pakistan bounced back strongly in the second game at Adelaide on Friday, dominating Australia with a convincing nine-wicket victory to even the series at one apiece.

Captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Hazlewood have all been rested for Australia ahead of five-test series against India, starting Nov. 22 in Perth.

Batter Cooper Connolly plays just his second ODI and has been joined by Marcus Stoinis and bowlers Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson and Lance Morris for the hosts.

Fresh from being named in Australia's first test squad as a reserve batter, Josh Inglis is interim captain for Sunday's match. He will also lead the side in next week’s three T20s against Pakistan as Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are both on paternity leave.

Pakistan retained the same playing XI for the third consecutive match as it continued to field a four-pronged pace attack, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, on a fast Perth wicket.

Lineups:

Australia: Matt Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis , Cooper Connolly, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Lance Morris.

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan , Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain.

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