Pakistan's captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final one-day international against Australia in Perth on Sunday. The series is tied at 1-1 after Australia's narrow two-wicket win in Melbourne and Pakistan's commanding nine-wicket victory in Adelaide.
Australia made several changes to their lineup, resting key players such as Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, and Steve Smith ahead of the upcoming Test series against India. In their absence, pace bowlers Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson, and Lance Morris come into the squad, with Marcus Stoinis and Cooper Connolly added to strengthen the batting. Josh Inglis captains the side for this match.
Pakistan, on the other hand, has named an unchanged team, with Haris Rauf, who took 5-29 in the previous match, leading the bowling attack.
Australia: Matt Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis (capt), Cooper Connolly, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Lance Morris.
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (capt), Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain.
Umpires: Chris Brown (NZL), Shaun Haig (NZL)
TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
Match referee: Dave Gilbert (AUS)
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