{"id":269251,"date":"2019-06-12T16:44:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269251"},"modified":"2019-06-12T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:44:37","slug":"pakistan-opts-to-bowl-in-crucial-match-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269251","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan opts to bowl in crucial match against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62254062_2289237561143191_7120862473174908928_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-269254\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62254062_2289237561143191_7120862473174908928_n-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62254062_2289237561143191_7120862473174908928_n-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62254062_2289237561143191_7120862473174908928_n-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62254062_2289237561143191_7120862473174908928_n.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sports Reporter<br \/>\nDefending champions Australia will clash with unpredictable Pakistan in the on Wednesday.<br \/>\nAfter seeing defeat in the hands of India in their last match, defending champions Australia will now take on the unpredictable Pakistan as favourites in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.<br \/>\nPakistan were dismissed for 105 in its tournament-opening loss to the West Indies but rallied to beat top-ranked England, the pre-tournament title favorites, to end a run of 11 straight defeats.<br \/>\nPakistan\u2019s third game, against Sri Lanka, was washed out without a ball being bowled last Friday in nearby Bristol and the teams had to share the points.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266027\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paratus2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Defending champions Australia will clash with unpredictable Pakistan in the on Wednesday. After seeing defeat in the hands of India in their last match, defending champions Australia will now take on the unpredictable Pakistan as favourites in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan were dismissed for 105 in its tournament-opening loss to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":269254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan opts to bowl in crucial match against Australia - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defending champions Australia will clash with unpredictable Pakistan in the on Wednesday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269251\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan opts to bowl in crucial match against Australia - 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