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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Glenn Maxwell to Imam ul-Haq. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Stoinis.
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Glenn Maxwell to Abdullah Shafique. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Stoinis.
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Glenn Maxwell to Imam ul-Haq. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run.
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Glenn Maxwell to Imam ul-Haq. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to point for no runs, shy attempt by Labuschagne.
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Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, leading edge to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Cummins.
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Adam Zampa to Abdullah Shafique. Leg spinner length ball, to leg down the track working, to silly mid on for no runs, run save by Cummins.
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Adam Zampa to Abdullah Shafique. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Maxwell.
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Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Labuschagne.
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SIX! Pat Cummins to Abdullah Shafique. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
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