Australia vs Pakistan LIVE: World Cup result and reason as David Warner and Adam Zampa star in 62-run win
Follow all the action from M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs in a high-scoring World Cup group game on Friday to get their campaign back on track with a second straight win thanks to centuries from their opening pair of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh.
Pakistan won the toss and put Australia in to bat but skipper Babar Azam’s hopes of taking early wickets quickly evaporated when Warner (163) and Marsh (121) went all guns blazing to put on a 259-run stand.
But the rest of Australia’s batting order collapsed with the last six wickets falling for 38 runs while Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi finished with 5-54.
In response, Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafique (64) and Imam-ul-Haq (70) laid the platform for the chase with a 134-run opening partnership but the rest of the top order failed to build on promising starts as they were bundled out for 305.
Spinner Adam Zampa was the pick of the Australia bowlers as he cleaned up the middle order to finish with figures of 4-53 to move Australia up to fourth -- level with fifth-placed Pakistan on four points but with a better net run rate.
Australia vs Pakistan
30.2
Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Zampa.
Australia vs Pakistan
30.1
Mitchell Starc to Mohammad Rizwan. Back of a length, outside off stump moves in front pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.6
FOUR! Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long on for 4 runs.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.5
Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.4
Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.3
Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Marsh.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.2
Wide Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Inglis.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.2
Josh Hazlewood to Saud Shakeel. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for no runs, fielded by Maxwell.
Australia vs Pakistan
29.1
Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments