A one-off T20I on the finish of the tour doesn’t include an enormous quantity of context, but when the final two ODIs are something to go by, the environment in Lahore ought to no less than be terrific with the sport beginning after the warmth of the day has handed.
It is a assembly of two in-form T20I sides: Australia have received ten of their final 12 matches [one after a Super Over against Sri Lanka] and Pakistan 11 of their final 12 – the one defeat being their T20 World Cup semi-final exit.
(final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)
Pakistan WWWWW
Australia LWWWW
Pakistan (attainable) 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4, Asif Ali, 5 Iftikhar Ahmed, 6 Haider Ali, 7 Khushdil Shah, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Mohammad Wasim, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Haris Rauf
Australia (attainable) 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 Travis Head, 3 Ben McDermott, 4 Josh Inglis/Alex Carey (wk), 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Cameron Inexperienced, 7 Sean Abbott, 8 Ashton Agar/Mitchell Swepson, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Jason Behrendorff
Though Australia’s batting struggled within the deciding ODI, this has the makings of a high-scoring match. The ball ought to come on properly below the lights.