Australia vs Pakistan LIVE: World Cup result and reason as David Warner and Adam Zampa star in 62-run win
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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.
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Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Zampa.
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FOUR! Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
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Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump moves in front sweeping, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Marsh.
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Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Labuschagne.
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FOUR! Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge past third man for 4 runs.
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Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to silly mid off for no runs.
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Pat Cummins to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Labuschagne.
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FOUR! Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
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