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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Pat Cummins to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to short third man for 1 run, run save by Smith.
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Pat Cummins to Abdullah Shafique. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Marsh.
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Pat Cummins to Imam ul-Haq. Short, to leg on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Zampa.
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Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Leg spinner length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Marsh.
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Adam Zampa to Abdullah Shafique. Leg spinner full toss, middle stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Starc.
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Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Maxwell.
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Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Leg spinner half volley, to leg on the front foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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FOUR! Adam Zampa to Imam ul-Haq. Googly length ball, off stump down the track driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
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Adam Zampa to Abdullah Shafique. Leg spinner full toss, outside off stump down the track driving, to long off for 1 run.
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