Australia vs Pakistan

Pakistan tour of Australia

Jan 22, 2017 – 4th ODI at Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
Match scheduled to begin at 14:20 local time (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PST | 08:50 IST | 09:20 BST)
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Who will win Australia vs Pakistan 4th ODI?

Australia beat Pakistan in the third one-day international to go 2-1 up in the five-match series. The fourth one-dayer is scheduled to be played on January 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the tourists must win this one if they are to keep the series alive. Live action starts at 2:20 PM local time.

Toss

The side batting second has won seven of the last eleven ODIs at the SCG and this is what will make the toss important for this Sunday’s game. Therefore, taking this stat into consideration, the team that wins the toss will probably decide to have a bowl first. It will be better to bet on Australia if they chase. They have emerged winners here the last four times they have batted second.
Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, PJ Cummins, JP Faulkner, PSP Handscomb, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, UT Khawaja, CA Lynn, GJ Maxwell, B Stanlake, MA Starc, MP Stoinis, MS Wade, A Zampa

Pakistan Squad
Azhar Ali*, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Mohammad Rizwan†, Rahat Ali, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz

Australia

Team News

The Australian camp has nothing to worry about as the entire unit is free from injury concerns. No changes are expected in the side for this upcoming fixture.

Key Players

David Warner is averaging 54.18 at the SCG and has two hundreds and four fifties here while Steven Smith hit a hundred in the third ODI and is the leading run-scorer in the series. James Faulkner and Pat Cummins are the two big guns in the Australian bowling lineup. The latter has taken six wickets from three matches at this ground and we predict him to do a good job for his side.

Recent Form

Australia’s win in the last match was their fifth in their last six at home. They did struggle with their batting in the second ODI of the ongoing series but came back strongly in the third game to convert a tricky chase into a very comfortable one in the end.

Australia Predicted XI

DA Warner, UT Khawaja, SPD Smith (c), PSP Handscomb, TM Head, GJ Maxwell, MS Wade (wk), JP Faulkner, PJ Cummins, JR Hazlewood and B Stanlake

Pakistan

Team News

The Pakistani team will be going into this match full-strength as they have no injuries or suspensions to deal with. They are unlikely to tinker with their current team combination.

Key Players

Sharjeel Khan and Babar Azam fired for Pakistan with twin fifties in the last game. Azam is the second-leading run-scorer in the series with 151 runs and we predict him to play another big knock on Sunday. Mohammad Amir has been the pick of the Pakistani bowling attack with six wickets from three games. The fast bowler has taken three wickets in his only game at the SCG in 2010 and he will be backed by his skipper to come up with a similar performance.

Recent Form

Pakistan are doing fairly well in the 50-overs format, winning five of their previous seven one-day internationals. While three of these wins were secured in the UAE, two are away wins – one in England and one in Australia last Sunday. They batted well in the last game but could not bowl as well as they did in the second game.

Pakistan Predicted XI

Mohammad Hafeez (c), Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali and Junaid Khan

Aus vs Pak Head-to-Head in ODIs

Australia and Pakistan have played a total of 96 ODIs in the past with the former winning 60 of them and the latter 32. One of the remaining matches ended in a tie while three did not produce a result. The hosts have won eight out of the last ten matches against the visitors.

Aus vs Pak 4th ODI Prediction

The defeat in the last game has now put Pakistan under the pump as they have to win this game at all costs to prevent another ODI series loss in Australia. Aside from the pressure, they will be short on confidence as they have been beaten by the hosts 10 times out of 14 in ODIs at the SCG.

The Aussies have a very impressive overall record here with 84 wins from 122 matches and with Smith, Wade and Faulkner in good form, punters will find few reasons to bet on the tourists. Pakistan have so far performed well in short bursts but we don’t feel it would be enough to win them the game on Sunday.

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Pakistan

Will Win the Match

Pakistan

Will Win the Toss