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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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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Shaheen Afridi to Steve Smith. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, hit pad to short leg for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Rauf.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, mis-timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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Shaheen Afridi to Steve Smith. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
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APPEAL! Shaheen Afridi to Steve Smith. Half volley, down leg side on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan, appeal made for Caught.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Reverse Swing-In half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Rauf.
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Usama Mir to Steve Smith. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Rauf.
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Usama Mir to Steve Smith. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge to first slip for no runs, dropped catch by Azam, fielded by Afridi.
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