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The three match ODI series between Pakistan and Australia will start today with the first ODI being played at Sharjah. The conditions in Sharjah are expected to be hot and humid which could help the Aussie pace attack in swinging the ball, Pakistan's spin trio of Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal and Muhammad Hafeez will get help from the conditions too.

Squads:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Aizaz Cheema, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali

Australia XI: 1 Matthew Wade (wk), 2 David Warner, 3 Michael Clarke (Captain), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 David Hussey, 6 George Bailey, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Daniel Christian, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 James Pattinson