Pak vs Aus
\nLAHORE
\nThe Australian squad suffered another blow on Monday after Mitch Marsh was dropped out of the three-match ODI series against Pakistan due to an injury. The all-rounder was shifted to the hospital for scans after sustaining a hip flexor injury during a training session. Meanwhile, Aussie cricketer Cam Green replaced Marsh.
\nEarlier, batter Steve Smith and bowler Kane Richardson were also ruled out of the series due to being unfit.
\nAustralian skipper Aaron Finch, while speaking to journalists on Monday, said that he doesn\u2019t think that Marsh will be available for this series based on how he was feeling yesterday.
\n\u201cHe [Marsh] sustained that yesterday in a fielding drill. It was a high-intensity, lateral movement drill. He bent down to pick it up one-handed and went to throw and felt a twinge in his hip flexor,\u201d Finch added.
\nThe skipper, however, seemed confident to give a tough time to the hosts despite a depleted squad.
\nFinch said that he expects a good score on these pitches.
\n\u201cPitches are very good for ODI and T20 matches in Pakistan. Dew will be an important factor. Well, at the moment we are trying to make a combination for the next world cup.\u201d
\nThe Kangaroos captain added that they are experimenting to build the team.
\nReferring to the Test series, Finch said that Pat Cummins had taken the risk and made an excellent declaration in the last Test and tried to keep the balance. \u201cThe match could have gone anyway in the last session.\u201d
\n\u2018Shaheen Afridi is a world-class bowler\u2019
\nFinch added that Pakistan and Australia have played excellent cricket in the series so far.
\n\u201cPakistan team has good players. Led by a batter like Babar Azam and then in bowling Pakistan has Shaheen Afridi, he is world class bowler and can swing with the new ball.\u201d
\nHe said that Haris Rauf is also in the team who he faced in the Big Bash League in Australia and Hasan Ali is there as well.
\n\u201cThere are many young fast bowlers in the squad. Pakistan bowlers are good, this is a challenge for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pak vs Aus LAHORE The Australian squad suffered another blow on Monday after Mitch Marsh was dropped out of the three-match ODI series against Pakistan due to an injury. The all-rounder was shifted to the hospital for scans after sustaining a hip flexor injury during a training session. Meanwhile, Aussie cricketer Cam Green replaced Marsh. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[423,5428,4066,5427],"class_list":{"0":"post-251918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-blow","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-mitch-marsh"},"yoast_head":"\n