Oliver Peake beats Ricky Ponting on Australian debut during PAK vs AUS 1st ODI in Rawalpindi; check playing XIs

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Oliver Peake surpassed former captain Ricky Ponting to become the youngest-ever specialist batter to make ODI debut for Australian when the Victorian teenager was named in the playing XI against Pakistan in the first ODI in Rawalpindi on Saturday. Australia will play three ODIs against Pakistan, with the remaining two to be hosted by Lahore.

With several top names busy with Indian Premier League (IPL), Peake was one of the new faces Cricket Australia named for the ODI series against Pakistan. The left-hander Peake made his debut at 19 years and 261 days, thus beating Ponting's record, who was 20 years and 58 days at the time of ODI debut against South Africa in February 1995.

All-rounder Pat Cummins remains the youngest-ever ODI debutant for Australia at 18 years and 164 days.

Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI playing XIs

Australia: Matthew Short, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis(w/c), Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Oliver Peake, Nathan Ellis,Tanveer Sangha, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Kuhnemann

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Babar Azam, Ghazi Ghori(w), Salman Agha, Abdul Samad, Shadab Khan, Arafat Minhas, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

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