Australia vs Pakistan 2016: 1st Test - 5 focus areas for Australia

#1 Ensuring Pakistan do not bat well

The experienced duo of Misbah and Younis Khan are important batsmen for the Pakistanis

Pakistan have an experienced batting line-up with the likes of Azhar Ali, Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq. They have a couple of young talents in Babar Azam and Sami Aslam as well. However, the line-up has shown a tendency to crumble at times.

The batting struggled against the pink ball in the warm-up match against CA XI; that they were facing second string seamers did not help their cause either. In Brisbane, Starc, Hazlewood, Bird and possibly Sayers will be tasked with ensuring Pakistan do not get starts.

The seamers should utilise the pink ball to demolish Pakistan's batting line-up. Once settled, Ali, Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq can go on to knock a huge score and put pressure on Australia. The onus is on the seamers to ensure Pakistan are in with no chance.