Australia will take on Pakistan in the first Test match of the three-match series, which will start on Thursday (December 14) at the Perth Stadium. Both teams have announced their respective playing 11 for this match.

Cameron Green, Scott Boland, and Lance Morris are the three players who have not made it to the playing 11 for this game. Australia last played a Test match against England, and only one change has been made to the playing 11 from that game. Nathan Lyon has been brought in place of Todd Murphy.

Pakistan have handed debuts to Khurram Shahzad and Aamer Jamal. Shan Masood will make his captaincy debut in this match. Agha Salman is the only spinner in the squad. Sarfaraz Ahmed has been preferred as the wicketkeeper in the playing 11 in place of Mohammad Rizwan.

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Batters are likely to decide the result of this match and might dominate throughout the five days. The average first innings score in the last five Test matches has been 406 runs. The team winning the toss might look to bat.