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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Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump moves in front Slog, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Shaheen Afridi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to point for 1 run, fielded by Smith.
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OUT! Stumped. Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump down the track pushing, missed, by Inglis.
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Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump backing away cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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SIX! Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.
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Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi. Googly length ball, to leg backing away Slog, missed to short fine leg for 1 run, mis-fielded by Inglis, fielded by Hazlewood.
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