Pakistan win toss, put Aussies into bat in final T20I

DUBAI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and invited Australia to bat first in the third and final Twenty20 International here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday.

This was the third consecutive toss won by Hafeez in the three-match series.

Pakistan won both the earlier T20Is and also the series 2-0. Now they have a golden chance of making a clean sweep by winning the third and final match against Australia.

Both Pakistan and Australia made one change each in their teams as Pakistan, brought in Yasir Arafat in place of Sohail Tanveer and Australia,put Glenn Maxwell for David Hussey.

Pakistan won the first match by seven wickets and then clinched the second in Super over -- both in Dubai.

Teams:
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik,Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan.

Australia: George Bailey (captain), Shane Watson, Pat Cummins, Dan Christian, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Hussey, Brad Hogg, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Cameron White.

Umpires: Zameer Haider (PAK) and Ahsan Raza (PAK), TV umpire: Shozab Raza (PAK)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)