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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Mitchell Starc to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Mitchell Starc to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Hazlewood.
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FOUR! Mitchell Starc to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, off stump on the back foot working, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
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Wide Mitchell Starc to Abdullah Shafique. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, run save by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Labuschagne.
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Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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APPEAL! Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, appeal made for L.B.W.
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FOUR! Josh Hazlewood to Imam ul-Haq. Length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.
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