Australia v Pakistan meet in the first of three Test Matches in Perth on Thursday and we take a look at the game from a betting angle.
AUSTRALIA
The Aussies play their first Test Series since they drew The Ashes 2-2 in England in the middle of this year. They won the opening two Test Matches at Edgbaston and Lord’s before going down at Headingley and the Kennington Oval, the fourth Test at Old Trafford was drawn.
Their last home series was in December and January a year ago when they beat South Africa 2-0 with one of the three Tests drawn.
Australian 1st test team
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
PAKISTAN
Pakistan’s last Test Series was in Sri Lanka in July this year where they won both Tests. Before that, they had drawn a 2 match Series at home to New Zealand over the New Year period of 2022.
Pakistani 1st test team
Pakistan XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides last met in Pakistan in March of 2022 with Australia winning a 3 match series 1-0, the first two Test Matches been drawn and Australia winning the final Test Match by 115 runs.
These sides last met in Australia back in 2019 when they played two Test Matches and Australia won both by more than an innings
1st Test BETTING – Click here to bet
Australia 2/9
Draw 17/2
Pakistan 11/2
Australia’s last Test Match in Perth was in 2022 was against the West Indies where they won by 164 runs.
Suggested Bet: Top Australian Batsman, Mitch Marsh at 9/2
Marsh plays his First Test Match at Perth in front of his home fans and he has had an excellent 12 months and I fancy him to come big with the bat.
Suggested Bet: Top Pakistani Batsman, Babar Azam at 11/4
Azam started picking up momentum in the recent World Cup and he remains one of the quality batsman in World Cricket and I am backing him to go big against Australia.
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Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
