Cricket: Pakistan put Australia into bat in first T20

AFP – Wed 5 Sep, 2012 10:48 PM IST

Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and put Australia into bat in the first Twenty20 international at Dubai Stadium here on Wednesday.

Pakistan handed an international debut to left-arm spinner Raza Hasan who has been in good form in domestic Twenty20 events.

Australia left out left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc, who was player of the series in Australia's 2-1 win in the one-day series.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan

Australia: George Bailey (capt), Shane Watson, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Glenn Maxwell Matthew Wade, David Warner, Cameron White

Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK)

Tv umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

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