Upbeat Australia aim to take series
January 25, 2010 |11:37 | Teams By : Team X
Australia can wrap up the series with victory in Adelaide after going 2-0 up at the SCG, where they enjoyed their third-greatest winning margin over Pakistan in terms of runs with a 140-run triumph.
The visitors will find it difficult to come back in the five-match series but the first step must be to win on Australia Day to ensure the final two games in Perth do not become dead rubbers.
To achieve that, they will need a much stronger batting performance than they showed in Sydney, where they were skittled for 127 chasing 268.
Pakistan continue to be haunted by questions over the captaincy. Mohammad Yousuf remains nominally in charge.
But according to the PCB, won't be for much longer, and Younis Khan was having some say in bowling changes and field placements at the SCG.
Captaincy turmoil is a familiar feature of Pakistan sides and it certainly isn't helping their on-field performances. As well as lifting their batting game, they must find a way to restrict Australia through the middle overs and if possible dismiss the hosts, who have lost only five and six wickets in each of the first two ODIs.
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