Melbourne — Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner will look to give Pakistan’s raw attack a baptism of fire in a two-match series starting on Thursday as the batsmen play their first Tests on home soil since being banned for ball tampering.

Former captain Smith and Warner have not been seen in Test whites at home since January 2018 when both scored half-centuries at the Sydney Cricket Ground at the end of a triumphant Ashes series...

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