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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9.5
Josh Hazlewood to Abdullah Shafique. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to point for no runs, run save by Smith.
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9.4
Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Marsh.
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Josh Hazlewood to Abdullah Shafique. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, Gloved to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Starc.
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9.2
Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Starc.
Australia vs Pakistan
9.1
Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs.
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8.6
Pat Cummins to Abdullah Shafique. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
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FOUR! Pat Cummins to Abdullah Shafique. 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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Pat Cummins to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for 1 run, shy attempt by Labuschagne, fielded by Stoinis.
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Pat Cummins to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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