Australia unchanged, drop concussion sub for day-night Pakistan Test

Australia Thursday named an unchanged team for day-night second Test against Pakistan after trouncing m in Brisbane, but took a risk by releasing concussion substitute Cameron Bancroft. home side easily won first Test by an innings and five runs inside four days, but selectors resisted urge to rest one of ir strike bowlers or add a fourth to help share load at Adelaide Oval. That means swing bowler Michael Neser will be 12th man when Test starts on Friday, with paceman James Pattinson and batsman Bancroft released to play domestic cricket.

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"We're unchanged," said skipper Tim Paine. 

"Obviously we thought we played a pretty good game of cricket last week (in Brisbane).

"Our attack is all feeling good and fresh and y have all got great pink-ball records so need to change." 

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Australia unchanged

Bancroft's departure to play for Western Australia in Perth means re will be immediate batting substitute in case of a concussion. Paine joked that "we'll just get someone out crowd", before adding: "'Bangers' is a couple of hours away on a plane so if anything does happen, we will be able to get him back pretty quickly."  decision comes just days after Bangladesh were forced to use two concussion substitutes in one day, with Liton Das and Nayeem Hasan both forced out of ir day-night Test against India in Kolkata. task facing Pakistan is omius with Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon all in world's top five wicket-takers in day-night Tests, while Pat Cummins is world's top-ranked bowler. Australia have won all five pink-ball Tests y have played since concept was launched four years ago, with Paine warning his pace attack was relishing chance to bowl under lights on a home wicket.

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"That (Adelaide) wicket looks a little bit perhaps drier than it was for last pink-ball Test we played here against England," he said.

"But as we kw, pink ball always offers eugh. Our fast bowlers certainly enjoy bowling with it, particularly under lights and games tend to go quite quickly.

"So I think bowlers are excited to be back in Adelaide.

" wicket, for a drop-in wicket, is probably best drop-in wicket in world so it offers fast bowlers something which is very rare for a drop-in wicket." Australia go into match with a settled top order spearheaded by David Warner, Joe Burns and Marnus Labuschagne, who all fired at Gabba.

Steve Smith was exception, out cheaply to leg-spinner Yasir Shah who has w dismissed him seven times in Test matches.

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