Factbox on the second test between Pakistan and Australia, which begins on Saturday:
Where?
National Stadium, Karachi (capacity 34,228)
When?
March 12-16 (10:00am; 0500 GMT)
Match officials
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third umpire: Rashid Riaz (Pakistan)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Pakistan
World ranking: 6
Coach: Saqlain Mushtaq
Captain: Babar Azam
Squad: Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood.
Australia
World ranking: 1
Coach: Andrew McDonald (interim)
Captain: Pat Cummins
Squad: Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
Previous Test meetings in Karachi
- 1956 Pakistan won by nine wickets
- 1959 match drawn
- 1964 match drawn
- 1980 Pakistan won by seven wickets
- 1982 Pakistan won by nine wickets
- 1988 Pakistan won by an innings and 188 runs
- 1994 Pakistan won by one wicket
- 1998 match drawn
Series results
First test (Rawalpindi): match drawn
Remaining fixture
Third test, March 21-25: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
