Australia vs Pakistan - 2nd T20I of the 3-Match T20I Series in the Pakistan Tour of Australia 2024, at Sydney Cricket Ground
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sydney Cricket Ground
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 79
Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 135
Highest total - 213/4 (Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars - 5th December'2021)
Times won Batting First - 41
Times won Batting Second - 36
Times No Result - 2
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
AUS - 12 - 7w/4l/1nr
PAK - 3 - 2w/0l/1nr
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
AUS
Glenn Maxwell - 9th highest run scorer (394), Avg (26.27) - 16M/16I
Sean Abbott - 14th highest run scorer (288), Avg (16.94) - 49M/26I
Marcus Stoinis - 21st highest run scorer (185), Avg (23.13) - 11M/10I
Josh Inglis - 47th highest run scorer (126), Avg (25.20) - 6M/5I
Matthew Short - 69th highest run scorer (83), Avg (20.75) - 5M/5I
Sean Abbott - Highest wicket taker (82), SR (12.3) - 49M/49I
Adam Zampa - 8th highest wicket taker (17), SR (19.4) - 15M/15I
Glenn Maxwell - 17th highest wicket taker (10), SR (16.8) - 16M/11I
Spencer Johnson - 28th highest wicket taker (7), SR (6.9) - 2M/2I
PAK
Babar Azam - 53rd highest run scorer (118), Avg (59) - 3M/3I
Mohammad Rizwan - 64th highest run scorer (92), Avg (30.67) - 3M/3I
Shaheen Afridi - 38th highest wicket taker (5), SR (8.4) - 2M/2I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers - 24th January'2024
166/8 vs 112/10 (BH won by 54 runs)
Pacers - 5w+8w=13w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
2) Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder - 12th January'2024
151/7 vs 132/10 (SS won by 19 runs)
Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w
2) Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars - 26th December'2023
154/8 vs 155/6 (MS won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
4) Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers - 22nd December'2023
155/7 vs 154/6 (SS won by 1 run)
Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
5) Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades - 8th December'2023
175/6 vs 167/7 (SS won by 8 runs)
Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
6) Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat - 2nd February'2023
116/9 vs 117/6 (BH won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 4w+3w=7w
7) Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder - 21st January'2023
187/2 vs 62/10 (SS won by 125 runs)
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 0w+5w=5w
8) Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers - 15th January'2023
151/5 vs 145/7 (SS won by 6 runs)
Pacers - 1w+7w=8w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
9) Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades - 28th December'2022
149/8 vs 115/10 (SS won by 34 runs)
Pacers - 4w+9w=13w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
10) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 26th December'2022
150/5 vs 151/3 (SS won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 37w
2nd Innings - 53w
Spinners
1st Innings - 21w
2nd Innings - 19w
Overall
90w:40w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Australia (AUS)
1. Matthew Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4)*&0w, 1(3), 16(8)&0w, 6(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 55(48)&2w
2. Jake Fraser-McGurk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 48(24)
3. Josh Inglis (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16), 23(18), 48(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(20), 11(13)
4. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(15)*&0w, 16(7)*, 30(17)&0w, 19(18)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 0w, 10(8), 62(37), 10(4), 7(14)&0w, 6(6)&1w
5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(18)&3w, 3(5)&0w, 84(47), 13(16)&1w, 22(13)&0w, 54(36)&1w, 7(5), 15(12)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(36)&1w, 40(24)*, 8(11)&1w, 12(13)&0w, 5(4)&2w, 4(9)&1w, 28(20), 12(8)
6. Tim David
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8), 8(9)
7. Aaron Hardie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(13)&0w
8. Xavier Bartlett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
9. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 23(13)&3w, 3w, 22(16)&0w, 7(10)&1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 6(1)*&0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 7(4)&1w, 1w, 2w, 8(6)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 22(11)*&2w, 2w, 0w, 19(10)*&3w, 37(43)*&4w, 41(20)&3w, 1w, 16(11)&4w
10. Spencer Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w
11. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w
12. Nathan Ellis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w
Pakistan (PAK)
1. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(33), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(43)
2. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(38)*, 6(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(42)
3. Sahibzada Farhan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Haseebullah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Arafat Minhas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Omair Yousuf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Jahandad Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
13. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 3w
14. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
15. Sufiyan Muqeem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
26 - 14w/11l/1nr (In favor of PAK)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 5w/0l (In favor of AUS)
(iii) On This Venue
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(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams have met each other - T20s
(Before this series)
AUS
Glenn Maxwell - 10th highest run scorer (236), Avg (19.66) - 13M/12I
Marcus Stoinis - 22nd highest run scorer (91), Avg (30.33) - 5M/4I
Glenn Maxwell - 14th highest wicket taker (7), SR (19.7) - 13M/10I
Adam Zampa - 20th highest wicket taker (6), SR (31) - 8M/8I
PAK
Babar Azam - 2nd highest run scorer (383), Avg (63.83) - 8M/8I
Mohammad Rizwan - 14th highest run scorer (135), Avg (27) - 5M/5I
Shaheen Afridi - 6th highest wicket taker (11), SR (12.5) - 6M/6I
(v) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Australia vs Pakistan - 14th November'2024
93/4 vs 64/9 (AUS won by 29 runs - Match reduced to 7 overs)
Glenn Maxwell - 43(19)
Marcus Stoinis - 21(7)*
Xavier Bartlett - 3w
Nathan Ellis - 3w
Adam Zampa - 2w
Spencer Johnson - 1w
Abbas Afridi - 20(10)* & 2w
Naseem Shah - 1w
Haris Rauf - 1w
2) Pakistan vs Australia - 5th April'2022
162/8 vs 163/7 (AUS won by 3 wkts)
Babar Azam - 66(46)
Mohammad Rizwan - 23(19)
Shaheen Afridi - 2w
Haris Rauf - 1w
Josh Inglis - 24(15)
Marcus Stoinis - 23(9)
Nathan Ellis - 4w
Adam Zampa - 1w
Sean Abbott - 1w
3) Pakistan vs Australia - 11th November'2021
176/4 vs 177/5 (AUS won by 5 wkts)
Mohammad Rizwan - 67(52)
Babar Azam - 39(34)
Shaheen Afridi - 1w
Marcus Stoinis - 40(31)*
Adam Zampa - 1w
4) Pakistan vs Australia - 8th November'2019
106/8 vs 109/0 (AUS won by 10 wkts)
Sean Abbott - 2w
5) Pakistan vs Australia - 5th November'2019
150/6 vs 151/3 (AUS won by 7 wkts)
Babar Azam - 50(38)
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Australia (AUS)
1. Matthew Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Josh Inglis (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(15)
3. Jake Fraser-McGurk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(10)&0w, 21(7)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 16(15)&1w, 40(31)*, 23(9)
5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7)&0w, 27(20)&1w, 30(18)&0w, 5(5)&2w, 43(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5)&0w, 74(33), 17(10)&3w, 0w, 10(8)&1w, 2(7), 52(37)&0w, 4(8), 7(10)&0w
6. Aaron Hardie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Tim David
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w
9. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(7)&1w, 0w, 9(10)&1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
10. Spencer Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Xavier Bartlett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Nathan Ellis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
Pakistan (PAK)
1. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(33), 14(16), 0(1), 67(52), 23(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)
2. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(55)*, 45(44), 50(40), 59(38)*, 50(38), 6(7), 39(34), 66(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(2)
3. Sahibzada Farhan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(38)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(4)
4. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5)
5. Haseebullah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(8)
6. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)
7. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(10)*&2w
8. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(2)
9. Arafat Minhas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Omair Yousuf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Jahandad Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 11(6)&0w
13. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
14. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
15. Sufiyan Muqeem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) AUSTRALIA (AUS) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Matthew Short - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7, 22, 19, 1r 0w, 80, 58r 0w, 14r 0w, 29r 0w, 1w, 28r 5w
2) Jake Fraser-McGurk - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 9, 7, 13, 16, 2, 50, 0, 16, 0, 3
3) Josh Inglis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0*, 7, 18, 49, 1, 101, 26*, 21, 122, 48, 28*
4) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 21*, 8r 0w, 2r 0w, 10r 1w, 1w, 20r 4w, 8r 0w, 1r 1w, 39r 1w
5) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 43, 0, 16, 0r 0w, 21r 0w, 2w, 2r 1w, 30r 0w, 7r 2w, 40r 1w
6) Tim David - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 10, 0r 0w, 7r 0w, 14, 9, 24, 31*, 1, 0
7) Aaron Hardie - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 14r 0w, 10r 0w, 7, 12r 0w, 6r 1w, 2w, 44r 0w, 23r 2w, 0w
8) Xavier Bartlett - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 1ww, 1w, 2w, 6r 1w, 5r 2w, 12r 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w
9) Nathan Ellis - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 7r 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 5r 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
10) Adam Zampa - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 13r 0w, 18r 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w
11) Spencer Johnson - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 12r 0w, 4w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
BENCH
12) Sean Abbott - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 30r 0w, 13r 1w, 5w, 33r 2w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w
Safe C/VC Choices
Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis
B) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Mohammad Rizwan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 30*, 44, 25, 41, 23, 0, 10, 0, 20, 51, 33, 45,
2) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3, 28*, 15*, 37, 30, 5, 5r 0w, 104*, 45, 76, 31, 11
3) Sahibzada Farhan - RHB
Last 10 - 8, 100, 134, 75, 23, 58, 69*, 12, 9, 32, 24
4) Usman Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 4, 93, 0, 29, 201*, 13, 54*, 75, 11, 111
5) Agha Salman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 12, 1r 0w, 31, 63r 0w, 104*, 63r 1w, 52r 1w, 69r 0w, 49r 3w, 51r 3w
6) Irfan Khan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0, 22, 4*, 56, 32, 56, 7, 13
7) Haseebullah Khan - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 54, 4, 128, 27, 3, 73*, 49*, 11, 12, 18
8) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 3w, 3w, 24r 2w, 26, 10r 1w, 33r 2w, 2w, 3w, 22r 2w, 29r 2w, 0w
9) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 1w, 40r 1w, 33r 2w, 14r 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 0w
10) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 5w, 3w, 7r 1w, 2w, 5r 0w, 3w, 2w
11) Abbas Afridi - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 20r 2w, 9r 1w, 1w, 18r 0w, 1w, 4r 2w, 112r 0w, 10r 2w, 3r 1w, 6r 2w
BENCH
12) Arafat Minhas - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 1w, 31r 1w, 41r 1w, 6r 2w, 8r 2w, 59r 0w, 13r 0w, 3w, 0w
13) Sufiyan Muqeem - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 4r 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 10r 1w, 1r 1w, 17r 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w
14) Omair Yousuf - RHB
Last 10 - 68, 21, 25, 2, 80*, 1, 4, 82, 4, 26
15) Jahandad Khan - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 33r 4w, 1r 1w, 0r 2w, 5r 2w, 2w, 51r 0w, 36r 0w, 24r 1w, 8r 3w, 8r 4w
Safe C/VC Choices
Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
Differential GL C/VC choices
AUS - Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis
PAK - Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Abbas Afridi
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