FILE PHOTO - Cricket - Scotland vs Pakistan - First International T20 - The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Britain - June 12, 2018 Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed in action REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
(Reuters) - Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and elected to bat first in the second and final test against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, banking that a cover of grass on the wicket would quickly dry out and leave a featherbed pitch.
Pakistan named two debutants in Fakhar Zaman, who replaces the injured opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq, and left-arm seamer Mir Hamza, who came in for Wahab Riaz after the paceman went wicketless in the drawn first test in Dubai.
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