Australia will play its first test series since the ball tamepring scandal against South Africa earlier this year.

This when they go up against Pakistan in a two match Test series in the United Arab Emirates in October. The first test to be played in Dubai starting October 7 and the second test which will be played in Abu Dhabi starts on October 16.

Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are serving bans for the incident which happened during a Test against South Africa in March.

Cricket Australia is also investigation an accusation by England’s Moeen Ali.

Moeen claims he was called ‘Osama’ by an Australia player in the 2015 Ashes.

Paine said: “This team is really, really clear on what is expected and what the standards are of the Australian cricket team and we’ll uphold them.”

It will also be the first Test series in charge for former Australia batsman Justin Langer  who replaced Darren Lehmann in May after he resigned in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal.

Former captain Smith and vice-captain Warner were sacked and banned for a year for their part in the controversy, while batsman Bancroft was suspended for nine months.

The trio were banned from international and state cricket in Australia, but not club cricket.