Australia vs Pakistan Test Series: Top 10 Players to Watch Out For

Pakistan’s Test tour of Australia will provide a major angle to the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. Stars like Steve Smith, Babar Azam, David Warner and Shaheen Afridi will be keys in this bilateral series. David Warner, hinting at his farewell series, will be one of the most awaited players to watch out for.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 players to watch out for this three-Test series.

	Player	Test Performance in 2023	Batting Stats vs Opponent	Bowling Stats vs Opponent	Test Batting Stats in Australia	Test Bowling Stats in Australia
1.	David Warner	329 Runs in 6 Matches	1253 Runs in 10 Matches	_	5139 Runs in 55 Matches	_
2.	Usman Khawaja	509 Runs in 6 Matches	992 Runs in 8 Matches	_	2496 Runs in 31 Matches	_
3.	Saud Shakeel	295 Runs in 2 Matches	_	_	_	_
4.	Shaheen Afridi	6 Wickets in 2 Matches	_	14 Wickets in 5 Matches	_	5 Wickets in 5 matches
5.	Travis Head	543 Runs in 6 Matches	214 Runs in 7 Matches	_	1722 Runs in 22 Matches	_
6.	Marnus Labuschagne	395 Runs in 6 Matches	598 Runs in 7 Matches	_	2397 Runs in 22 Matches	_
7.	Steve Smith	528 Runs in 6 Matches	981 Runs in 12 Matches	_	4387 Runs in 48 Matches	_
8.	Nathan Lyon	14 Wickets in 3 Matches	_	45 Wickets in 12 Matches	_	238 Wickets in 62 Matches
9.	Babar Azam	76 Runs in 2 Matches	799 Runs in 10 Matches	_	278 Runs in 5 Matches	_
10.	Mitchell Starc	27 Wickets in 5 Matches	_	42 Wickets in 11 Matches	_	197 Wickets in 45 Matches

Two names deserve the Top 10 list as well. One is Pakistan’s new captain Shan Masood who scored a double century in the warm-up match against Australia’s prime minister XI. Another is Australian pacer Scott Boland who has a Test career bowling average of 12.21 in Australia and already has 35 wickets in his short 10-match Test career.

Australia Wicketkeeper Alex Carey, missing several matches in the ICC World Cup 2023, has the potential to perform. Whenever Pakistan visit Australia, he performs well. But, there is no certain possibility of his batting due to Australia’s strong batting lineup.

Pakistan Wicketkeeper batsman Sharfaraz Ahmed is a very experienced batter and in good form as well. He might take the charge with the wicketkeeping gloves over Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan Left-arm orthodox bowler Noman Ali is also in great form, picking up 21 Wickets in the last 6 matches. But all matches he played last on the Asian surfaces.

Let’s catch the action of one of the anicipated World Test Championship 2023-25 series.

Australia vs Pakistan Test Series: Top 10 Players to Watch Out For

Sayantan Naskar