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 Babar Azam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
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FOUR! Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot flick, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
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Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump swayed away Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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FOUR! Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
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Wide Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Length ball, off stump on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Inglis.
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Marcus Stoinis to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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OUT! Caught. Marcus Stoinis to Abdullah Shafique. Short, outside off stump down the track pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to short mid wicket, caught by Maxwell.
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Mitchell Starc to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, inside edge to silly point for no runs.
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Mitchell Starc to Abdullah Shafique. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Stoinis.
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