Pakistan v Australia 3rd Test Preview - Pak v Aus Third & Final Test Teams at Hobart

Pakistan and Australia will meet for the third and final test match starting from Thursday, 14th January to Monday, 18th January, 2010 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart at 11.30 Local, 00.30 GMT, 6.00 AM IST, 6.30 AM PST. Australia already won the 3 match series by 2-0.

Australia fought back well in the 2nd test to register a thrilling win and took an unbeatable lead in the series. Shane Watson is in great form while Hauritz, Johnson and Bollinger doing well with the ball.

Pakistan after dominated the first 3 days of the 2nd test and lost the match on 4th day as expected will try to play for some pride. Kamran Akmal has been dropped due to his 4 dropped catches in the 2nd test which cost Pakistan the test match, replaced by Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Australia Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Hobart:

Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.

Pakistan Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Hobart:

Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal.