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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FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, mis-timed to mid on for no runs, fielded by Azam.
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FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, to cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Azam, fielded by Ahmed.
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Wide Usama Mir to David Warner. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to cover for no runs, shy attempt by Azam.
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Usama Mir to Steve Smith. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to point for 1 run, run save by Afridi.
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Usama Mir to Steve Smith. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Rauf.
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