Pakistan put into bat by Aussies in final ODI

SHARJAH: Australia captain Michael Clarke put Pakistan into bat after winning the toss in the third and final One-day International here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Pakistan brought back Shahid Afridi in their four-pronged spin attack while Australia go into the match unchanged.

Afridi had a recurrence of a back injury which forced him to miss the second one-day in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Despite his absence Pakistan went on to win the second one-day by seven wickets to level the series at 1-1.Australia won the first match here by four wickets.

Afridi replaced paceman Sohail Tanveer from the second match line-up.

Australian paceman Mitchell Starc, who suffered chest pain during the second match, was ruled fit to play as they remained unchanged in all three games.

Australia: Michael Clarke (captain), David Warner, George Bailey, Dan Christian, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade.

Pakistan: Misbahul Haq (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shahid Tanveer, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan

Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Ahsan Raza (PAK), Tv umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)