Pakistan vs Australia cricket: T20 World Cup 2021 semi final UK start time, teams, predictions, TV coverage

Pakistan are the only unbeaten side in the T20 World Cup 2021 and finished top of their group to make it through to the semi final of the competition.

They will face Group 2 runners-up Australia and hope that their 16 match winning streak will continue, sending them through to the final on Sunday 14 November 2021.

Pakistan’s most notable win came in their first match of the World Cup when they beat tournament favourites India by 10 wickets with 13 balls left.

Shaheen Shah Afridi was the pick of Pakistan’s bowlers taking three wickets for 31 runs, with Hasan Ali, Shadab khan and Haris Rauf aiding the paceman as India made 151-7.

Then in came Mohammad Rizwan who smashed 79 runs off 55 balls with Babar Azam assisting with 68 runs off 52 to get Pakistan to 152 without losing a wicket.

Australia have come through to the semi final losing only one match. Aaron Finch’s squad lost by eight wickets to England in their third match of the tournament. They have had convincing wins against West Indies, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while also beating South Africa by five wickets with only two balls left in their opening match.

Now the Aussies are set to face arguably the strongest team in the competition in the hope of getting through to lift the ICC T20 World Cup Trophy.

Here is all you need to know ahead of the Pakistan v Australia fixture

When is Pakistan playing Australia?

The two teams will face each other on Thursday 11 November 2021.

What time is the Pakistan v Australia match?

The match will start at 2pm GMT.

Where is the Pakistan v Australia match taking place?

Pakistan and Australia will face each other at the Dubai International Stadium

How can I watch Pakistan v Australia?

All of the T20 World Cup matches, including Pakistan v Australia, will be available to watch through the Sky Sports Cricket channel.

NOW TV day passes are also available for those who do not have Sky. The prices start at £9.99/day.

The International Cricket Club website also offers short clips and highlights of all the matches.

Have Australia played Pakistan in T20 cricket before and what are this year’s predictions?

The two sides have faced each other 23 times since the T20 format of the game was introduced in 2007.

Australia have won nine times with Pakistan winning 13 times, however Australia have won in their two most recent fixtures. In 2019, Pakistan toured Australia and not only did Australia beat their opponents by 10 wickets in the final match of the tour, they then sealed the three-match series 2-0.

In previous T20 World cups, the two have played each other six times with three wins each, thus setting up the 2021 semi final for a hopefully exciting and tense match. Australia won their last T20 World Cup meet in 2016 by 21 runs.

With Pakistan on such an impressive run at the moment, it would seem unlikely they would collapse just yet, however they have had a reputation of being one of the most inconsistent sides in world cricket so any outcome of tomorrow’s match is still very likely.

Pakistan will not just be hoping to lengthen their winning streak, but will also hope to become the second team in history to win the competition twice. At the moment, the West Indies are the only nation to have completed this feat, but Pakistan will hope to end their 11 year drought.

Pakistan and Australia team news:

Unlikely sides such as England, neither Pakistan or Australia have had any injury concerns throughout their campaigns.

Pakistan’s captain Azam has been in phenomenal form and has returned to his place at the top of the ICC Men’s T20 batting rankings.

Australia’s David Warner has also shown incredible skill with the bat, while Adam Zampa has been firing through many batting line-ups with his leg-spin bowling.

Possible line-ups

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c) , Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c) , Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

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