PAK vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 match prediction 4 Mar 2022

PAK vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 Predictions & Betting Tips

Pakistan will welcome Australia for three Tests, three ODIs and a one-off T20I after 24 historic years. The first Test will be played from March 4, Friday at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. This is an obvious opportunity for all you punters to make some cash from all the days. Thus, I have managed to handpick three of the best betting tips from the PAK vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 head-to-head battle.

Cricket is getting back to normalcy in Pakistan and I don’t know what else can make all the Pakistani cricket fans happier! Australia came back to Pakistan after 24 years and the last time they were here, Steve Waugh led the Kangaroos to a 1-0 Test series victory including a whitewash in the ODIs and I was 8 years old!! Jokes apart, the current Australian Test team will walk into this unknown territory and will have a lot of challenges coming their way. They sure as hell know that a subcontinent is extremely difficult to play. Pakistan, on the other hand, will be raring to do well against the Aussies as well. While they gear up for this enthralling encounter, let me take you through the top betting tips from the PAK vs AUS 1st Test head-to-head encounter.

PAK vs AUS 1st Test Player bets:

The Team bets that I wanted to deal with are not yet been offered by our official bookmakers. For now, there are limited team markets and therefore we would like to deal with the player bets from Day 1 clash of Pakistan and Australia.

Travis Head to score over 24.5 runs

Many of you might not have expected me to begin with Travis Head when there are names like Steve Smith and Babar Azam as well. However, it does feel good when someone has cemented his place in the middle-order of the Australian Test team. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I am indeed talking about Travis Head. In 23 matches so far in his career, the left-handed batsman from South Australia has scored 1510 runs at a very good average of 43.14. In four matches against Pakistan, Head has maintained a batting average of 29.20, which is more than the required rate again. Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Head has played three matches and has added 288 runs at a staggering average of 72.00. In the first match of any Test series, Head has featured in 7 of them and has notched up 714 runs at an average of 51.00. In the ICC World Test Championship, the left-handed batter has been maintaining an average of 38.50. Pari Match is offering odds of 1.87 for Travis Head to score over 24.5 runs in the PAK vs AUS match prediction.

Steve Smith to score over 34.5 runs

The former Aussie skipper Steve Smith is the next name on my list and he had to be there. I would have had Marnus Labuschagne as well but Pari Match has not offered any sort of odds for the man. Smith is one of the global superstars of world cricket and has played 82 Test matches scoring 7784 runs at an astonishing average of almost 60.00! That is sensational considering he has played so many Test matches in his career already. He has played 9 Test matches against Pakistan and has notched up 755 runs at a batting average of 53.92. In his last 8 innings against Pakistan, Smith has registered two hundreds and three half-centuries. He finished the previous calendar year with an average of 53.95. In the first match of any Test series, the unorthodox batter has piled on 1914 runs at an incredible average of 51.72. Pari Match is offering odds of 1.87 for Steve Smith to score over 34.5 runs in the PAK vs AUS match prediction.

Babar Azam to score over 30.5 runs

Last but not the least, I have the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam for you punters to put your money on. This is a subcontinental wicket and Azam has played plenty of domestic matches on this soil and he will be a batter to look out for. He has played 37 Test matches so far and has scored 2461 runs at an average of 43.17. He has featured in 7 matches against Australia and has 409 runs at an average of 31.46 that is definitely more than what the market is asking him to score. However, things get even better when I present to you his numbers in Pakistan. The Pakistan captain has played five matches and has produced 527 runs at a staggering average of 87.83. Babar Azam has scores of 102*, 143, 77 and 8 in four Test innings at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In the ICC World Test championship, Azam has been maintaining a wonderful average of 61.20. Pari Match is offering odds of 1.87 for Babar Azam to score over 30.5 runs in the PAK vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 match prediction.

My Picks:

Travis Head to score over 24.5 runs - @ 1.87 (Pari Match)

Steve Smith to score over 34.5 runs - @ 1.87 (Pari Match)

Babar Azam to score over 30.5 runs - @ 1.87 (Pari Match)