Before the second Test matchup with Australia, the Pakistani team travels to Melbourne. The Pakistani cricket squad arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday after travelling to Perth for the Australia Test match, which is scheduled to begin on December 26.
The Green Shirts will have a practice on December 20 and a two-day contest on December 22 and 23. On December 26, Pakistan and Australia will begin their second Test in Melbourne.
It’s interesting to note that 1.1 million Australian cricket fans watched the match on TV during the second session of the fourth day of the West Test, which had record attendance.
These most recent numbers are 22% higher than those from the Australia Summer Test’s opening Test match from the previous year, which attracted 5.97 million viewers to Seven Network in Australia.The Perth Test attendance of 59,125 individuals set a new record for the most spectators to see Australia play Pakistan in a Perth Test.
It is important to remember that 17,666 people attended the match on the second day, which was the greatest attendance.
Notably, Australia’s first-choice pacers, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Pat Cummins, performed effectively against Pakistan in the first Test match, troubling the visiting team’s batting lineup and helping Australia to a decisive 360-run victory.
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Australia Test squad
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner.
Pakistan Test squad
Shan Masood (c), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Nauman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sajid Khan
