Michael Clarke is wary of Australia's "underrated" opposition ahead of tomorrow's ICC Cricket World Cup Quarter-Final.
The Aussies will take on Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval starting at 3.30am UK time and Clarke expects fast bowling to play a significant part in the match.
"I think Pakistan have been under-rated for a long time especially in the shorter form of the game," he said.
"They have got a lot of talent. Their attack is very good and they have got a good mix of youth and experience.
"It will be a tough challenge for us and I believe we have to be at our best to beat them. We'll treat this like a World Cup final.
"If you lose, you will be sitting and watching the rest of the tournament, so we are focused on just making sure we can have success in this game.
"Fast bowling will play a big part in the match especially if they leave that grass on the wicket like there is now. Both teams have good fast bowlers.
"The batters will have to make sure we play really well. I think you'll definitely see a wonderful game, hopefully an entertaining game.
"Either way it's going to be a challenge no matter what the scoreboard says."
Clarke is set to name a four-pronged pace attack for the last eight tie with Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and James Faulkner likely to be joined by Pat Cummins or Josh Hazlewood in the final XI.
Pakistan, on the other hand, have seen their fast bowling options depleted by the tournament ending injury sustained by Mohammad Irfan.
But Captain Misbah-Ul-Haq who, along with Shahid Afridi, will retire from One Day International cricket at the end of the tournament, insists he's still dreaming of a place in the Semi-Finals.
"Obviously this World Cup and my career are still not over," Misbah said.
"We would really like to go further in this tournament and will try our best to win this match. That's what the desire and dream is, so let's see. I want to play good cricket and put in my best performance.
“I will take it as a normal game. We want to do the basics right and if you think further than that you are putting yourselves under pressure and neither Shahid nor I will do that."
“The biggest satisfaction is that we gave everything to our team; we put our efforts together for the team and country."
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