LAHORE: Afghanistan has won the toss and decided to bat first in the high stakes match against Australia here at at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.
The lineup of both Afghanistan and Australia are unchanged. So Abbott misses out once again for Australia.
Australian skipper said after the toss that he don’t mind bowling first.
Australia: 1 Matt Short, 2 Travis Head, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Josh Inglis, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Ben Dwarshuis, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Spencer Johnson
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Sediqullah Atal, 4 Rahmat Shah, 5 Hashmatullah Shahidi(capt), 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Noor Ahmad, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi